iYogi Offers Personal Computer Support and Expert Guidance for Post-Holiday PC Relief

iYogi Offers Personal Computer Support and Expert Guidance for Post-Holiday PC Relief

iYogi On-Demand Tech Services Ensure Smooth Transition to New PCs

New York, NY (Vocus) December 30, 2009 -- With reports indicating strong growth in computer sales this holiday season and into 2010, iYogi, the fastest growing on-demand tech services company, anticipates a surge of setup and support calls from thousands of new PC and laptop owners after the holidays. As they move to new PCs, users that rely on iYogi have access to an on-demand team of Global Tech Experts (http://www.iyogi.net/tech-experts.html) whose comprehensive setup and support services ensure a smooth, post-holiday transition.

Compared to the 2008 holiday season, consumers are buying more electronics gifts, with sales steadily increasing 4.4% according to MasterCard Advisors. At the same time, research firm IDC predicts global PC sales will continue to grow 10.3% in 2010, suggesting that even more people will be migrating to a new PC after the holidays. iYogi services give these computer users the assurance of 24/7 technical expertise and assistance for over 100 software programs, hardware, networking and peripheral devices for an annual subscription of $139.99.

"After every holiday season, we talk to a lot of consumers who have general installation or compatibility issues as they set up their new computers," said Vishal Dhar, co-founder and president marketing of iYogi. "Our team of Global Tech Experts saves these new computer owners lots of time and frustration by taking a personal approach to resolving those technical issues. We connect in under a minute and help customers customize their new systems, hook up devices, and guide them as they adjust to the usability and new capabilities of their computers."

iYogi services include software installation, setup of peripherals, email configuration, security installation, and troubleshooting for a variety of operating systems, including the new Windows 7. Nearly half of PC users think that upgrading to Windows 7 (http://windows7.iyogi.net/insight-series-windows-7-installation) may require a call to tech support, according to a recent iYogi poll.

“PC setup issues can sometimes take the excitement out of getting a new computer,” said Dhar. “Whether a first-time user or upgrading to a new machine, installing software, configuring peripherals, setting up email, deleting pre-packaged junkware, and transferring files from the old computer can be overwhelming. With the highest resolution rates in the industry, our Global Tech Experts help ease this transition process with personal care and attention.”

iYogi has more has more than 90,000 annual subscribers and provides thousands of single incident sessions every day on a 24/7 basis. Its Global Delivery Platform delivers on the highest customer satisfaction benchmarks in the industry and gets smarter with every customer interaction, building a powerful knowledge base that provides unique customer insights on predictive needs to tech support.

About iYogi

iYogi is a global on-demand services company that provides personalized computer support for consumers and small businesses in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. iYogi’s unique model, including proprietary technology iMantra and highly qualified technicians, is designed to eliminate computer-related stress and keep millions of digitally dependent consumers and small businesses always protected and productive. Only iYogi -- with its proven global expertise delivery model, intelligent customer insight systems, easy-to-use self-help tools and automated PC optimization and computer support services – offers users a simple yet comprehensive path to digital serenity. iYogi has perfected the remote technical support model to overcome the current limitations of in-store, on-site, or call center services to become the fastest growing provider of support in the industry. Major resellers and technology companies are increasingly turning to iYogi to improve customer satisfaction, reduce return rates, and deliver a compelling new-value added offering to customers. For more information on iYogi and a detailed list of technologies supported, visit: http://www.iyogi.net.

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Contact Information Derek Kober

GlobalFluency

http://www.iyogi.net

650-433-4233

Vishal Dhar

iYogi

http://www.iyogi.net

212-203-2681

‘Imperfect’ Fitness Instructor Launches Innovative Online Exercise Service

‘Imperfect’ Fitness Instructor Launches Innovative Online Exercise Service

Michelle Pearl, a self-described “physically imperfect, formerly morbidly obese couch potato” and an American Council on Exercise (ACE®) certified group fitness instructor has launched an innovative online subscription exercise service that is the first of its kind.

(PRWEB) December 30, 2009 -- Michelle Pearl, a self-described “physically imperfect, formerly morbidly obese couch potato” and an American Council on Exercise (ACE®) certified group fitness instructor has launched an innovative online subscription exercise service that is the first of its kind.

The Imperfect Fitness (http://www.imperfectfitness.com) program allows would-be exercisers to sit down at their home computer, answer a few questions about their general health and fitness level and within minutes be offered a completely individualized set of original dance fitness routines which are displayed directly from their computer monitor.

Choreographed in colorful themed sets, such as “The Future of Fitness” or “Movie Moves”; each video is created with stunning high definition video backgrounds and superior quality motivating music. Then new routines are added to the individual’s program constantly to assure that they will never face the boredom of repetition that is part-and-parcel with traditional exercise videos or video fitness games.

Launched in December of 2009, Pearl came up with the concept of Imperfect Fitness (http://www.imperfectfitness.com) after noticing the bodies of the people that she had been exercising with for years. While they were healthy and fit, most still did not have figures like supermodels.

