TerreStar GENUS Now Available for Consumers; Combining the Power of Satellite and Freedom of Mobility
The TerreStar GENUS Gives Today's Active Lifestyle Consumers, from Outdoor Adventurists to Recreational Boaters, the Ability to Stay Connected
RESTON, Va., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- From remote mountains to rural country roads and even up to 200 miles off the coast of the United States, consumers can now enjoy the freedom and flexibility to stay connected with the availability of the TerreStar(TM) GENUS(TM), the world's first integrated cellular-satellite smartphone. Offered by mobile communications provider, TerreStar Networks Inc. ("TerreStar"), the GENUS ensures today's active lifestyle consumer, from the extreme outdoor adventurer and action sport enthusiast to the recreational boater, can stay connected even in remote locations or when the cellular network is down.
The TerreStar GENUS brings satellite devices to the mainstream consumer. Forget about traditional clunky, brick-style satellite devices; the new GENUS features a sleek design, internal antenna and satellite innovation that combines cellular and satellite connectivity for voice, data and messaging. With just one phone number and one device, users with a line of sight to the southern sky can gain access to expanded voice and data roaming coverage in the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and in territorial waters. The device may be purchased online by visiting http://www.terrestar.com/consumer.
Additional features include:
-- Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system experience
-- Innovative form factor: 4.7 inch x 2.5 inch x 0.8/0.6 inch
-- Lightweight at just 4.6 oz.
-- Integrated Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), USB and GPS connectivity
-- Touch Screen, QWERTY Keyboard
-- Memory: 100 MB
-- Multimedia features you'd expect from your everyday smartphone,
including: Windows Mobile Media Player; 2.0-megapixel camera; camcorder
format (H.263 simple profile); video and audio playback features and
digital voice recording
"The GENUS smartphone is ideal for adventure-seekers, skiers, boaters, hikers and anyone who lives on the edge, but still wants to stay connected," said Jeffrey W. Epstein, president and chief executive officer, TerreStar. "The GENUS provides the ultimate wireless backup capability; helping ensure users are prepared and have access to mobile communications in case of an emergency, disaster, or even an unforeseen weather condition, despite location or cellular network signal strength."
About the size of a deck of cards, the TerreStar GENUS connects to the AT&T cellular network for primary ground-based wireless connectivity, and gains satellite access connectivity through the power of TerreStar-1, the world's largest commercial communications satellite, which acts as a cell tower in the sky.
As many mobile users are fluent in the language of "apps", but not "sats", TerreStar created a "how it works" video highlighting key differences in using the GENUS as compared to a traditional cellular-only device. The video, which is available at: http://www.YouTube.com/TerreStar and on TerreStar.com, points out key usability features to ensure the best user experience. It's good to stay connected.
Pricing and Availability
To help bring the TerreStar GENUS to consumers, TerreStar has tapped leading online wireless retailer, Simplexity, to market and distribute the TerreStar GENUS and accessories through its partner and marketing network. The TerreStar GENUS is available today, online at http://www.terrestar.com/consumer.
Qualified AT&T cellular voice and smartphone data rate plans are required, as well as a monthly satellite service feature. Usage of the satellite network for voice, data and messaging is not included in the monthly feature charge and is billed as a per-minute, per-message or per-megabyte roaming charge.
About TerreStar
TerreStar Corporation, through its majority-owned subsidiary, TerreStar Networks (http://www.terrestar.com), is re-defining mobile communications by extending the reach, reliability, and resiliency of traditional mobile networks throughout the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Offering wholesale satellite services via today's leading service providers, and the world's first and only integrated satellite-cellular smartphone, the GENUS(TM), TerreStar is transforming the mobile experience and enabling users to be prepared and stay connected when they need to most.
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Vufind Launches Unique Photo/Video Tagging and Visual Social Networking App for iPhone
Connect and Share Life Visually
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Vufind, Inc., a mobile social gaming and networking company, today launched its first mobile app for the iPhone. The Vufind app recognizes people's interests based on their photos and videos, and then entertains and connects them with friends and businesses that share similar interests. Vufind's mobile apps and games turn the user's iPhone into a visual robot that can be used for immersive gaming experiences that blend the virtual world with the physical world through object recognition. The Vufind app is part augmented reality game based on object recognition, part visual social network and part recommendation engine based on recognizing the user's visual profile.
Using Vufind's mobile app, photos and videos are automatically tagged with objects and scenes before they are uploaded to a cloud social media site of your choice such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. for easy discovery and sharing with friends. The app also allows users to visually checkin whatever scene or object has their interest at the place they are currently visiting. Visual checkin is a lot richer, more engaging and viral than text-checkin and automated tagging ensures it is discoverable.
"Vufind's object recognition engine is the key enabler to connecting people through imagery and algorithmically inferring their interests and 'visual profile' based on their photos and videos. The app will also make targeted recommendations to businesses and services based on user interests," stated Moataz Rashad, founder and CEO of Vufind. "Comparing your visual profile to a friend, or a friend of a friend, on Facebook can reveal insight into your social graph's shared interests as well as be highly entertaining. Furthermore, users earn points every time they get a photo tagged based on the objects in the photo. For instance, if you get the highest score for the cat object, you win the cat Vufinder Ambassador award, and Vufind will award you a relevant gift card from a cat-food business such as Purina or PetSmart etc, depending on the contest running that week. Consumers and advertisers find this very rewarding."
Vufind's unique core technology is a scalable object recognition engine that analyzes videos and images and identifies objects, scenes, faces, logos and infers concepts. The engine enables automated tagging of any image or video regardless of format or resolution and learns to detect the objects based on training samples, while utilizing user feedback to refine its precision. Users can actually participate in training the engine by uploading their own photos of their favorite objects that they wish the engine to recognize.
Thousands of photos and an increasing number of videos are being amassed by the average consumer today. Taking the time to manually tag and organize these files is daunting. VuAlbum on Facebook serves as an organizing utility for users' photo albums and enables users to create new albums based on a theme/topic, create collages etc.
Vufind is also running photo submission contests on the vuAlbum fanpage on Facebook for users to share the best photos of a particular object, and compete to win weekly gift cards.
About Vufind
Vufind, Inc. is a privately-held and funded startup company based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in late 2007, Vufind's unique "visual social network" allows a seamless connection with businesses and friends by simply analyzing visual media. For more information visit: http://www.vufind.com. Business inquiries contact: biz@vufind.com..
Rhapsody Subscribers Get Exclusive Access to The Black Eyed Peas' Anticipated New Album
"The Beginning" is available on Rhapsody today - one week before it's released anywhere else
SEATTLE, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The wait for the next The Black Eyed Peas release is coming to an E.N.D. one week early for Rhapsody® subscribers, who will get to hear the six-time Grammy-award winning multiplatinum recording artist's highly anticipated new album, "The Beginning," today.
Rhapsody, the premium on-demand digital music service, has obtained the exclusive rights to offer "The Beginning" to its subscribers for streaming and download one week before its wide release on November 30th. "The Beginning" is The Black Eyed Peas' sixth studio album and the follow-up to the group's blockbuster CD The E.N.D, which has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, while spending 52 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
In addition to exclusive music, Rhapsody is offering original editorial programming, including a The Black Eyed Peas Survival Guide that features a 'Best of' The Black-Eyed Peas playlist, full The Black Eyed Peas discography, and an extended review of "The Beginning."
"The Peas have always portrayed themselves as a collective of individuals, but 'The Beginning' finds the fearsome foursome sounding as unified as ever," said Rachel Devitt, pop music editor, Rhapsody. "The album, heavy on dance beats, almost functions like a cohesive, long-playing groove, with the Peas locked in carefully-produced step with each other."
The first single from "The Beginning" is "The Time (Dirty Bit)," built around a sample from the classic 1987 theme from Dirty Dancing, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
Rhapsody subscribers get regular access to album leaks and exclusives such as artist interviews on "The Box," where artists answer questions submitted by fans on Rhapsody, artist-created playlists and "On the Record," where artists talk about a favorite album--in 45 seconds.
"We work diligently to build strong relationships with our label partners so we can deliver a rich, differentiated digital music service, while also creating successful promotional vehicles for artists," said Jon Irwin, president, Rhapsody. "Whether it's The Black Eyed Peas, Jack Johnson, Zac Brown or Jay-Z, our album leaks and associated content are hugely popular with subscribers and artists alike."
Rhapsody subscribers have access to a library of 10.6 million tracks from the PC, mobile device, TV and connected home audio systems, as well as music editorial and programming from some of the most renowned music writers anywhere, for $9.99 per month--less than the cost of one CD or most downloaded albums. Visit http://www.rhapsody.com/plans for more information.
About Rhapsody
The Rhapsody® digital music service (http://www.rhapsody.com) gives subscribers unlimited on-demand access to more than ten million songs, whether they're listening on a PC, laptop, Internet connected home stereo or TV, MP3 player or mobile phone. Rhapsody allows subscribers to access their music through more touch-points than any other digital music service, including mobile phones from Verizon Wireless, through Rhapsody applications on the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, RIM BlackBerry and Android mobile platform, as well as through devices from Vizio, SanDisk, HP, Sonos and Philips. Rhapsody, and the Rhapsody logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rhapsody International Inc.
Award-Winning Actress Kathy Najimy Debuts 'Ch'Arms' at HSN on November 29 and November 30
--Innovative Shapewear Gives Women New Wardrobe Styling Options --
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning television and film actress Kathy Najimy and HSN, a leading interactive multichannel retailer, will join forces to launch a unique new shapewear collection called Ch'Arms. Ms. Najimy will share the Ch'Arms collection with HSN customers live on HSN on Monday, November 29. This lightweight accessory, designed to be worn under short sleeve or sleeveless tops, is designed for women seeking coverage for their arms while keeping the integrity of their outer garment intact.
Kathy Najimy invented Ch'Arms out of her personal need for alternative styling options for her wardrobe. She explains, "Ch'Arms is a garment problem-solver. For those of us who love the look of short sleeve or sleeveless garments but sometimes choose to have our arms covered, Ch'Arms gives us the best of both worlds. No more bulky layers either under or over your cute shirt or dress. Ch'Arms is lightweight and seamless and allows its wearer to feel comfortable and confident, covering your arms without covering your garment or body!"
"HSN is thrilled to work with Kathy to offer the everyday woman an easy fix for her wardrobe challenges," said Chuck Anderson, SVP of Merchandising for HSN. "We've admired Kathy's work for years, and to be able to bring her innovative design concept to our engaging customer base is an exciting opportunity for us all."
The collection, which will launch in six color ways - black, white, nude, grey, mocha and plum - comes in three distinct fabrications that include comfy cotton, control spandex and evening sheer mesh. "Sheer evening mesh Ch'Arms" has been designed by Ms. Najimy to blend seamlessly into the background, allowing a woman's top or dress to stand out. "Control Ch'Arms" is constructed to minimize the arms and midriff, while "Cotton Ch'Arms" provides a more casual option and can be worn with a multitude of garments.
The Ch'Arms Comfy Cotton and Ch'Arms Spandex Control will both retail for $29.90 and be available exclusively at HSN, http://www.hsn.com and via HSN Mobile. Specific show times and more product information is available at http://www.hsn.com; keyword Ch'Arms.
Tune in on November 29th at 9 am ET, 11 am ET, 1 pm ET and on November 30th at 7 am ET and 3 pm ET for the launch of Ch'Arms.
About Kathy Najimy:
For 14 seasons, Kathy performed the voice of "Peggy Hill," on the Emmy award winning Fox TV hit King of the Hill, (Annie award & 2 Women In Film awards) and for 3 seasons she starred opposite Kirstie Alley as "Olive" on NBC's Veronica's Closet, (American Comedy Award). Najimy is known internationally for her portrayal of "Sister Mary Patrick" in the blockbuster hits Sister Acts 1 and 2, (ACA Awards, Hollywood Press discovery of the Year Award), as well as starring roles in the cult hits Hocus Pocus and Ratrace.
As well, as the Sister Act movies, Kathy has appeared in over 20 films including: Hope Floats,Nevada, Cats Don't Dance, Zack And Reba, This Is My Life, The Fisher King, The Wedding Planner, Say Uncle, (best actress Philadelphia Film fest) Soapdish, and The Hard Way, with cameo appearances in It's Pat, Jeffrey, The Big K, Margaret Cho's: Bam Bam and Celeste, and 2 Sisters, and most recently can be seen in Step Up 3D.
For television, as well as Veronica's Closet, Kathy starred as a series regular, Millie Finch the saucy head of the University on the CBS hour drama--Numb3rs. Other TV appearances include Drop Dead Diva, Desperate Housewives, and Ugly Betty. Najimy received critical acclaim for her 3-part arc on Chicago Hope, Disney's The Scream Team, FOX's TV special Cinderelmo, and with Tim Curry she performed the opening musical number of the 1995 Academy Awards. She starred in - In Search Of Dr. Seuss as well as appearances in the TV series: She TV, Fool For Love, Early Edition, Clueless,That's So Raven, and several episodes of Ellen.
For the stage, Kathy starred on Broadway as Mae West in Dirty Blonde (Outer Critics Circle Best Actress Award), and starred in her original off Broadway hit: The Kathy and Mo Show (Obie Award) for more than 20 years, which turned into two award-winning HBO TV specials (American Comedy award, Ace award). Kathy was named Ms Magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 2005.
About HSN:
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, HSN is a leading interactive multichannel retailer, offering a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names to its customers. HSN incorporates experts, entertainment, inspiration, solutions, tips and ideas to provide an entirely unique shopping experience. At HSN, customers find exceptional selections in Health &Beauty (e.g. M. Asam, Carol's Daughter, Coty, FranBrand, FusionBeauty, Andrew Lessman's Procaps, Lancome, Perlier, Serious Skin Care, Wei East, ybf Beauty); Jewelry (e.g. Heidi Daus, Grayce by Molly Sims, R.J. Graziano, IMAN Global Chic, michaeLisa, Noir, Amedeo Scognamiglio, Tori Spelling, Serena Williams Signature Statement); Home/Lifestyle (e.g. Nate Berkus, Bissell, Colin Cowie, Dyson, Todd English, GreenPan with Thermolon, Emeril Lagasse, Joy Mangano, MoMA Design Store, Wolfgang Puck); Fashion/Accessories (e.g. American Glamour Badgley Mischka, Curations with Stefani Greenfield, Sam Edelman, Loulou de la Falaise, Chi by Carlos Falchi, Diane Gilman, "Timeless" by Naeem Khan, Adrienne Landau, Sharif); and Electronics (e.g. Canon, Gateway, GE, HP, JVC, Kodak, LG, Sony).
A leader in transactional innovation, HSN is the only retailer offering live streaming video on three screens: TV network, which broadcasts live to 95 million households in the US in HD 24/7; hsn.com, which ranks in the top 30 of the top 500 internet retailers and features 15,000 product videos; and mobile via its mobile-optimized site and iPhone and Android shopping applications. HSN, founded 33 years ago as the first shopping network, is an operating segment of HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSNI).
European Union Consortium Launches Advanced Cloud Computing Project With Hospital and Smart Power Grid Provider
HIGHLIGHTS
- EU-funded consortium of European-based corporate research organizations, large research institutes and academia from seven countries
- Scientists will resolve privacy and resilience limitations of public cloud infrastructures in a new project called Trustworthy Clouds (TClouds)
- To evaluate the feasibility of the TClouds infrastructure, scientists and engineers will use two scenarios including a cloud that is resilient and steers a smart energy grid and a cloud that stores and protects the privacy of medical data
ZURICH, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a European consortium including IBM (NYSE: IBM); and Sirrix AG security technologies; Portuguese energy and solution providers, Energias de Portugal and EFACEC; San Raffaele (Italy) Hospital and several additional European academic and corporate research organizations announced Trustworthy Clouds or TClouds, a new virtual infrastructure project. The goal of the project is to prototype an advanced cloud infrastructure that can deliver a new level of secure, private and resilient computing and storage that is cost-efficient, simple and scalable.
To demonstrate TClouds, scientists will prototype two scenarios involving critical IT-systems including:
-- a smart energy grid with Portugal's leading energy and solution
providers Energias de Portugal and EFACEC: A combination of smart
metering and a Web-based real-time status and energy consumption control
system enables public utility providers to monitor and efficiently
control a public lighting network. TClouds will show how such
energy-preserving systems can be migrated to a cloud infrastructure
while increasing their resilience, privacy protection and tolerance,
from both hackers and hardware failures.
-- a patient-centric home healthcare service with San Raffaele Hospital in
Milano, Italy, will remotely monitor, diagnose and assist patients
outside of a hospital setting. The complete lifecycle from prescription
to delivery to intake to reimbursement will be stored securely in the
cloud and thus be accessible by the patient, doctors and pharmacy staff.
The goal is to demonstrate how the quality of in-home healthcare can be
improved cost-efficiently without reducing privacy.
"Today, data can be gathered everywhere and accessed by anything, but doing so doesn't come without some risk, including security and data loss," comments Dr. Matthias Schunter, technical leader for TClouds and computer scientist at IBM Research - Zurich. "With TClouds we aim to demonstrate that the rewards in terms of both cost efficiencies and smarter services, such as healthcare and energy, can be achieved by using advanced cloud technology to reduce or, in some cases, eliminate those risks."
Inside TClouds
Protecting data and services in the cloud is a challenge of increasing importance for governments and organizations across all industries including healthcare, energy utilities and banking. In a cloud environment, all pertinent data is stored on remote hardware via the Internet instead of being kept on a local server or computer.
To achieve the security, resiliency and scalability needed when outsourcing critical IT-systems to a cloud, scientists will build an advanced "Cloud of Clouds" framework for the project. As the name implies, this framework will provide multiple back-ups of the TClouds data and applications in case of a hardware failure or intrusion.
Newly designed security mechanisms will also be developed to remotely verify the security and resiliency of the cloud infrastructure, guaranteeing the integrity of a hardened cloud computing platform to users of cloud services.
Besides advanced technology, TClouds will also study the legal, business and social aspects of cross-border cloud computing, such as country-specific privacy laws; writing cloud computing service agreements; and user-centric requirements, including languages and accessibility.
TClouds will be coordinated by Technikon Research and Planning in Austria and the partners include corporate and public organizations IBM Research - Zurich, Philips Electronics, Sirrix AG, Unabhangiges Landeszentrum fur Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein, Energias de Portugal, EFACEC and San Raffaele Hospital as well as academic research institutes Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany; University of Lisbon, Portugal; University of Oxford, England; Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and UNU-MERIT (University of Maastricht).
"TClouds is the most innovative cloud security research project in Europe. Therefore, we have assembled a who's who of expertise to validate that these hosted environments are ready for industry's most secure and trusted data," comments Dr. Klaus-Michael Koch, project coordinator, Technikon Research and Planning.
The TClouds project is scheduled to be completed by September 2013.
CONTACT: Christopher P. Sciacca, IBM Communications - Europe, office +41-44-72-48-443, cia@zurich.ibm.com, or Steven Tomasco, IBM Communications - USA, stomasc@us.ibm.com, +1-917-472-3738; or Dr. Klaus-Michael Koch, +43-4242-233-550, Technikon Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH, coordination@tclouds-project.eu
Gifts.com & Hunch Partner to Build the Ultimate Gift Recommendation Engine; New Feature Provides Personalized Recommendations for Facebook Friends
Combination of #1 Gifting site & Leading Recommendation Engine creates the most advanced gifting technology available
NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Gifts.com, the # 1 gift recommendation website and operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), and leading recommendation engine Hunch, have partnered to offer a unique and highly personalized gift shopping experience, based on the most reliable information of all - a recipient's own taste.
The partnership combines the unique strengths of each company - joining Gifts.com's hand-picked gift ideas with Hunch's personalization technology - to produce the most sophisticated gift recommendation engine available.
"Gifts.com is the ideal launch partner to showcase how Hunch's taste-driven algorithms can provide highly-relevant, customized recommendations," noted Shaival Shah, VP of Business Development for Hunch. "It's a great example of how strong recommendations can create deep consumer engagement and ultimately stronger conversion to purchase."
By leveraging Facebook profile data, Hunch instantly provides a gift shopper with personalized gift recommendations based on their friend's likes and interests. This data is enhanced by fun Q&A about the recipient to create their unique "taste profile." In addition to this technology, shoppers can also trust that every recommended gift has first been hand selected and categorized by Gifts.com's expert staff. It is the perfect marriage of technology and human expertise.
"This is the ideal application of Hunch technology," said Graham Stanton, President, Gifts.com. "Personalization makes things easier than ever for the gift shopper, while simultaneously yielding a better gift for the recipient."
Hunch personalizes the internet by providing customized recommendations based on a proprietary "Taste Graph." Hunch's Taste Graph maps internet users with their affinity for anything -- from websites, restaurants, and hotels to fashion, interests and even other people.
Key features of the new service include:
-- Instant gift recommendations for the shopper's Facebook friends based on
their likes, interests and profile information.
-- Dynamic updates to the list of gift recommendations as the shopper fine
tunes the suggestions by answering "yes" or "no" to each gift.
-- The ability to increase the "confidence level" of Hunch's taste profile
algorithm by answering conventional or more entertaining questions about
the recipient like, "Alien Abductions: Does your recipient think they
are real or fake?"
Early results are very promising. In just 10 days since launch, shoppers are answering an average of 40 questions per visit and conversion is as much as 60% higher than the average for the site, proof that the new feature is providing highly relevant recommendations.