Pearl added, “I’m not your typical perfectly proportioned, impossibly petite exercise instructor. It took me years of working out, but I went from a size 26 to a size 8-10. I know size-wise this is as good as it’s going to get for me. That whole size 4 thing is just not within the realm of everyone’s genetic make-up and that’s what Imperfect Fitness is all about.”

During the sign-up process for the Imperfect Fitness program clients answer a series of questions. Based on the answers provided, each individual is assigned 3 unique exercise sets; each of increasing intensity and duration. Depending on the client’s health concerns and fitness level, the client’s starting set might range in length from 20 – 55 minutes. Each exercise set consists of a warm-up, an aerobic exercise segment, strength training and stretching.

Comparable to a health club membership, the $29.00 month-to-month subscription fee affords clients unlimited access to their individualized online exercise program.

For would-be exercisers looking for a way to fulfill their New Year’s fitness resolutions, Imperfect Fitness (http://www.imperfectfitness.com)offers a truly innovative alternative.

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Contact Information Michelle Pearl

Imperfect Fitness

http://www.imperfectfitness.com

909-693-3543

“Online” Marriage Still the Way Forward for the “Facebook” Generation

“Online” Marriage Still the Way Forward for the “Facebook” Generation

AsianD8Online finds that Asian online dating (http://http:www.asiand8online.com) services are beginning to challenge conventional matrimonial methods in Asian communities in the U.K. AsianD8Online has released a set of compelling results illustrating that the majority of people utilise dating sites in anticipation of marriage.

(PRWeb UK) December 29, 2009 -- Research was undertaken by AsianD8Online to identify trends in the British Asian online dating (http://http:www.asiand8online.com) environment. The online survey results illustrate that a substantial number of Asians are exploiting online dating services, still with long term commitment in mind. The majority of those who partook in the research were in the 24-30 age range. According to the figures, 75% of respondents claimed that the prospect of matrimony is a fundamental driving factor in their decision to use AsianD8Online. This evidence continues to support the assumption that online dating is surpassing traditional and conventional methods of matchmaking in the Asian community.

Results indicate that 44% are motivated to join with direct marriage (http://http:www.asiand8online.com) intentions, whilst, 31% are looking to enter in a serious relationship with the intentions of matrimony (http://http:www.asiand8online.com). This presents a credible argument to imply that a new generation of British born Asians are defying traditional means of matchmaking, nevertheless, still regard getting married highly. Intriguingly, 24-30 year olds continue to place a greater credence upon marriage rather than casual relationships.

AsianD8Online Commercial Director, Sujan Shah is adamant that matrimony is still the key motivator behind people using online dating sites in the Asian Community;

“It is vividly apparent that conventional matchmaking methods in the Asian community may not be as effective as they once previously were. The digital era has spawned a new generation of “Facebook” consumers, predominantly aged in the 24-30 bracket, who understand the benefits of online dating and how it can lead to matrimony. Previously, the most frequent mode of matchmaking has been the parental route; where parents introduce their children to a prospective match through extended friends and family networks. While this technique has had generations of success in India, the vast cultural differences between Asian born parents and their English born children can often result in unsuitable matches.”

Although it is apparent that cultural differences are significant in fuelling growth in online dating, there are nevertheless, other noteworthy explanations. Both Asian men and women are prioritising careers ahead of marriage and dating (http://http:www.asiand8online.com). Dating or finding a marriage partner can be time consuming, an element that is frequently in short supply for such career minded professionals. Such constraints have resulted in a dramatic increase in using the web for matrimonial (http://http:www.asiand8online.com)services to find potential partners for marriage. It appears that this fact has not been lost to AsianD8Online who, for example, incorporate an innovative quick flick feature which enables users to slide through numerous profiles at the click of a button. Originality such as this has ensured that AsianD8Online commands a considerable segment of the online dating market. In fact, such is the popularity of the site, that 94% of users would consider recommending the site to others.

The online dating environment has benefited from immense technological developments to help improve customer experience. With enhanced features, such as AsianD8’s quick flick feature, meticulous vetting procedures, up-to-date maintenance and extensive profile databases, it is no wonder why so many Asians have transformed their approach to meeting their ideal partner. So maybe this research sends a stark message to parents – want to ensure your child finds their perfect partner? Ensure their signed up to an Asian dating site!

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Contact Information Sujan Shah

Global D8 Ltd

http://www.asiand8online.com

0871 873 28 38

Tech Support Firm iYogi Offers New Year’s Resolution Tips for PC Users to Improve Digital Health in 2010

Tech Support Firm iYogi Offers New Year’s Resolution Tips for PC Users to Improve Digital Health in 2010

PC self-help preparations together with on-call assistance through iYogi services ensure a healthy 2010 for all computer users

New York, NY (Vocus) December 28, 2009 -- While most New Year’s resolutions commonly involve aspirations for individual physical health and maintenance, iYogi, the fastest growing on-demand tech services company, also encourages computer users worldwide to set specific goals and plans to ensure a year of strong PC health. With 76 percent of Americans now owning a computer, most need to be just as concerned about their computer’s health as their own physical well-being.

To help computer owners stay on track and maintain the digital health of their systems, iYogi offers several PC Self-Help Tips:

•    Make sure antivirus and antispyware software is installed, and definitions are kept updated. If installed, be sure to run a scan at least once every two weeks.

•    Remove all junk files (temporary files, temporary Internet files) at least once every two weeks. Junk and unwanted files use more space on your hard-drive and impact performance of the PC.

•    Clean up the desktop clutter. Systems often get bogged down by saving too many files on the desktop. When the computer is turned on, some of the time is spent loading the desktop. Clearing out files off the desktop will help speed up the boot up time.

•    Only keep the most necessary items in the startup list and remove the rest. Most of applications, users have in their startup list are not used frequently and take up system resources and impact performance.

•    Back up critical data periodically on an external drive, or make use of an online data backup service. Online data backup is a safe and secure way of retrieving important data in case of a PC crash.

“New Year’s Resolutions are a great way for people to set proper health regimens for themselves as well as their computers, and there are many similarities in planning for both,” said Vishal Dhar, co-founder and president marketing of iYogi. “We are all concerned with inoculating ourselves against the flu and other viruses, just as we are in preventing infectious threats from taking down our computers. Most of us want to shed some weight in the New Year, just as we want to rid ourselves of glitches, spyware and viruses that weigh down our PCs until they slow to a halt.”

To stay healthy throughout the year, people seek help from professionals like their physicians or trainers. Similarly, hundreds of thousands of computer users will be counting on iYogi to help make 2010 a year free of PC ailments. iYogi’s proven global expertise delivery model, intelligent computer insight systems, easy-to-use self-help tools and automated PC optimization (http://www.iyogi.net) and computer support services offer users a simple yet comprehensive path to digital health. iYogi has perfected the remote technical support model to overcome the current limitations of in-store, on-site or call center services to become the fastest growing provider of support in the industry.

“iYogi has all the characteristics of the ideal physician,” said Dhar. “Our experts are on-call 24 hours a day, and you don’t have to spend a lot of money for each incremental ‘visit’. We offer pre-emptive help and regular maintenance with an annual support plan of $139.99. What’s more, our Global Tech Experts are specialized for treating the latest PC issues, and help with setup and installation, such as helping migrate to Windows 7. Most importantly, our customer satisfaction ratings are miles above industry averages.”

iYogi has more has more than 90,000 annual subscribers and provides thousands of single incident sessions every day on a 24/7 basis. Its Global Delivery Platform delivers on the highest customer satisfaction benchmarks in the industry and gets smarter with every customer interaction, building a powerful knowledge base that provides unique customer insights on predictive needs to tech support.

About iYogi

iYogi is a global on-demand services company that provides personalized computer support (http://www.iyogi.net/computer-support.html) for consumers and small businesses in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. iYogi’s unique model, including proprietary technology iMantra and highly qualified technicians, is designed to eliminate computer-related stress and keep millions of digitally dependent consumers and small businesses always protected and productive. Only iYogi -- with its proven global expertise delivery model, intelligent customer insight systems, easy-to-use self-help tools and automated PC optimization and computer support services – offers users a simple yet comprehensive path to digital serenity. iYogi has perfected the remote technical support model to overcome the current limitations of in-store, on-site, or call center services to become the fastest growing provider of support in the industry. Major resellers and technology companies are increasingly turning to iYogi to improve customer satisfaction, reduce return rates, and deliver a compelling new-value added offering to customers. For more information on iYogi and a detailed list of technologies supported, visit: http://www.iyogi.net.

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Contact Information Derek Kober

GlobalFluency

http://www.iyogi.net

650-433-4233

Vishal Dhar

iYogi

http://www.iyogi.net

212-203-2681

InetSoft’s Dashboard Application Selected as AppExchange Essential

InetSoft’s Dashboard Application Selected as AppExchange Essential

Style Intelligence for Salesforce ranks in top 2 among commercial dashboard apps

(PRWEB) December 28, 2009 -- InetSoft Technology, an innovator in dashboard, reporting and analysis solutions, today announced its dashboard and reporting application customized for salesforce.com users has been selected as an “AppExchange Essential” by salesforce.com.

InetSoft’s application made the cut out of over 800 applications listed in the AppExchange and 47 direct competitors in the “Dashboards and Reports” category. Of the 10 applications listed in this AppExchange Essentials category, 8 are free, and only 2 are paid, commercial solutions. InetSoft’s Style Intelligence for Salesforce is one of those two.

Style Intelligence for Salesforce is a business intelligence software (http://www.inetsoft.com/products/StyleIntelligence/) application that allows salesforce.com customers to gain better insight into their sales, marketing and service operations data using interactive, Flash-based analytical and monitoring dashboards and drillable, flexibly designed reports. The application includes thirteen prebuilt dashboards and reports that offer immediate productivity, plus a drag-and-drop self-service custom dashboard and report designer. In addition to providing more visually compelling operational dashboards, the application also enables sophisticated, but intuitive, visual analysis with a multi-dimensional charting engine and point and click input controls such as filter box lists, drop-down selection lists, and range sliders.