Gifts.com is the # 1 gift recommendation site, offering consumers hand-picked gift ideas and interactive, personalized shopping services that enable them to become better, more organized gift-givers. Gifts.com combines editorial sourcing with its proprietary personality-based gift finder to deliver the most relevant and unbiased gift options available, ranging from popular and trendy to unique and unexpected. For more information, visit http://www.gifts.com.
About Hunch
Hunch Inc. personalizes the internet by helping anyone find and discover the people, places, or things they might like. Powered by a growing 'Taste Graph' which combines machine learning algorithms with a passionate online community, Hunch's personalized recommendations are available on hunch.com and select partner sites.
About IAC
IAC operates more than 50 leading and diversified Internet businesses across 30 countries... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world. To view a full list of the companies of IAC please visit our website at http://www.iac.com.
Manually Curated 'New Issue News' Feed Makes Monitoring IPOs Easier Than Ever
NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Triad is pleased to announce the latest addition to the New Issue Service. Clients, via the IPO dashboard, and the general public, through Triad's public website, now have access to up-to-the-moment new issue news from numerous media outlets. Unlike typical automated news feeds, Triad's new issue news is hand-selected and filtered daily for relevant and constructive articles. The news feed serves as a convenient medium for up-to-date new issue news organized by issuing company name. Instead of scouring the countless number of websites and articles across the internet yourself, Triad's new issue news feed does all the work for you by searching and sifting through the vast assortment of media sources to provide you with one consolidated site for worthwhile deal-specific news.
The general public may view the new issue news at:
-- Within the 'Upcoming New Issues' section, click 'View' under the News
column for respective deal-specific news
About Triad's "New Issue Service"
The New Issue Service is distributed worldwide to more than 300 institutional investors ranging in size from $500,000 to more than $200 billion in managed assets. Clients receive an inside view of how initial public offerings (IPOs), secondaries, convertibles, and preferreds are affected by the variables in the domestic and global financial markets and provides opening-day premium consensus calls on all deals coming to market.
The New Issue Service is made available via Triad's secure website, e-mail, and direct access to Triad's traders for deal color, pre-opening looks, street-wide consensuses, and commentary.
About Triad Securities
Triad Securities Corp's customers subscribe to its leading IPO report service, execute through its full service execution desk or electronic execution system, and take advantage of its prime brokerage services. Triad also arranges office space for trading groups and hedge funds.
Disclaimer
Triad Securities has not contributed to, written, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed any of the news items, or any of the policies, activities, products, or services offered on the external sites or by any advertiser on the external sites. All news articles are from external and unaffiliated media outlets. All information provided "as is" for informational purposes only, not intended for trading purposes or advice.
CharTec Adds Live Virtual Help Desk Service for MSP Customers
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CharTec, the SMB channel's leading "Hardware as a Service" (HaaS)/sales training provider, today announced it has added live telephone support through a partnership with Live Virtual Help Desk (LiveVHD), a leading North American help desk service for managed service providers (MSPs). CharTec's IT service company customers will now be able to offer their end users skilled front-end help desk support, based on LiveVHD's industry-leading internal processes for addressing computer system questions and problems.
With the addition of telephone support services for CharTec's hardware and bundled systems, MSPs and solution providers reduce the time and resource burden on their technical and support teams so they can concentrate on other business functions. LiveVHD technicians provide friendly, personable service in plain and simple English, and the company boasts a fix rate of nearly 90 percent on the first call.
"As the owner of an MSP business, I, like many business owners, struggle with growth and finding good people. The consideration to build out my own help desk was easily outweighed by the sheer cost and high turnover related to this endeavor. Working with LiveVHD has allowed our company to scale and gives us the type of support our clients expect. We are excited to now be able to bring this solution to our CharTec partners and know that we are providing the best service in the industry for them and their end clients," said Alex Rogers, CharTec's CEO. "We're confident that partners will be so impressed with LiveVHD, they will consider this service an extension of their own team.
"We are delighted to be complementing CharTec's range of services and look forward to providing their customers with exceptional help desk support," said Neil Jones, President of Live Virtual Help Desk. "We take great pride in supplying the industry with leading service that increases efficiency and profitability."
Live help desk service is now available to CharTec partners for a flat monthly fee, so support costs remain predictable and easy to budget.
CharTec "Hardware as a Service" (HaaS) and sales training program helps technology companies transition to the next level of annuity-based profitability as Managed Service Providers. CharTec Partners can increase their clients' productivity and reduce overall costs using the program because hardware and service costs are no longer an obstacle - workstations, servers, firewalls, 24x7 help desk, updated software, even BDR, VOIP and security are easily acquired. CharTec goes "beyond HaaS" by providing private labeled hardware, a new configurator tool that allows Partners to price offerings in less than 5 minutes, and an extremely popular sales and IT Management academy. CharTec is the winner of three ChannelInsider Bull'sEye Awards and Business Solutions. Magazine Innovator of the Year Award for 2009. CharTec is headquartered in Bakersfield, CA. For more information please visit http://www.chartec.net.
About Live Virtual Help Desk
Live Virtual Help Desk (LiveVHD), a North American leading "live" help desk support service, allows MSPs of all sizes the opportunity to offer "live" second-level, friendly and skilled, front-end phone support as an extension of their own company services. LiveVHD uses industry-leading internal processes to deal with a client's desktops, laptops, servers, handheld and network devices. LiveVHD integrates with the MSPs own service ticketing system, be it, Autotask, ConnectWise or Tigerpaw. The company promises not to overwhelm the client with techno-speak, just plain and simple English. For more information visit http://www.livevhd.com or call 1-866-677-3256.
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IES, Ltd. Advances Dashboard Technology with iView
MIDLAND PARK, N.J., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning transportation software provider, IES, Ltd., announces the release of its new product, iView Web Desktop. The launch is just one in a series of strategic announcements for the software vendor. The highly anticipated product rollout offers what the company believes to be the best in underlying technology coupled with one of the most innovative visual experiences available on the market.
With rich drilldown detail, portability, dynamic interaction and ease of use within a robust dashboard framework, the dashboard is a higher-level distillation and organization of data layered on top of the company's proven Web Tracking visibility. IES states that its goal is to provide an overall snapshot in one system while still drilling down to the basics.
Andrew Bullen, President and CEO of IES, Ltd. explains, "We've combined the best of business intelligence platforms, the best of dashboard products and the very best in development in one offering. A dynamic dashboard was our number-one goal; however, the real challenge was compressing all of the data and delivering it in a single dashboard. True KPI functionality is achieved when vendor analytics, utilization, carrier statistics, and delivery accuracy are conveyed in real time. There is a strong return when business users can instantly access, analyze and drilldown through a variety of data. We believe that herein lies the key to understanding business efficacy.
We envision being more than just a commonly referenced 'one-stop shop' for facts and figures. Instead, it is our goal to be more of a go-to resource that acts as a sounding board for your business -- a portal to information. As we look toward 2011 and beyond, we hope you agree that technology is one of the essential components to information and one of the key facets to long-term success. Our goal is to be your gateway to trade information.
Success is just as inherent in the specifics as it is in higher-level processes. Overall, our plan is twofold. We want to provide our customers both with a top-level dashboard view, but also realize that it's essential to optimize every day operational tasks. Imagine an online mapping system where you can zoom-out to a world view, but can just as easily zoom-in to street level detail. Now, picture this same tool applied to your business. The higher-level view is equally as important as the operational specifics. Both perspectives are key to overall understanding.
Decision makers need to see certain key indicators and multiple comparative sets of data in parallel without changing context or focus. Essentially, this allows them to assess higher-level performance indicators while visualizing the intricacies of their business. The IES iView Web Dashboard is representative of this vision."
About IES, Ltd.
With offices throughout the United States and in Asia, IES, Ltd. is one of the largest transportation software providers in North America. In operation for over 20 years, the IES suite of import and export solutions serve Freight Forwarders, NVOCCs, Customs Brokers and other transportation intermediaries. IES's product offerings adjust to the changes and complexities inherent when doing business in the global arena. Please visit http://www.iesltd.com, email askus@iesltd.com or call +1.201.639.5000 for more information.
HauteLook Leads Social Commerce Revolution with the Launch of Private Sale Events on Facebook®
Members and Brand Fans Can Now Shop and Share Directly from Facebook
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- HauteLook, a leading online private sale website with more than 3.5 million members, announces the launch of HauteLook Events on Facebook, debuting on Tuesday, November 23. In addition to introducing sale events on Facebook Pages, HauteLook is one of the first retailers to offer "in-stream" shopping from the News Feed. During the busy holiday season, HauteLook has created a new social commerce channel for the site's members to browse, purchase and share their favorite brands at savings of 50-75 percent off, all without leaving Facebook, their preferred platform for communicating and sharing information with friends.
HauteLook members will have two easy ways to shop HauteLook Events on Facebook. Members who "like" HauteLook on Facebook can browse sale events on a dedicated "Shop" tab at Facebook.com/hautelook or view a sale event on their homepage by clicking on a post from HauteLook. If members choose to post about their purchase on Facebook, their friends can scroll over the post to launch the shopping application in their News Feed as well. The best part? Members never have to leave Facebook to complete their transaction. As soon as they click "place order," they can either choose to share their great new purchase or simply close the application and return to interacting with their friends on Facebook.
Shoppers who are fans of the participating partner brand on Facebook will also be able to access the HauteLook event, directly from a tab on the brand's Facebook Page or in their stream.
"This powerful platform is just one of the many ways we are innovating in the e-commerce category," says Adam Bernhard, CEO, HauteLook. "Shoppers no longer have to go to the retailers - now we're going where the shoppers are, in a way that's fun and convenient. And not only will members love shopping and sharing with their friends, but our partner brands also benefit from offering a new, engaging experience for their fans. It's a win-win."
For the premiere of HauteLook Events on Facebook on November 23, HauteLook will partner with genuinely Natural hair, skin and body beauty line Carol's Daughter. Beloved by celebrities including Jada Pinkett Smith, Mary J. Blige and Halle Berry, the Carol's Daughter sale event will include many of the line's hit products at exclusive, unprecedented savings.
HauteLook Events on Facebook will be offered on a weekly basis and will last 48 hours each. Brand partners participating in upcoming sale events include Diane von Furstenberg on Tuesday, December 7 and BCBG on Tuesday, December 14.
The technology for HauteLook sale events on Facebook was exclusively licensed from Alvenda, the leading social commerce platform. The company has also developed best-in-class social commerce applications for brands including Delta Airlines, Land's End, and Avon Mark.
As always, membership to HauteLook is free and open to everyone. New members can join now by visiting http://www.hautelook.com.