“Making this incredibly short list is something to be proud of,” commented Mark Flaherty, Vice President of Marketing at InetSoft. “We’re pleased that salesforce.com has recognized the usefulness and ease of use of our dashboard and reporting application (http://www.inetsoft.com/products/StyleReportEE/) and judged it to be one of the few essential applications that should be considered for installation by all salesforce.com customers.”

InetSoft offers a “free account for life” promotion for Style Intelligence for Salesforce that enables free use of the pre-built dashboards and reports. For more information and to install the free account, visit http://www.inetsoft.com/solutions/salesforce/ (http://www.inetsoft.com/resources/pr/solutions/salesforce/).

Style Intelligence for Salesforce is built on InetSoft’s core on-premise product, Style Intelligence, which is a full-featured business intelligence solution with access to multiple data sources and offers advanced capabilities such as OLAP analysis and data mashup.

About InetSoft

Since 1996 InetSoft has been delivering easy, agile, and robust business intelligence software that make it possible for organizations and solution providers of all sizes to deploy or embed full-featured business intelligence solutions. Application highlights include visually-compelling and interactive dashboards that ensure greater end-user adoption plus pixel-perfect report generation, scheduling, and bursting. InetSoft’s patent pending Data Block™ technology enables productive reuse of queries and a unique capability for end-user defined data mashup. This capability combined with efficient information access enabled by InetSoft’s visual analysis (http://www.inetsoft.com/company/visual_analysis/) technologies allows maximum self-service that benefits the average business user, the IT administrator, and the developer. InetSoft solutions have been deployed at over 3,000 organizations worldwide, including 25% of Fortune 500 companies, spanning all types of industries.

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Contact Information Mark Flaherty

InetSoft Technology

http://www.inetsoft.com

1.732.424.0400

Dialogo Digital Brief on Zooppa: Italian Car Insurance Company Dialogo Assicurazioni Awards to Web Users $10,000 for Best Digital Creativity

Dialogo Digital Brief on Zooppa: Italian Car Insurance Company Dialogo Assicurazioni Awards to Web Users $10,000 for Best Digital Creativity

The Italian car insurance company Dialogo Assicurazioni launches Dialogo Digital Brief, a triple online contest that will award creativity from web users on Zooppa, the user-generated advertising platform and community. Find more about Dialogo Digital Brief at http://www.dialogodigitalbrief.it.

Milan, Italy (PRWEB) December 28, 2009 -- The Italian car insurance company Dialogo Assicurazioni (http://www.dialogo.it) launches Dialogo Digital Brief, a triple online contest that will award $10,000 to the best creative proposals from web users on Zooppa, the user-generated advertising platform and community.

Dialogo Digital Brief online contest is composed of three individual challenges awarding digital creativity in three formats: video, web design and ideas/concept:

- VIDEO: the topic for the video contest is road safety. Looking for videos that can be ironic and funny while delivering at the same time a consistent and non superficial safety message - a video that can turn into a viral gem on the web.

- WEB DESIGN: web banners will focus more on advertising, promoting the characteristics of the Dialogo offer. A classic web design award focused on car insurance.

- IDEAS / CONCEPT: this contest will award the best ideas or concept to input the design process for a new Dialogo website to be launched in 2010.

The three contests were launched in Italy at the end of November 2009 and are already receiving many submissions by the Italian community of Zooppa.com. But - since the Zooppa platform is international, the prizes are in US$ and road safety, video making and web design are universal, why not “opening up the dialogue” to the international creative community?

Dialogo will award the best and more compelling creative proposal with $10,000. Here is the breakdown of the PRIZES for the Dialogo Digital Brief triple contest:

- Prizes awarded by the Dialogo Assicurazioni Jury: $5,200

- Prizes awarded by the Zooppa community through online votes: $3,000

- Prizes awarded by the Zooppa Italia Jury: $1,800

Participants to the Dialogo Digital Brief online contest can submit their work to the chosen challenge until January 25, 2010 . Find more info about Dialogo Digital Brief and complete brief details for the online contests at dialogodigitalbrief.it (http://www.dialogodigitalbrief.it/english/dialogodigitalbrief.html) (link to brief page in english).

About Dialogo Assicurazioni:

Dialogo Assicurazioni is an Italian direct, online and phone car insurance company, part of the Fondiaria-Sai Group, Italian leader in the Italian insurance market. Dialogo (it means "dialogue" in Italian) is a young and dynamic company that operates mainly online to offer simple and convenient insurance policies to customers looking for savings on car insurance. More info about Dialogo at dialogo.it (http://www.dialogo.it) (website in Italian).

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Contact Information Massimo Burgio

Dialogo Assicurazioni / Dialogo Digital Brief

http://www.dialogodigitalbrief.it/english/dialogodigitalbrief.html

+39 339 8944088

Manuela Montrone

Dialogo Assicurazioni

http://www.dialogo.it

+39 02 64023093

Multilingual Online Video Service Polos on Earth Launches Renewed Website: PolosonEarth.com

Multilingual Online Video Service Polos on Earth Launches Renewed Website: PolosonEarth.com

POLOS on earth, a Tokyo-based online video service that offers contents in 3 languages, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website. The aim for website renewal was to simplify the visual look of the site and to create an easy-to-navigate interface. Added features include a more efficient search engine, the ability to read and leave comments on videos as well as rank them, and the ability for users to easily share and embed videos on other websites such as blogs and social networking sites.

Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) December 25, 2009 -- POLOS on earth, a Tokyo-based online video service that offers contents in 3 languages, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website. The aim for website renewal was to simplify the visual look of the site and to create an easy-to-navigate interface. Added features include a more efficient search engine, the ability to read and leave comments on videos as well as rank them, and the ability for users to easily share and embed videos on other websites such as blogs and social networking sites.

Launched in April 2009, POLOS on earth enables people anywhere around the world to watch a wide variety of free streaming video content centered around originally-produced programs with a choice of subtitles in English, French or Japanese.

Some of the most popular programs produced by POLOS include the 3-part psychological drama Crossing, the animated SF series Rockets Come Home, and the documentary series Art Photo Scene, which portrays some of Japan's most renowned photographers. Viewers can also enjoy short films by independent filmmakers, video reports on Japan's art scene, and short documentaries about international social issues. New videos are posted to the site weekly.

Besides aspiring to provide quality entertainment, POLOS' specializes in supporting talented up-and-coming visual creators, providing them with both the financial means to produce their work and a medium to distribute it. With its international aspect, with more languages soon to be added, POLOS hopes to break down the cultural and language barriers that often isolate Japan from the rest of the world.

POLOS on earth is owned, operated and financed by RULE Inc., a design company based in Tokyo. It aims to generate revenue through sponsoring and banner advertising.

POLOS on earth:

http://polosonearth.com/

Flash v.9 (or above) is required to view the site.

About RULE

RULE Inc. was established in 2000 as a graphic design company.

It grew into an advertising agency with its own production department in 2007 and launched the multilingual video service POLOS on earth in April 2009.

http://www.rule.co.jp

Contact:

Ms. Tomoko Iwaki

iwaki(at)rule(dot)co(dot)jp

or

Mr. Denis Cordier

denis(at)rule(dot)co(dot)jp

RULE Inc.

Iriyama bldg. 2F

5-10-5 Shiba, Minato-ku

Tokyo 108-0014, JAPAN

ph: +81-(0)3-6414-2658

fax: +81-(0)3-6414-2659

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Contact Information Tomoko Iwaki

RULE Inc.

http://polosonearth.com/

+81-3-6414-2658

Myxer teams with Est�e Lauder to Develop “Mobile Holiday Wish List Sender”

Myxer teams with Estée Lauder to Develop “Mobile Holiday Wish List Sender”

One of the world's leading manufacturers of cosmetics, fragrances, and skincare products, launches a web and mobile storefront where users can go to send gift “wish list” ideas to friends and family during the holidays.

Deerfield Beach, FL and New York, NY (PRWEB) December 23, 2009 -- Myxer, committed to connecting brands and consumers through mobile, and Estée Lauder, one of the world's leading manufacturers of cosmetics, fragrances, and skincare products, today announced a web and mobile storefront where users can go to send gift “wish list” ideas to friends and family during the holidays.

The custom-built Estée Lauder “Wish List Sender” storefront contains product images which users may select and send to their friends and family members’ mobile phones. Some of Estee Lauder’s world-renowned fragrances, best-selling skincare products and must-have makeup are included, along with complimentary gift-wrapping, customized gifts and more. Estée Lauder is also sponsoring the Myxer ‘Happy Holidays’ Channel, where consumers can download the latest in holiday-themed mobile wallpapers and ringtones.

“We were looking for an innovative technology solution for the holidays along with a company that has a large audience to market to. We were thrilled to find both in the same place via Myxer,” said Mendy

Charlton, VP, North America Marketing, Estée Lauder.

“Myxer is proud to be part of Estée Lauder’s mobile ‘Wish List Sender’ campaign,” said Myk Willis, CEO of Myxer. “As consumers are increasingly out and about during the holidays, they want access to shopping and research via mobile much the same way they do from their desktops throughout the year. Our platform gives them the tools to do this in a very personalized way, and brands gain a powerful new mechanism to reach both loyalists and consumers at large, regardless of platform or device.”

According to Deloitte’s 24th Annual Holiday Survey of retail spending and trends (2009), one in five consumers (19%) plan to use the mobile channel for holiday shopping, with 25% of those customers planning to use a mobile phone to make a purchase.

To visit Myxer’s Holiday Channel, please visit:

http://www.myxer.com/theme/HappyHolidays/

About Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder was launched in 1946, and is the flagship brand of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Estée Lauder products are sold in more than 140 countries and territories. They are technologically advanced and high-performance products with a reputation for innovation, sophistication and superior quality. To learn more about Estée Lauder products visit www.esteelauder.com.

About Myxer

Myxer is the largest and fastest growing site for mobile entertainment and personalization– with nearly 30 million users, more than 70 million mobile downloads a month, and a catalog of over 2 million ringtones, wallpapers, videos, applications and games from content providers including EMI Music, Showtime, The Travel Channel and Ford Motor Company. At www.myxer.com there are no hidden costs, no subscription fees and no surprises. For content providers and consumers, Myxer’s mobile platform enables radically simple and rapid delivery of content. And for advertisers, Myxer offers a variety of high-impact offerings across the web and mobile web, including the unique ability to target and deliver branded content.