About HauteLook
A leader in online retail, HauteLook brings the thrill back to shopping through 48-hour sale events with the world's top apparel, accessories, beauty, kids', home and travel brands. Every day, HauteLook offers discounts of 50 to 75 percent off retail prices to over 3.5 million members in the U.S. and Canada. Membership is free and open to everyone. HauteLook is headquartered in Los Angeles. Visit http://www.hautelook.com to learn more.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
Media Contact: Jee Nah Chang
Kaplow, (212) 221-1713
hautelook@kaplowpr.com
SOURCE HauteLook
HauteLook
CONTACT: Jee Nah Chang, Kaplow, +1-212-221-1713, hautelook@kaplowpr.com
Experience the World's First Truly Social eReading Platform at TheCopia.com
NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- What if you could open a book and notes from a trusted friend, colleague, professor or even the author, fell from the pages? Part online bookstore, part social network, Copia brings the social experience to the margin of your book.
In contrast to other platforms that simply provide static book and reader information, Copia is a full service social eReading platform that delivers an immersive and engaging experience for users that extends well beyond the transaction based ecommerce sites available in the market today. Copia helps users connect to friends who share common interests and enables real-time discussions inside the pages of their books.
"Some of the most exciting advancements over the past decade have come when a technology redefines an experience people thought they already understood very well," said Ben Lowinger, Executive Vice President of Copia Interactive. "We believe the launch of Copia is one of those moments. Copia embeds community and collaboration directly into the digital experience across multiple content categories."
Copia users can create a library of every book they have ever read, purchase digital eBooks, take notes and highlight passages as they read, as well as organize and share these notes. Users can also invite their book clubs, study groups, Facebook, Twitter and Copia friends to share in their digital reading experience.
"The first time a Copia user is puzzled by a passage then finds an insightful comment left in the margin by another Copia user, they're hooked," said Lowinger. "If a book is worth reading, it's worth talking about. Copia is an easy to use, powerful and refreshing twist on reading."
The power of Copia comes from sharing comments and engaging fellow readers in discussions. Soon available on most popular mobile devices, Copia also caters to your friends who still prefer curling up with a physical book by allowing them to join a group or conversation, a feature that is absent from other popular eReading options.
"Netflix and Amazon are on to something with their recommendation engines--mechanized results suggesting 'what to enjoy next?'" said Lowinger. "Copia personalizes recommendations by sharing with you the opinion of the people you care about, mirroring the feeling of perusing a book shelf with friends."
Copia's intuitive and personal features help readers find and connect with friends in new and meaningful ways:
-- Community Value Scoring -- Like a Wine Spectator rating for books,
community ratings help readers find their next favorite book. At a
glance, Copia users can tell how interesting a book or piece of content
is to the Copia community, spotlighting the most talked about,
highlighted and annotated items in the Copia library.
-- Library Compare -- Scan the library of your friends and other Copia
users to find the favorite books you have in common. Library Compare
virtually recreates the moment when the person sitting next to you on a
plane opens your favorite book and you strike up a great conversation.
-- Collaboration -- Imagine the ability to reference the notes of the
smartest student in class. Study groups can use Copia's groups,
discussions and note taking features to empower their group reading
experience. Users can access annotations from their community,
redefining social reading and bringing a new level of crowd sourcing to
education.
-- Note Collections & Publishing -- Read a friend's views on a passage or
leave your own insights for the next reader. Copia users can organize
and share enlightening notes that can help shape the reading experience
of thousands of future readers.
-- Book Clubs Re-Envisioned -- Users can create book clubs to discuss and
share reading experiences. Users can also set individual or group
reading goals, create milestones, and set challenges among friends.
-- What's Next? -- Newspapers, magazines, music, video and your favorite
mobile devices including slates, netbooks, Windows 7 Phone and Android
devices, all powered by Copia.
Copia is part of the DMC group of companies. Copia is a social media and content delivery platform that brings together content, community and commerce to create an environment where users collaborate, socialize and buy content. Copia will be accessible across a broad array of digital devices and platforms including Mac, PC, Android, notebooks, netbooks, iPads, slates, smartphones and eReaders. Copia OEM solutions are available for partners who want to benefit from the value of Copia's social commerce engine. For more information please visit http://www.TheCopia.com.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Trey Ditto / Samantha Wolf
KCSA Strategic Communications
(212) 896-1248 / (212) 896-1220
tditto@kcsa.com / swolf@kcsa.com
SOURCE Copia Interactive LLC
Copia Interactive LLC
CONTACT: Trey Ditto, +1-212-896-1248, tditto@kcsa.com, or Samantha Wolf, +1-212-896-1220, / swolf@kcsa.com, both of KCSA Strategic Communications
THiNQ Ed's journ(i)e Now Integrates with Google Docs and Gradebooks
New Integration Features Further Enhance Teacher/Student Collaboration and Engagement
CARBONDALE, Ill., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- TH(i)NQ Ed(TM), a leading strategic online solutions company in the education market, announced today its winter release of journ(i)e(SM), the Company's secure, student-directed learning environment for increased student engagement. The product upgrades include two new features: Google Docs integration and a new Assignments feature that enables teachers to easily manage and share assignments from their electronic gradebook. In addition, for teachers who use Pearson's PowerTeacher Gradebook, journie introduces DirectConnect, a sync option which provides an even more seamless, gradebook integration experience.
One of journie's most important qualities is its ability to harness the power of the Internet within a secure Learning Network. journie's newest enhancements further this capability by enabling users to incorporate the valuable data, content and collaboration capabilities available in connected applications through new integration capabilities.
1. Google Docs Integration - journie users can now leverage their Google identity in journie, enabling them to view and access their Google Docs from an easy-to-use file browser. Google documents can quickly and easily be embedded in or linked to a journie blogpost or wiki.
2. Assignments (with grade book integration) - journie's new Assignment feature enables teachers to provide students with an easy-to-use view of class assignments within workspaces. Teachers can maintain assignments for their classes using journie by itself, or easily import assignments from their preferred grade book software. In addition, journie now offers seamless integration with PowerSchool's Gradebook, so that assignments created in PowerTeacher automatically appear in journie. Students will enjoy a centralized view on their personal page, showing all their assignments for all their classes.
"Ease of use for students and teachers is a primary focus for THiNQ Ed," said Mary McCaffrey, CEO, THiNQ Ed. "We recognize today's users have multiple online solutions and accounts that serve different needs in their lives. Through journie's integration with Google Docs and Assignments, we are making collaboration convenient for schools, and doing so in a manner that makes the most of our users' existing investments in technology. These new features are a natural progression for us in our ongoing effort to make our products collaborative, easy-to-use, and intuitive for our customers."
journie 1.3 is now available for all current and future journie customers. The winter release comprises Google Docs integration, Gradebook integration, bookmarking and tasklist functionalities, and enhancements to the SIF (School Interoperability Framework) integration. For more information about journie 1.3 and other THiNQ Ed solutions for the education market, please visit http://www.THiNQEd.com
About THiNQ ED:
THiNQ Ed(TM) is a leading strategic online solutions company in the education market, providing schools and districts with a proven approach to developing and implementing best-in-class online environments that build stronger communities, create a positive image, and enhance collaboration inside and outside the classroom. The Company was recently awarded a top honor award in the software industry (SIIA CODiE) for "Best Web Services Solution." The Company now introduces its latest innovation, journie, a student-directed learning network environment that encourages student collaboration, content creation, and personalization. Always on the cutting edge of technology trends, THiNQ Ed continually breaks new ground by creating new technology solutions for the education market. For more information please visit, http://www.THiNQEd.com
Disclaimer:
PowerSchool and PowerTeacher are registered trademarks of Pearson School Systems. Google Docs is a registered trademark of Google. SIF is a registered trademark of the SIF Association.
SOURCE TH(i)NQ Ed
TH(i)NQ Ed
CONTACT: Colleen DeVine, Zer0 to Five, +1-570-259-0915, colleen@0to5.com
Congress Needs to Update the Nation's Antiquated and Anti-Competitive Telecom Rules
Verizon's Tom Tauke Calls for a Federal Framework for Policies That Protect Consumers and the Innovative and Competitive Internet Marketplace
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- With a highly innovative and competitive Internet eco-system now a critical resource for consumers and increasingly important to America's economic growth, Congress must act to address telecommunications policies that are broken.
"The grinding you hear are the gears churning as policymakers try to fit fast-changing technologies and competitive markets into regulatory boxes built for analog technologies and monopoly markets," said Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications, in discussing the Federal Communications Commission's outdated policies. Tauke pointed out that on the issue of net neutrality, the FCC's focus was limited to how Internet service providers might degrade or block Internet traffic, and not on other sectors of the Internet marketplace where similar consumer harm could take place.
"A key reason why the FCC doesn't consider the activities of those who control operating systems or applications is that the FCC looks at the world from the standpoint of its jurisdiction rather than from the perspective of the consumer," Tauke said. "Given the outdated statute, that's somewhat understandable. But from a reasonable person's perspective, that approach makes no sense. That is why we need Congress to update the law."
Tauke spoke on Saturday (Nov. 20) at a panel called "Rewriting the Telecom Act: Has the Time Come?" at the Federalist Society's National Conference in Washington.
Tauke laid out four components to a new policy to guide the Internet eco-system: The policy should be a federal framework. Because of the innovative nature of the marketplace, the framework should not involve anticipatory rulemaking, but rather principles that allow for case-by-case adjudication. The test for government intervention in the marketplace should be to prevent either harm to consumers or anti-competitive activity. And a single federal agency should be given clear jurisdiction.
As part of any regulatory overhaul, Tauke said, safeguards surrounding cyber security and privacy need to be addressed. He also called for a revamping of the subsidy programs for universal access to communications.
Tauke concluded: "This amazing Internet eco-system is not only an economic engine for our nation, it also holds great promise for improving the delivery of health care, revolutionizing our approach to education, and improving our transportation systems and electric grids.
"That is why we cannot allow regulators to impose limits or outmoded regulatory structures on this dynamic eco-system. That is why we do need Congress to replace the current statute with one that is in sync with today's communications technology and marketplace."
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 93 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 195,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
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Increases Digital Content Delivery to Meet User Demand; Digital Issue Redesign Coming in 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InformationWeek, the leading IT brand focused on the business value of technology, today released its 2011 multimedia editorial calendar.
InformationWeek and its portfolio of leading IT brands, including Network Computing, InformationWeek Government and Wall Street & Technology, will publish more than 108 print and digital magazines in 2011, with Dark Reading, Dr. Dobb's, and InformationWeek SMB debuting digital magazine editions. Twelve virtual events have also been scheduled for 2011. For more information, please visit http://createyournextcustomer.techweb.com/2011iwnetwork/
"In the 'information-overload' world of business technology buyers, there's a massive mandate to deliver content in context for our audience," said Brandon Friesen, VP and Group Publisher, InformationWeek. "By delivering an optimal mix of digital and offline content, we're helping our readers consume relevant content more effectively to do their jobs."