Named a Top Wireless Company in 2009 by FierceWireless, Best Music Service at the 2008 Mobile Entertainment Forum, and Best Consumer Messaging Application at the Global Messaging Awards 2008– Myxer’s unique solutions continue to capture attention, both domestically and abroad. To learn more as well as see a sampling of brands that have used Myxer to power their campaigns, please go to demo.myxer.com.

Contact:

For Myxer

Eric Gonzalez 415.272.0836

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Contact Information Eric Gonzalez

Myxer

http://www.myxer.com/theme/HappyHolidays/

415.272.0836

Retail Experts Discuss Strategies to Drive Foot Traffic and Sales Through Mobile Marketing as Moderated by Jayne O’Donnell of USA Today

Retail Experts Discuss Strategies to Drive Foot Traffic and Sales Through Mobile Marketing as Moderated by Jayne O’Donnell of USA Today

Full webinar now available at blog.placecast.net.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 23, 2009 -- Retail marketers, strategic agencies and mobile vendors have access to a webinar aimed at new approaches to increase brand affinity and drive repeat traffic into their stores. The location-based marketing platform, 1020 Placecast, hosts the webinar featuring experts in retail marketing and the mobile space,.

Moderated by Jayne O’Donnell, Retailer Reporter for USA Today and co-author of the book Gen BuY, the webinar, available free of charge, includes insights from panelists Jeff Montgomery, Chief Revenue Officer for 1020 Placecast; Kathryn Koegel, President of Primary Impact Research; and Dustin Jacobsen, Technical Director for Barkley. These experts offer answers to critical questions surrounding location-based mobile marketing as it applies to physical retail environments, including:

· Why has mobile become increasingly important in the retail space? And how are retailers breaking through the clutter?

· How do consumers view mobile marketing and what appeals verses detracts from the experience?

· What mobile marketing options are working at scale today for retailers how does it fit into the overall marketing mix?

· What are some real examples of successful location-based advertising that are happening right now? Who is doing it right?

· With minimal experimental ad budgets, why should brand marketers explore location-based advertising?

· What are some best practices for brands and agencies to get started?

The webinar highlights several examples, including mobile campaigns with The Weather Channel, Home Depot, Pizza Hut, Best Buy and Starbucks. In particular, The North Face snow report application on the iPhone uses content tied to their brand as a hook to get consumers to engage with the app.. REI, for example, provides content and information via mobile messages based on location to accentuate the experience their customers have with the great outdoors.

“Consumers are looking for that one-on-one engagement,” said Dustin Jacobsen, Technical Director for Barkley. “We see a higher level of engagement among consumers with mobile, and we also see a big spike in the last year or so in mobile and social together, and location [adds context to the conversation.”

“One of the key advantages for us as an agency is experimenting with the level of comfort that users have with providing [personal data,” said Jacobsen. “We’ve seen a lot of recent movement around companies such as Facebook and Twitter [that have started to add in more location components to their services. Users have been willing to provide that level of data to organizations, agencies and ultimately retailers, if the value proposition is significant enough. They want the advertising to be more relevant as well.”

“There’s nothing more frustrating than receiving advertising that is completely out of context and irrelevant. That’s why we see the banner ad click through rates so low; that’s because they’re not in context. Mobile, especially location-based, provides that level experience in context. We know where they are; we know when they’re at that location. That’s why we’re so excited about some of these emerging technologies. One of the things that gets us excited as advertisers is being able to provide context to those conversations that we’ve never been able to provide before,” said Jacobsen.

“Among the retailers we’ve talked to, there is a lot of interest in driving foot traffic,” said Jeff Montgomery of Placecast. “If you think about all the retail commerce that is occurring in the U.S., less 4% is happening through ecommerce and 96% of their business is from people coming into their stores. If you’re inside someone’s store, location is a great opportunity for the retail brand to connect on a different level.”

“The phone is going to be a relationship-based medium. If you can improve the relevance, you make the messages more valuable to the consumer,” said Kathryn Koegel, President of Primary Impact Research. “The phone is considered an extension of how people communicate with the world. The majority of consumers agree that the phone is their lifeline. Consumers do see the location-basis of messages as relevant.”

To experience the entire webinar, please visit: http://blog.placecast.net

About 1020 Placecast, Inc.

1020, Inc.is the developer and owner of Placecast, the first location-based platform specifically designed to use digital marketing on mobile to drive consumers into physical environments.

1020’s groundbreaking Placecast service recently earned the company the OnMedia Top 100 Award, given to game-changing companies in the marketing, branding, advertising, and PR industries. Current partners include NAVTEQ and Alcatel-Lucent, and marketers include FedExOffice, Avis and Budget Rental Cars and Hyatt Hotels. 1020 is funded by ONSET Ventures, Quatrex Capital, and Voyager Capital.

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Contact Information Alisa Davis

3105085678

Shorty USA Airsoft Tags Suntricity Power to Help Green Up!

Shorty USA Airsoft Tags Suntricity Power to Help Green Up!