InformationWeek also plans to introduce a full redesign of InformationWeek Magazine digital editions in 2011. Its redesigned PDF digital magazines aim to provide a better user experience on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile devices through the use of larger font, cleaner graphics and an easier-to-read layout. The redesign also incorporates digital ad formats and other enhancements that will give sponsors an opportunity to capture additional leads. InformationWeek Magazine's digital editions generated well over 100,000 downloads in 2010.
"Our expanded editorial schedule provides additional audience segmentation opportunities for sponsors," continued Friesen. "InformationWeek Magazine - in print or digital format - allows sponsors to engage IT decision makers across the enterprise, while our targeted brands provide sponsors the option to target by government, healthcare, financial services, developers, company size, and technology."
Highlights of InformationWeek's 2011 editorial calendar include:
-- InformationWeek Magazine - 34 issues; 22 print and 12 digital editions
-- Advanced Trading - 11 issues; 5 print and 6 digital editions
-- Bank Systems & Technology - 11 issues; 5 print and 6 digital editions
-- Dark Reading - 4 digital editions
-- Dr. Dobbs - 6 digital editions
-- InformationWeek Government - 6 digital editions
-- InformationWeek Healthcare - 6 digital editions
-- InformationWeek SMB - 4 digital editions
-- Insurance & Technology - 11 issues; 5 print and 6 digital editions
-- Network Computing - 4 digital editions
-- Wall Street & Technology - 11 issues; 5 print and 6 digital editions
-- Virtual Events - 12 events ranging in topics from virtualization, cloud
computing to security and SaaS, as well as audience-targeted virtual
events in healthcare and government
The InformationWeek Business Technology Network provides IT executives with unique analysis and tools that parallel their work flow--from defining and framing objectives through to the evaluation and recommendation of solutions. Anchored by InformationWeek, the multimedia powerhouse that looks across the enterprise, the network scales across the most critical technology categories with online properties like DarkReading.com (security), IntelligentEnterprise.com (application architecture), NetworkComputing.com (networking and communications) and PlugintotheCloud.com (cloud computing). The network also provides focused content for key IT targets, such as CIOs, developers, and SMBs via InformationWeek Global CIO, Dr. Dobb's and InformationWeek SMB, as well as vital vertical industries with InformationWeek Financial Services, Government and Healthcare sites. Content is at the nucleus of our information distribution strategy--IT professionals turn to our experts and communities to stay informed, get advice and research technologies to make strategic business decisions.
UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and business information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its core businesses - media solutions, marketing services, and professional information - UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications, and services in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs, IT and IT Support managers, Web and digital professionals, software and game developers, government decision makers, telecom providers and business executives) actively participate in UBM TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat, and Enterprise Connect (formerly VoiceCon); large-scale online networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Gamasutra; research, training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.
For more information, contact:
Winnie Ng-Schuchman
Vice President, Marketing
InformationWeek Business Technology Network
wng@techweb.com
Consumers Flock to Online Savings Portal in Anticipation of Holidays: DealTaker.com, Premier Online Savings Hub for All Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals
DealTaker.com Launches iPhone App Making Bargain Shopping Easy; 'Koupon King' Tips for Saving Safely
PLANO, Texas, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the most anticipated shopping days of the year for both consumers and retailers alike. Retailers look forward to an increase in sales and consumers flock to the stores and online looking for the biggest savings on all of their holiday needs. Cyber Monday, the popular online shopping day, is the answer to a hassle-free shopping experience. Falling on the Monday after Black Friday, consumers need not fear missing out on in-store Black Friday deals as most will also be pertinent to Cyber Monday as retailers begin to participate more and more in this e-commerce-driven day. For both, consumers flock to DealTaker.com online savings portal to find out the best deals for everything and anything they need around the holidays.
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday draw closer, DealTaker.com also launches their mobile App allowing consumers to leave the coupons and notes at home, and simply browse store fliers or coupons on the mobile App that's accessible to iPhone and iPad. DealTaker.com's Black Friday App brings all the Black Friday ads right to the consumer's fingertips. The App allows consumers to create and manage a Black Friday checklist, has built-in sharing features for e-mailing, tweeting, and sharing ads on Facebook and has new features with options to view the most recent Black Friday ads published by product, category, or by DealTaker.com's staff picks highlighting the hottest Black Friday deals. Also new is a visual icon next to Black Friday offers that are available early online allowing consumers to take advantage of those deals before Friday, November 26th. Customers can also store their favorite coupons in a separate area for easy accessibility when shopping.
"Whether shopping in-store, online or through a mobile device, consumers should still arm themselves with the knowledge of how to ensure they get everything they need at the best price, safely and securely," says "Koupon King" Kevin Strawbridge, President of DealTaker.com. Strawbridge's top tips include:
1. Jump on Deals When You See Them - Retailers buy less when there's a
recession so consumers will find deals lasting for shorter periods of
time. So, if you see a good deal on something you want, buy it fast
before it's gone!
2. Have a Plan of Attack - If you're planning on shopping in-store, make
sure you know when they open so you can be there first. Some stores open
as early as 4 a.m. for Black Friday and offer even steeper discounts if
you shop early.
3. Shop at Sites that Offer Free Shipping: Many stores offer free shipping
on Cyber Monday so spend time looking for these deals. Always check
competitor sites to see which one offers free shipping.
4. Shop on Trustworthy Sites: Protect your safety and check the seller's
reputation and record for customer satisfaction. Always look for the BBB
seal and other widely-recognized "trustmarks" such as McAfee Secure and
Accredited Business.
5. Beware for Phishing: Legitimate businesses never send e-mails claiming
problems with an order or an account to lure the buyer into revealing
personal and financial information.
6. Pay with a Credit Card: It's best to use a credit card as an item can be
disputed if it is never received. Never wire money.
7. Beware of Too Good To Be True Deals: Extremely low prices on hard-to-get
items are usually too good to be true. Be cautious.
8. Be A Techie: Use apps as they are meant to help simplify hectic
situations such as Black Friday.
About DealTaker.com
DealTaker.com is the premier destination for consumers looking to spend less and get more. A free coupon site for members to share and take deals, DealTaker.com makes it easy to save on merchandise and services including food, travel, electronics, home furnishings, jewelry and pet supplies, among others. Founded in Plano, Texas in 2004, DealTaker.com works with more than 2,400 stores, over 20,000 followers on Twitter and more than 250,000 deal-sharing members to provide over 9,000 active coupons and deals every day.
For more information on DealTaker.com, for an interview with "Koupon King" Kevin Strawbridge, President of DealTaker.com, please e-mail Tiffany@foxgreenberg.com.
VoX Communications' Mobile VoIP App is Now Available on Ovi Store for Symbian Phones
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 22, 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 a downloadable mobile VoIP app on the Ovi Store by Nokia for use on Symbian mobile phones.
Users of Symbian devices can download the VoIP app from VoX Communications at http://ovistore.com/search?q=vox or by going to store.ovi.com from their smartphone.
Symbian smartphone users will be able to download the VoX mobile VoIP plan with a simple signup process that will deliver the install software package straight to the device. Consumers worldwide can use the app to make calls to the United States for $.02 per minute, or less, if an unlimited plan is purchased.
Other benefits of downloading the VoX app from the Ovi Store include:
-- The app works on GSM or WiFi, enabling dual-mode functionality
-- Low cost US calling
-- Low cost international calling
-- Seamless integration with the Nokia N900 contact list
-- Provides users with a second line for inbound and outbound calls that
also supports anonymous call rejection, call blocking and call
forwarding
-- Allows you to add a toll free number
-- Allows you to add several virtual numbers
-- Number porting is available
-- Does not use up your monthly cell phone plan voice-minutes
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 VoX, +1-212-404-7633, phriss@pervasip.com
Kingston Digital Launches HyperX MAX 3.0 External USB 3.0 Drive
- USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Certified -- Up to 10 Times Faster than USB 2.0
- Highly-portable and Shock Resistant with Flash Memory Design-In
- Available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB Capacities
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the HyperX® MAX 3.0 External USB 3.0 Drive. Shipping in December, the SuperSpeed USB certified HyperX MAX 3.0 drive is a fast and durable external USB 3.0 storage drive. SuperSpeed USB is the specification delivering USB 3.0 transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0.
Kingston's HyperX MAX 3.0 has a read speed of up to 195MB/sec., and a write speed of up to 160MB/sec., when paired with a USB 3.0 compatible device. It is also fully compatible with USB 2.0 devices, as the speed defaults back to USB 2.0 capability. During internal testing, a 10GB movie file was transferred in only 1 minute, 12 seconds to the HyperX MAX 3.0 from a USB 3.0 system*. The transfer time increased to 5 minutes, 52 seconds using a USB 2.0 port with the same test bed.
HyperX MAX 3.0 is an excellent drive solution for any prosumer, computer enthusiast or professional requiring extremely fast file transfer to their PC with portability requirements. Moving or backing up HD video, RAW images or other large project files are examples that can take advantage of the extremely high-speed data transfers of the USB 3.0 interface.
"The HyperX MAX 3.0 External USB 3.0 Drive follows the tradition of Kingston's HyperX enthusiast DRAM family providing users with premium quality and extreme performance," said Andrew Ewing, USB product manager, Kingston®. "In addition to portability and speed, users will be pleased with the durability of this drive. Its Flash memory-based architecture is designed for the rigors of mobile use."
HyperX MAX 3.0 is available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities and is sold through Kingston's authorized channel of distributors, resellers, e-tailers and retailers. It comes with a three-year warranty and is backed by Kingston's legendary 24/7 service and support.
Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 Features and Specifications
-- Performance: USB-IF SuperSpeed-Certified
-- Standardized: complies with USB 3.0 specification standards, compatible
with USB 2.0
-- Sequential Speed: Read: up to 195MB/sec., Write: up to 160MB/sec
-- Shock-resistant: built with Flash components so no moving parts
-- Portable: Aluminum design is sleek, stylish and rugged
-- Silent: runs silently with no moving parts
-- Easy: plug & play with no driver required; utilizes USB bus power with
no additional bus power required
-- Guaranteed: three-year warranty
-- Capacities**: 64GB, 128GB and 256GB
-- Dimensions: 2.89 x 4.67 x 0.47 (73.49mm x 118.60mm x 12.00mm)
-- Vibration Operating: 20G Peak, 10-2000Hz, (20min/Axis) x 3 Axis
-- Vibration Non-operating: 20G Peak, 10-2000Hz, (12 Cycle/Axis) x 3 Axis,
x 20min.
-- Operating Shock: 1500G
-- Operating Temperature: 0 degrees to 60 degrees C/ 32 degrees to 140
degrees F
-- Storage Temperature: -20 degrees to 85 degrees C/ -4 degrees to 185
degrees F
-- Power Consumption: 4.5W
-- Dual LED: blue for USB 3.0, green for USB 2.0
Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 USB 3.0 External Drive
Part Number Capacity and Features MSRP
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SHX100U3/64G 64GB HyperX MAX External USB 3.0 Drive $TBA
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SHX100U3/128G 128GB HyperX MAX External USB 3.0 Drive $TBA
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SHX100U3/256G 256GB HyperX MAX External USB 3.0 Drive $TBA
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File Transfer Speeds (m:ss)
USB
Hyper X MAX 3.0 USB 3.0 3.0 USB 2.0
External USB Drive port port
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10GB Movie File 1:12 5:52
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* Test system: Motherboard: Gigabyte(TM) GA-P55A-UD4; CPU: Intel® Core(TM) i5 @ 3.47GHz; Memory: 8GB DDR3; USB 3.0: NEC Host Controller; Windows® 7 Ultimate x64
** Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston's Flash Guide at kingston.com/flash_memory_guide.
About Kingston Digital, Inc.
Kingston Digital, Inc. ("KDI") is the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Established in 2008, KDI is headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA. For more information, please visit http://www.kingston.com or call 800-337-8410.
Kingston and the Kingston logo are registered trademarks of Kingston Technology Corporation. All rights reserved. All other marks may be the property of their respective titleholders.
Art.com Inc. Launches Valuable Tools to Simplify Holiday Shopping
Leading Online Destination for Wall Art Offers One-Stop-Shop to Find the Perfect Gifts for Any Budget
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- To help gift-givers thrive this holiday shopping season, Art.com Inc., the world's leading online specialty provider of wall art, has introduced multiple online resources and unique gift ideas on its art.com and AllPosters.com sites. New tools unveiled today include exclusive gift guides developed by five nationally-renowned design experts and a new online holiday catalog.
"Wall art is one of the most personal and meaningful gifts one can give because of its strong emotional impact year round, every time the recipient glances at his or her wall," said Andrew Wait, chief marketing officer of Art.com Inc. "At art.com and AllPosters.com, we're providing consumers a variety of easy ways to select and personalize the perfect wall art gifts for anyone on their holiday gift lists, regardless of budget."
As part of art.com's holiday campaign, the site is offering an easy-to-shop Holiday Gift Guide at http://www.art.com/giftguide, where consumers can find a wide range of gift suggestions based on hobbies, interests or decor styles. In this year's guide, these nationally-renowned design experts have created exclusive gift recommendations for an array of personalities such as The Fashionista, The Nature Lover, The Traveler, The Music Lover and The Photographer:
-- Kristan Cunningham, featured on AOL's Shelterpop and USMagazine.com
-- Chayse Dacoda, HGTV personality
-- Annette Joseph, Today Show contributor
-- Kyle Schuneman, named on House Beautiful's "Next Wave of Top 20
Designers" list
-- Erinn Valencich, seen on HGTV and as eHow.com's "Home Expert"
Additional online resources include a holiday catalog highlighting more than 400 of art.com's best-selling wall art and exclusive pieces at http://www.art.com/holiday2010catalog. Products featured consist of framed prints, canvas, hand-painted art, tapestries and wall murals, which are organized by decorating style, subject and product type. Also, art.com's photos {to} art service at http://www.art.com/photostoart allows gift givers to transform personal digital photographs into stunning, high-quality works of wall art, including framed photographic prints or photos on canvas, wood or acrylic.
AllPosters.com has its very own Holiday Gift Guide at http://www.AllPosters.com/giftguide where consumers can find gift suggestions chosen by the site's expert staff for both kids and adults, including great recommendations for the Hipster, Globe Hopper, Art Aficionado and other personas.
Custom packaging ensures the artwork will arrive in excellent condition, usually within several days. For last-minute shoppers, expedited shipping options are available, enabling some items to arrive in as little as one business day after ordering. All art.com and AllPosters.com products are backed with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
"This holiday season, finding the perfect holiday gift doesn't have to be a chore," continued Wait. "Art.com and AllPosters.com offer a huge assortment of personal wall art gifts that will make everyone on your holiday gift list happy for years to come."
Art.com Inc. is the world's leading online specialty provider of posters, prints, and framed art. Since 1998, Art.com Inc. has sold high-quality wall art online to more than 10 million customers - including home decorators, interior designers, businesses, art collectors, and art lovers - in over 120 countries worldwide. The privately-held company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA, with other facilities in Ohio, North Carolina and the Netherlands. Its decor experts are always on top of the latest wall décor and decorating trends, and make them accessible to the everyday consumer by creating exclusive unique wall decor pieces that can't be found anywhere else. For more information, visit http://www.art.com and http://www.AllPosters.com. "art.com" and "AllPosters" are registered trademarks of Art.com Inc. Other trade names and trademarks appearing above are the properties of their respective owners and are not used to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, these other companies.
VirtualTourCafe.com Offering Free Virtual Tours for Homes in Foreclosure and will give 50% off and donate up to 50% to charity for 50 hours for all others.
DUBLIN, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- VirtualTourCafe.com, a new technology online real estate marketing company is giving back to the community one virtual tour at a time by offering free* virtual tours,e-flyers and video marketing for homes in foreclosure and a huge discount to all others.
Starting at 12:00am, Thursday, November 25, until 2:00am, Saturday, November 27, VirtualTourCafe.com will offer their online world-class virtual tour service at a 50% discount when Discount Code: 5050 is applied. Like many, real estate agents have come through tough times this recession and VirtualTourCafe wants to give agents and home owners alike something to smile about.
According to Realty Trac, there are more than 2 million homes currently in foreclosure. Many real estate agents can't afford to spend money on marketing these distressed properties. So for sellers that have their properties listed with an agent as a short sale, or are in foreclosure, VirtualTourCafe will offer their service for FREE! Contact your agent and ask them to use the code: FreeTour*.
"To help during these hard economic times we are pledging to give 50% of all proceeds collected during this 50 hour campaign to charity when our goal of 1000 agents subscribe to one of our real estate marketing programs. Gratitude, charity and giving back to the community is at the foundation of VirtualTourCafe, LLC which is why we always give at least 10% of all net profits to charity," says president and CEO, Tim Denbo.
90% of home buyers are now searching online for homes, according to the National Association of Realtors, and many search homes based on the number of pictures and/or a virtual tour before considering other listings. As a virtual tour provider, VirtualTourCafe.com helps the home owner, the real estate agent and ultimately the community by adding virtual tours and video tours to more property listings to help market and sell the property through global online exposure.
VirtualTourCafe is an easy to use, fast and inexpensive online real estate marketing tool with individual agent and full-office broker programs available, starting at under $10.00 per tour. E-flyers, Virtual Tours, YouTube-Style videos and global distribution are a few of the many services included on http://www.VirtualTourCafe.com.
*activation fee of under $1 per tour will be applied
Deltacom Launches Smartphone Interface for Deltaview Customer Portal
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ITCD), a leading provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern United States, today announced a smartphone-friendly interface for Deltaview(SM), its customer account management portal.
"We continue to refine Deltaview by adding the features and functionality requested by customers," said Tom Fabbricatore, Deltacom's Chief Information Officer. "Combining order processing and service management capabilities into a single, easy to use, self-service tool helps streamline their businesses. Optimizing Deltaview for wireless use is ideal for those who like to manage their account on the go," said Fabbricatore.
Deltaview is a comprehensive web-based account management tool that enables customers to electronically interact with Deltacom. The portal complements Deltacom's US-based customer care center, delivering simple, streamlined processes that improve efficiencies for customers who prefer to manage and monitor their communications services online. The new Deltaview mobile application enables access via smartphones and provides a mobile-friendly interface for completing transactions such as service ticket management, toll-free reroute, line feature management, bill payment, account balances and more on smaller wireless screens.
Deltaview is available free of charge to all Deltacom customers. To learn more, register or view a video demo, visit http://www.deltacom.com/account.
ABOUT ITC^DELTACOM, INC.
ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, provides, through its operating subsidiaries, integrated telecommunications and technology services to businesses and other communications providers in the southeastern United States. ITC^DeltaCom has a fiber optic network spanning approximately 16,428 route miles, and offers a comprehensive suite of voice and data communications services, including local, long distance, broadband data, Internet connectivity, wireless voice and data services, and customer premises equipment. ITC^DeltaCom is one of the largest competitive telecommunications providers in its primary eight-state region. For more information, visit ITC^DeltaCom's web site at http://www.deltacom.com.
Investor Contact: Media Contact:
Richard E. Fish Pam O'Connor
Chief Financial Officer Public Relations Manager
256-382-3827 877-473-2996
richard.fish@deltacom.com pamela.oconnor@deltacom.com
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ITC^DeltaCom, Inc.
CONTACT: Investor: Richard E. Fish, Chief Financial Officer, +1-256-382-3827, richard.fish@deltacom.com, Media: Pam O'Connor, Public Relations Manager, +1-877-473-2996, pamela.oconnor@deltacom.com
MassMutual Retirement Services Readies 'Best in Class' RetireSmart(SM) Participant Website
New Design Reinforces 'Easy to Take Action' Approach
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning in the first quarter of 2011, MassMutual's Retirement Services Division will launch Phase I of its new RetireSmart(SM) participant website that promises to be an "engine for action" among participants striving to plan and save for retirement. The new website will capitalize on significant technology investments MassMutual is making to support its simple, action-oriented approach to participant education.
The differentiator behind MassMutual's overall RetireSmart(SM) participant education platform is that it prompts participants to take appropriate stepswhen it makes the most sensefor them - and makes it as easy as possible for participants to do so in the manner they prefer.
"MassMutual's participant experience is evolving to take advantage of the latest behavioral research and technologies available," says E. Heather Smiley, chief marketing officer for MassMutual's Retirement Services Division. "Every retirement plan participant should have access to the tools and resources they need to effectively plan and save for retirement - and we believe MassMutual's participant website will be the model of the future," she adds.
"Every participant on our platform, regardless of plan size, will enjoy the benefits of MassMutual's significant investment in tools and resources that make retirement planning and saving as simple as possible," adds Kris Gates, assistant vice president, participant education and technology.
Highlights of Phase I will include:
-- Custom "look and feel" including the plan sponsor's logo for consistency
with other plan education materials and stronger identification with the
employer
-- A video game designed to raise retirement awareness in a fun, engaging
way
-- Shorter, more intuitive menus to help participants find what they need
quickly and easily
-- "Quick Links" to Plan, Save, Allocate and Consolidate tools so
participants can take immediate action while they are focused on a
particular behavior
-- A powerful search feature that enables enrolled and yet-to-be-enrolled
employees (as well as their spouses and family members) to search
MassMutual's RetireSmart(SM) Academy by topic, age, life event, level of
investment knowledge and other criteria
-- An area where plan sponsors can post important information for their
participants
-- A participant experience that extends beyond the website into social
media
"These participant website enhancements are just the first in a series of upgrades planned to help participants, plan sponsors and advisors successfully manage resources related to their retirement plans," says Scott Palmer, vice president, MassMutual Retirement Services Systems. "We're excited to be on the leading edge in all matters related to participant education and look forward to rolling out Phase I next quarter. Stay tuned - we have lots of exciting plans for our customers," adds Smiley.