Shorty USA Airsoft selects Suntricity Power to transform the online retail giant to an Energy Neutral Company. Dave Smyth, President of Shorty USA, demonstrates the company's commitment to a clean environment for future generations.

Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) December 23, 2009 -- Suntricity Power Corporation (SGCLLC) (http://www.suntricitypower.com) and Shorty USA Airsoft (http://www.ShortyUSA.com) have teamed up to create the first Solar Self- Sustaining Online Retailer. Shorty USA is America's largest and best known Retailer for Airsoft Guns. To Match Shorty USA's reputation, they chose Suntricity Power, America's Solar Choice. Suntricity Power specializes in high yield solar installations using the latest solar technology. This installation will be the largest microinverter installation for a online retailer in the region. Suntricity Power completed the first tri-state installation of a high yield system in New Castle County, Delaware in 2008.

The Suntricity Power Station (http://www.suntricitypower.com) for Shorty USA was designed to cover 100% of the energy requirements for the online retailer, using solar equipment manufactured with American labor. The choice to use an American Product line increased the system cost slightly, however Dave Smyth President of Shorty USA (http://www.ShortyUSA.com) felt it was the responsible alternative since we are using US Treasury Funds and Delaware Energy Rebates. The system will also use the latest per panel monitoring so at any time you can see exactly what every solar panel is producing via the web. During the day, the extra energy produced will assist Delmarva Power by supplying energy to their neighbors on Albe Drive, in Newark, Delaware. The system will be paid for with the assistance of both Delmarva Energy Grants and a United States Treasury Grant. These grants have been put to work creating jobs in Delaware and generating clean renewable energy.

ShortyUSA is taking an enormous step in a tough economy to make a meaningful difference for our future generations. This solar installation will have a carbon offset equal to reforesting 100 acres of Delaware. Shorty USA also has plans to institute companywide sustainability programs. Suntricity Power and Shorty USA intend to host an opening ceremony filled with solar power and of course a few Airsoft rifles.

Suntricity Power Corp. (http://www.suntricitypower.com) headquartered in New Castle, Delaware, offices in Delaware and Pennsylvania design and develop residential and commercial solar installations for the Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland markets.

Shorty USA. (http://www.ShortyUSA.com) headquartered in Newark, Delaware is one of the nation's largest online retailers for Airsoft Guns and Ammunition.

Contact:

Maria Romero

MRomero(at)suntricitypower(dot)com

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Contact Information Maria Romero

Suntricity Power

http://www.SuntricityPower.com

302-793-9400

MSI and KIDO'Z Bring Personal Computing to Kids

MSI and KIDO'Z Bring Personal Computing to Kids

KIDO'Z and MSI sign a distribution agreement stating that all MSI All-in-One Series with screen sizes from 20” up to 22" and all notebooks (Win 7) with screen sizes up to 12" will now come pre-loaded with the KIDO'Z Operating System, to create a personal computer that caters for kids.

(PRWEB) December 21, 2009 -- MSI and KIDO'Z have come together to bring the Internet to kids in a safe, fun and easily accessible way.

Israel-based KIDO'Z and MSI have signed a distribution agreement stating that all MSI All-in-One Series with screen sizes from 20” up to 22" and all notebooks (Win 7) with screen sizes up to 12" will now come pre-loaded with the KIDO'Z Operating System, to create a personal computer that caters for this young and dynamic segment of Internet users.

According to Nielsen, kids between the ages of 2-11 years are spending 63% more time online than they were 5 years ago, and are now using the Internet on average 11 hours per month. This age group is the fastest growing segment of the Internet market, and with that comes the need for a child-friendly way for these kids to access the Internet.

The MSI-KIDO’Z collaboration does just that by bringing together the key elements required by this new digital generation: quality, affordable hardware packaged together with a safe and easy-to-use operating system for kids. The result is a system streamlined for kids, with minimal effort required by parents.

KIDO'Z is optimized both for touch-screen technology and for netbooks, which means that the targeted user base will be able to literally access KIDO'Z at the touch of a button.

KIDO’Z, which is available as a free download from http://www.kidoz.net, will be pre-installed on the MSI All-in-One Series and this netbook range.

What this means for the consumer, is that there will be no need to find and download a children’s operating system, as parents simply need to click on the KIDO’Z icon that has already been installed for them.

All upgrades and new versions are automatically downloaded by the system. Parents would simply need to complete the quick and easy registration and the system is ready to go.

Many families purchase an additional home computer with children as the primary user, however, the 'grown-up' software that generally comes pre-installed on home computers, is not appropriate for the younger market segment. And even on shared family computers, it is difficult (without constant supervision) to prevent children from accessing adult sites and software, and from tampering with computer settings.

Through MSI's foresight of the untapped potential in the kids' Internet market, together with the unique value that KIDO'Z has to offer, the ultimate kids' computing machine has been born.

With KIDO'Z pre-installed, the MSI All-in-One Series and the MSI netbook range deliver the ideal kids' Internet experience at the click/touch of a button.