For more information about MassMutual Retirement Services, please contact your retirement plan advisor or call MassMutual at (888) 626-4911.
About MassMutual
MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has been serving retirement plans for more than 60 years. It offers a full range of products and services for corporate, union, nonprofit and governmental employers' defined benefit, defined contribution and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. It serves approximately 1.5 million participants.
Founded in 1851, MassMutual is a leading mutual life insurance company that is run for the benefit of its members and participating policyholders. The company has a long history of financial strength and strong performance, and although dividends are not guaranteed, MassMutual has paid dividends to eligible participating policyholders every year since the 1860s. With whole life insurance as its foundation, MassMutual provides products to help meet the financial needs of clients, such as life insurance, disability income insurance, long term care insurance, retirement/401(k) plan services, and annuities. In addition, the company's strong and growing network of financial professionals helps clients make good financial decisions for the long-term.
MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) [of which Retirement Services is a division] and its affiliated companies and sales representatives. MassMutual is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts and its major affiliates include: Babson Capital Management LLC; Baring Asset Management Limited; Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; The First Mercantile Trust Company; MassMutual International LLC; MML Investors Services, Inc., member FINRA and SIPC; OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; and The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB.
NAVTEQ Cites Top 10 Most Congested Cities and Freeways in North America
In time for the holiday season, NAVTEQ Traffic.com, the leading provider of free traffic information services nationwide, helps drivers avoid the worst of the worst
CHICAGO, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, today issued their experts' rankings of the Top 10 most congested cities and freeways in North America.
NAVTEQ Traffic.com® will help millions of on-the-go drivers dodge the worst of the worst traffic this holiday season via real-time traffic information available online and on their mobile phones. NAVTEQ has more than 400 experts monitoring traffic 24/7* in 113 markets. NAVTEQ traffic operators gather more than 45 million new traffic incident records per day and these experts know that unless plans keep you close to home, there's no truly crowd-free way to travel. Airports will be clogged with 24 million passengers(1). Popular train and bus routes will be standing room only. And all of that will accommodate just 15% of those who travel to Thanksgiving dinner. The other 85% will drive, and more than half intend to make trips in excess of 60 miles(2).
While NAVTEQ Traffic.com cannot help drivers avoid traffic totally, it has cited a Top 10 List of Most Congested Cities and Freeways in North America as fuel for thought while making holiday plans.
Freeways with the Slowest Typical Rush Hour
1. New York City - Brooklyn Battery TUNL NB
2. New York City - Washington BRG EB
3. Montreal - AUT-15EB
4. Philadelphia - US-202 SB
5. Montreal - RTE-138 WB
6. New York City - Washington BRG WB
7. Los Angeles - 1-10EB
8. Boston - US-1 NB
9. Dallas - TX-366 EB
10. Toronto - Don Valley PKWY NB
Cities with the Worst Rush Hours
1. New York
2. Washington D.C.
3. San Francisco
4. Los Angeles
5. Philadelphia
6. Chicago
7. Dallas - Ft. Worth
8. Atlanta
9. Houston
10. Denver
How to Steer Clear While You're on the Road
Accidents and other events can domino into big delays. Use one of these options to stay in touch with NAVTEQ Traffic.com and changing traffic conditions.
-- Check in by mobile website on mobile phone or PDA at mobi.traffic.com.
There's no charge, and it could save time, fuel, and frustration.
-- Send an SMS text message to get real-time traffic information for city
hotspots. Simply text your CITY CODE, (NY, CHIC, PHL, LA, etc.) to TRAFC
(87232). City codes can be found at http://bhelp.traffic.com/city-codes-used-for-sms.
-- Save 1-866-MY-TRAFC (1-866-698-7232) to a phone favorites list before
leaving home. This free hotline provides speed dial access to NAVTEQ
Traffic.com--ideal for avoiding heavy traffic, construction, and
accidents on your long weekend trip.
NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data (digital location content) enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world. NAVTEQ was founded in 1985 and now supplies comprehensive digital location content to power automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions. The Chicago-based company is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010, proudly supported by approximately 5,100 employees located in 212 offices in 48 countries.
NAVTEQ, and Traffic.com are trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved.
Better. Brighter. Gaming. LED Thumbsticks by BGRMods
DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Coy Christmas, President of BGRMODS, LLC--home of the IntensaFIRE rapid-fire device for the Xbox 360 wireless controller, continues to make the gaming experience brighter and better. Set to release this week, the IntensaFIRE 2.0 and the LED illuminating thumbsticks are just in time for the holidays.
According to Christmas, "We continue to expand our Mods selections for serious gamers. We saw a need in the gaming market, which inspired the creation of the IntensaFIRE for Xbox. From there we created the PlayStation 3 version of the IntensaFIRE, The NoScope, Gamers Towel, Hub Cap, and a now a revamped Xbox 360 IntensaFIRE and LED illuminating thumbsticks."
If you have an IntensaFIRE 2.0 powered XBOX 360 controller, now you can add the most innovative LED modification on the market! BGRMods sticks to their "easiest controller mods in the world" mantra with this new product. If you can turn a screwdriver, you can install LED illuminating thumbsticks!
The IntensaFIRE 2.0 boast all the old features of the regular IntensaFIRE with more advanced learning modes along with many more detailed features. The LED thumbsticks has 6 modes and 4 color combinations and is available on the web at bgrmods.com.
The IntensaFIRE Rapid-Fire Mod for XBOX 360 has been a tremendous success since its debut at the Penny Arcade Expo in 2009. Easy to install, the IntensaFIRE works with all XBOX 360 games, has 5 modes and 255 programmable speeds. Following on its heels, the IntensaFIRE 8-mode sleeper mod for PS3 was developed, making installation even easier.
New Mobile App from AT&T Simplifies Data Backup for Small Businesses on the Go
Companion App to AT&T Tech Support 360 Backup(SM) and Go Data Backup Service Now Available for iPhone
DALLAS, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Small business owners can now conveniently access their backed up PC data from their iPhone with a new mobile application announced today by AT&T*. The company's AT&T Tech Support 360(SM) Backup and Go Mobile App gives small business customers the ability to access their computer files backed up with AT&T's Backup and Go service from virtually anywhere.
The full-featured app uses an enhanced user interface that integrates seamlessly with smartphones. The new mobile app can display 52 of the most common file types, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and photos. Previously, smartphones were limited to browser-based access to the Backup and Go service.
"Our new mobile app extends our popular AT&T Tech Support 360 Backup and Go service with easy mobile access for iPhone users," said Ebrahim Keshavarz, vice president of AT&T Small Business Product Management. "Our Backup and Go service provides business-level data back-up, combined with native mobile app access, enabling customers to continue to run their business while away from the office."
In addition to accessing backed-up data, the Backup and Go app also allows users to share and collaborate on files with colleagues and clients. Users may also quickly search for files on backed-up computers, print, email, or fax directly from a smartphone, and upload files to a computer for online sharing and editing.
The app is now available as a free download from the App Store on iPhones or at the iTunes App store.
Access to the Backup and Go Mobile app requires a login to an AT&T Tech Support 360 Backup and Go account and can only be used by Backup and Go subscribers.
Backup and Go is available nationwide to any small business with a high speed Internet connection. All data accessed and backed up is stored in secure offsite data centers. In addition, the service includes encryption for stored files and data replication for enhanced reliability.
Small businesses interested in purchasing or finding out more about Tech Support 360 services, including Backup and Go, can call 1-877-888-7360, or visit Tech360.com. Visit Backup and Go for more detailed information. View a brief video highlighting the features of AT&T Tech Support 360(SM) Backup and Go.
Small businesses looking to find information about other AT&T products and services can visit AT&T's Small Business website. For free business resources such as webinars, white papers, training, case studies and best practices, they can visit AT&T's Small Business InSite.
Additionally, real-time information can be found on the AT&T Small Business Facebook page and Twitter channel.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE®magazine.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at the AT&T Web Site. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at AT&T Newsroom, and as part of an RSS feed at AT&T RSS Feed. Or follow our news on Twitter @ATT. Find us on Facebook at the AT&T Facebook to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at AT&T Small Business Facebook to discover more about our small business services.
Increases Digital Content Delivery to Meet User Demand; Digital Issue Redesign Coming in 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InformationWeek, the leading IT brand focused on the business value of technology, today released its 2011 multimedia editorial calendar.
InformationWeek and its portfolio of leading IT brands, including Network Computing, InformationWeek Government and Wall Street & Technology, will publish more than 136 print and digital magazines in 2011, with Dark Reading, Dr. Dobb's, and InformationWeek SMB debuting digital magazine editions. Twelve virtual events have also been scheduled for 2011. For more information, please visit http://createyournextcustomer.techweb.com/2011iwnetwork/
"In the 'information-overload' world of business technology buyers, there's a massive mandate to deliver content in context for our audience," said Brandon Friesen, VP and Group Publisher, InformationWeek. "By delivering an optimal mix of digital and offline content, we're helping our readers consume relevant content more effectively to do their jobs."
InformationWeek also plans to introduce a full redesign of InformationWeek Magazine digital editions in 2011. Its redesigned PDF digital magazines aim to provide a better user experience on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile devices through the use of larger font, cleaner graphics and an easier-to-read layout. The redesign also incorporates digital ad formats and other enhancements that will give sponsors an opportunity to capture additional leads. InformationWeek Magazine's digital editions generated well over 100,000 downloads in 2010.
"Our expanded editorial schedule provides additional audience segmentation opportunities for sponsors," continued Friesen. "InformationWeek Magazine - in print or digital format - allows sponsors to engage IT decision makers across the enterprise, while our targeted brands provide sponsors the option to target by government, healthcare, financial services, developers, company size, and technology."
Highlights of InformationWeek's 2011 editorial calendar include:
-- InformationWeek Magazine - 34 issues; 22 print and 12 digital editions
-- Advanced Trading - 18 issues; 12 print and 6 digital editions
-- Bank Systems & Technology - 18 issues; 12 print and 6 digital editions
-- Dark Reading - 4 digital editions
-- Dr. Dobbs - 6 digital editions
-- InformationWeek Government - 6 digital editions
-- InformationWeek Healthcare - 6 digital editions
-- InformationWeek SMB - 4 digital editions
-- Insurance & Technology - 18 issues; 12 print and 6 digital editions
-- Network Computing - 4 digital editions
-- Wall Street & Technology - 18 issues; 12 print and 6 digital editions
-- Virtual Events - 12 events ranging in topics from virtualization, cloud
computing to security and SaaS, as well as audience-targeted virtual
events in healthcare and government
The InformationWeek Business Technology Network provides IT executives with unique analysis and tools that parallel their work flow--from defining and framing objectives through to the evaluation and recommendation of solutions. Anchored by InformationWeek, the multimedia powerhouse that looks across the enterprise, the network scales across the most critical technology categories with online properties like DarkReading.com (security), IntelligentEnterprise.com (application architecture), NetworkComputing.com (networking and communications) and PlugintotheCloud.com (cloud computing). The network also provides focused content for key IT targets, such as CIOs, developers, and SMBs via InformationWeek Global CIO, Dr. Dobb's and InformationWeek SMB, as well as vital vertical industries with InformationWeek Financial Services, Government and Healthcare sites. Content is at the nucleus of our information distribution strategy--IT professionals turn to our experts and communities to stay informed, get advice and research technologies to make strategic business decisions.
UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and business information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its core businesses - media solutions, marketing services, and professional information - UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications, and services in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs, IT and IT Support managers, Web and digital professionals, software and game developers, government decision makers, telecom providers and business executives) actively participate in UBM TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat, and Enterprise Connect (formerly VoiceCon); large-scale online networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Gamasutra; research, training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.
For more information, contact:
Winnie Ng-Schuchman
Vice President, Marketing
InformationWeek Business Technology Network
wng@techweb.com
Tellabs Opens Mobile Internet R&D Office in Canada
Adds R&D team, technology and intellectual property from Zeugma Systems
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As people buy more and more smartphones and tablets, mobile Internet usage is mushrooming. Wireless networks are struggling to keep up with the growth in mobile data traffic.
To help mobile providers address this challenge successfully, Tellabs is adding key technology, intellectual property and IP (Internet Protocol) expertise from Zeugma Systems Inc., to create a new research and development office in Vancouver.
Former Zeugma personnel will join Tellabs' Vancouver facility to focus on developing Tellabs® Mobile Solutions. Tellabs Mobile Solutions add intelligence to the wireless networks, so service providers can cut costs while delivering better user experiences on the mobile Internet.
"To help our mobile customers succeed, we're adding more IP expertise to enable the smart mobile Internet," said Rob Pullen, president and CEO. "Vancouver offers a unique talent pool that can accelerate our delivery of differentiated solutions to customers. We welcome our new employees to Tellabs."
"We're delighted to complete our agreement and welcome Tellabs to Vancouver," said Andrew Harries, President & CEO, Zeugma Systems Inc. "Our agreement enables Tellabs to utilize significant intellectual property and add to its team of developers focused on mobile Internet solutions."
Terms of the agreement, in which Tellabs acquires substantially all of the assets of Zeugma Systems Inc., were not disclosed for competitive reasons.
About Tellabs -- Tellabs innovations enable the mobile Internet and help our customers succeed. That's why 44 of the top 50 global communications service providers choose our mobile, optical, business and services solutions. We help them get ahead by adding revenue, reducing expenses and optimizing networks.
Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB) is part of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Index, the S&P 500 and several corporate responsibility indexes including the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Index, FTSE4Good and eight FTSE KLD indexes. http://www.tellabs.com
Tellabs® and Tellabs logo® are trademarks of Tellabs or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Any other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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CONTACT: TELLABS MEDIA CONTACTS: Ariana Nikitas, +1-630-798-2532, ariana.nikitas@tellabs.com, or Marta Kwiatek, +1-630-798-2524, marta.kwiatek@tellabs.com, or TELLABS INVESTOR CONTACT: Tom Scottino, +1-630-798-3602, tom.scottino@tellabs.com
Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Coverage in Madison County, Virginia
LAUREL, Md., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --
-- Data Capacity Increased to Enable Faster Uploads and Downloads
-- 2009 Regional Network Investment Tops $274 M to Further Enhance 3G
Network Advantage
-- More Than $2.3 B Invested Regionally Since 2000
-- Verizon Wireless Test Drivers Drove More Than 18,000 Miles on Local
Roadways in First Half of Year
In acontinuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in the Madison County, Va., Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site. The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G data coverage in the town of Radiant.
The increased coverage is part of the company's aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless' voice and data services. Last year alone, the company spent $274 million on regional network improvements, bringing total network investment in the region since 2000 to more than $2.3 billion.
"Even the most sophisticated wireless device is only as good as the network it runs on," said Mike Maiorana. "Verizon Wireless continues to invest in our network and add capacity to stay ahead of growing demand and ensure our customers have an even better wireless experience tomorrow than they had today."
Verizon Wireless has the nation's largest and most reliable 3G broadband network with five times the coverage of other networks which makes advanced services like turn-by-turn navigation, over-the-air downloads of the latest applications, text/picture messaging, video and music downloads, web browsing and 3D gaming possible. Customer demand for these advanced services continues to grow.
The company's "nation's most reliable wireless network" reputation is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women throughout the country. Locally, test men and women traveled more than 18,747 miles of area roadways to test the Verizon Wireless network and the networks of competitors in the first half of 2010. Using sophisticated testing equipment, Verizon Wireless' local team of network technicians conducted 66,552 voice call attempts and 373,899 data tests on the Verizon Wireless network and the networks of major competitors. Unmarked test vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically conduct voice calls and data tests.*
Results from this internal network quality assurance test program confirm that Verizon Wireless is the 3G network quality leader in the Virginia, Maryland and DC region, and correlate with other third-party network quality findings, including the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Call Quality Performance Study(SM), Vol.2 .
In addition to enhancing its 3G network, Verizon Wireless has announced that it will deploy its 4G LTE Network in 38 major metropolitan areas, covering more than 110 million Americans, by the end of the year. In addition, the company is launching 4G LTE in more than 60 commercial airports coast to coast - both the airports within the launch areas plus airports in other key cities. Verizon Wireless' 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network will offer dramatically higher wireless speeds and reliability than even today's most advanced 3G network.
Stay in the know about Verizon Wireless news in MD/DC/VA by following @VZWPRDC on Twitter. For the latest network-related news, information and upgrades, follow VZWNetwork on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VZWNetwork.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 93 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 79,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
Firedog Partners With Navy Exchange Stores to Provide PC Support for Military Heroes
DALLAS, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Flextronics Retail and Technical Services' (RTS) Firedog, a national technology services company, today announced a partnership with the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM), a $2.5 billion retail organization of the Department of the Navy that provides quality of life support for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families.
Beginning today at Norfolk, VA, NEX store locations, Firedog technicians will be available on site and remotely to offer installation, optimization and set up services for personal computers, mobile devices and other communication tools. Technicians will provide personal concierge services, including data transfers from an old to new device and syncing all technologies together. Included with the partnership, Firedog will offer complimentary remote PC setup and optimization services (a $49.99 value) to customers purchasing new computers in stores on Black Friday (Nov. 26), as a gesture of thanks to all active and retired military personnel.
"Firedog is proud to provide remote and in-store technology services to military veterans and active soldiers," said Caroline Dowling, president of Flextronics RTS. "Our remote service capabilities give us the opportunity to connect with these soldiers both at home and abroad to offer fast and easy assistance with all PC needs."
The complete IT solution for any home or business, Firedog services are now available in-store, in-home or remotely and range from home theater installation and PC optimization to network configuration and business software updates. Previously owned by Circuit City, the Firedog brand has been re-designed and re-launched by Flextronics, a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider, with new techs, software and service offerings. With a domestic call center active and ready for inquiries, Firedog services are available nationally. For more information about Firedog services, visit http://www.firedog.com or call 1-800-FIREDOG.
With operations throughout the United States, Firedog, a division of Flextronics RTS, specializes in technical installation and maintenance for home and office equipment. Formerly associated with Circuit City, Firedog is not exclusively affiliated with any retailer, allowing them to offer technological support services regardless of electronic brand. Firedog offers a variety of ways to service and install equipment: by making house calls, taking questions via phone and Internet, and repairing computers remotely. For more information, visit http://www.firedog.com.
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is headquarters for the worldwide Navy Exchange System that oversees 104 Navy Exchange facilities and its 305 stores worldwide; 42 Navy Lodges; Ship's Stores; Uniform Program Management Office and Navy Family Support Programs. NEXCOM's mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families. The Navy Exchange enterprise operates primarily as a non-appropriated fund (NAF) business instrumentality. Revenues generated are used to support Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs. In FY08, $2.5 billion in sales were generated with over $45 million in profits provided to Navy MWR programs.
Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Coverage in Culpeper County, Virginia
LAUREL, Md., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --
-- Data Capacity Increased to Enable Faster Uploads and Downloads
-- 2009 Regional Network Investment Tops $274 M to Further Enhance 3G
Network Advantage
-- More Than $2.3 B Invested Regionally Since 2000
-- Verizon Wireless Test Drivers Drove More Than 18,000 Miles on Local
Roadways in First Half of Year
In acontinuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in the Culpeper County, Va., Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site. The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G data coverage in the town of Rapidan.
The increased coverage is part of the company's aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless' voice and data services. Last year alone, the company spent $274 million on regional network improvements, bringing total network investment in the region since 2000 to more than $2.3 billion.
"Even the most sophisticated wireless device is only as good as the network it runs on," said Mike Maiorana. "Verizon Wireless continues to invest in our network and add capacity to stay ahead of growing demand and ensure our customers have an even better wireless experience tomorrow than they had today."
Verizon Wireless has the nation's largest and most reliable 3G broadband network with five times the coverage of other networks which makes advanced services like turn-by-turn navigation, over-the-air downloads of the latest applications, text/picture messaging, video and music downloads, web browsing and 3D gaming possible. Customer demand for these advanced services continues to grow.
The company's "nation's most reliable wireless network" reputation is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women throughout the country. Locally, test men and women traveled more than 18,747 miles of area roadways to test the Verizon Wireless network and the networks of competitors in the first half of 2010. Using sophisticated testing equipment, Verizon Wireless' local team of network technicians conducted 66,552 voice call attempts and 373,899 data tests on the Verizon Wireless network and the networks of major competitors. Unmarked test vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically conduct voice calls and data tests.*
Results from this internal network quality assurance test program confirm that Verizon Wireless is the 3G network quality leader in the Virginia, Maryland and DC region, and correlate with other third-party network quality findings, including the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Call Quality Performance Study(SM), Vol.2 .
In addition to enhancing its 3G network, Verizon Wireless has announced that it will deploy its 4G LTE Network in 38 major metropolitan areas, covering more than 110 million Americans, by the end of the year. In addition, the company is launching 4G LTE in more than 60 commercial airports coast to coast - both the airports within the launch areas plus airports in other key cities. Verizon Wireless' 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network will offer dramatically higher wireless speeds and reliability than even today's most advanced 3G network.
Stay in the know about Verizon Wireless news in MD/DC/VA by following @VZWPRDC on Twitter. For the latest network-related news, information and upgrades, follow VZWNetwork on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VZWNetwork.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 93 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 79,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.