About MSI

MSI was founded in 1986 and is one of the world-class IT product leading brands. Based on the operating principle “Insist on the Best”, MSI has shown strong R & D capabilities and high production technology in motherboard and graphics card products. Adopting a diversified management and business strategy, MSI has also penetrated into the Notebook, All-in-One PC and Car Entertainment product fields. At an international brand development strategy, MSI has launched a new corporate identity system (CIS), as well as corporate slogan “Insist on the Best”. It also represents a new era in MSI’s brand development.

With a high productivity, high technology, and high quality R & D niche, MSI is expected to become one of the top 10 notebook and system brands in the world in 2010 and 2012. Apart from the market operation, MSI fulfills more efforts in its corporate citizenship, taking into account environmental protection and social feedback. In March this year, MSI was chosen simultaneously as one of “2009 Top 50 Corporate Citizens” and “2009 Top CSR Excellent Enterprises” from CommonWealth Magazine and Global Views Magazine in Taiwan. In the future, MSI will continue to commit and implement corporate social responsibility in company governance. Fulfilling its responsibilities as a world citizen, MSI will implement more specific actions and contributions to public awareness to achieve “Beautiful Life, Green Homeland”, our goal and commitment to stakeholders.

About KIDO'Z

KIDO'Z is a Web Operating Environment intended for children between the ages of 2-8yrs. KIDO'Z creates a personal protected Internet space with a collection of special tools that enable children, for the first time, to carry out everything that adults do on the Internet; but simply and intuitively, and without needing to know how to read or write. Parents remain in control through the password-protected Parental Control Account, where they can add content, block content, adjust account settings and more. The KIDO'Z usage metrics indicate an outstanding level of engagement. Since the launch in November this year of the latest version (v2.0), with its additional social and interactive tools and content, KIDO’Z has proven to be continuing on its tremendous growth path.

KIDO’Z, which has been listed as one of the top 50 tech products by BusinessWeek, is available in 17 languages with content added in over 30 languages, making it a truly global solution. KIDO'Z is PC, Mac and Linux compatible and is available as a free download from http://www.kidoz.net.

KIDO'Z is developed by KIDO'Z Ltd, a Tel-Aviv based company managed by parents and top industry professionals.

For more information about how you can work with KIDO’Z as a content, promotional or distribution partner, please contact us at info(at)kidoz(dot)net.

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Contact Information Nici Pillemer

KIDO'Z Ltd

http://www.kidoz.net

+972-3-5275780

Datapipe and Applicure Launch Managed Enterprise Website Security Solution

Datapipe and Applicure Launch Managed Enterprise Website Security Solution

dotDefender™ Immediately Available to Managed Hosting Customers

Herzeliya, Israel and Jersey City, NJ (PRWEB) December 21, 2009 -- Applicure Technologies, Ltd., a leading provider of Web application security software (http://www.applicure.com/answers/Web_Application_Security/index.html), and Datapipe, a global provider of managed IT services, announced today they have launched a hosted solution to protect enterprise websites from hacker attacks, such as SQL injection (http://www.applicure.com/answers/sql_injection_attacks/index.html) and cross-site scripting (XSS). The partnership enables Datapipe to provide the award-winning dotDefender Web application security solution to its managed hosting customers, helping them protect their websites from external and internal attacks. Global enterprises hosted on thousands of servers at Datapipe can now immediately add additional security to their hosting, augmenting existing security measures and helping meet compliance requirements.

Yaacov Sherban, Applicure CEO, stated, “With dotDefender as an integral part of the renowned managed hosting solutions offered by Datapipe, a large base of enterprise customers around the world can now easily add this award-winning defense technology. We are delighted to work with Datapipe’s experienced security team to immediately deliver a solution to the rapidly growing challenge of PCI compliance (http://www.applicure.com/solutions/PCI-DSS-Compliance-Solution) with enterprise Web applications.”

Web application attacks appear as harmless traffic to a network firewall or anti-virus program and are therefore allowed to pass through. Based on a comprehensive knowledgebase and sophisticated pattern matching technology, dotDefender identifies attacks accurately and stops them before they reach their target. This technology gives Datapipe customers an affordable method to protect their websites, applications, and data from malicious users seeking to exploit vulnerabilities.

“dotDefender is a strong complement to our security solutions ,” said Joel Friedman, Chief Security Officer at Datapipe. “Designed for multiple platforms and easy deployment, we’re confident this enterprise-class solution offers additional protection for our customers against hackers, data theft and other emerging threats.”

About Datapipe

Datapipe (www.datapipe.com (http://www.datapipe.com/)) provides custom solutions for complex Internet-facing infrastructures. The company proactively manages security, monitoring, storage, data center operations, servers, and applications including database administration and the full software stack. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, Datapipe has more than 1000 customers in seven data centers and eight office locations in Silicon Valley, New York Metro, London, Hong Kong & Shanghai.

About Applicure

Applicure Technologies Ltd. (TASE: APCR) develops the leading multi-platform Web application security software products to protect Web sites and Web applications from external and internal attacks. Built with years of research into hacker behavior, Applicure solutions feature a comprehensive knowledge base to identify attacks accurately, and to stop them before they reach the Web site or application. Applicure's flagship product, dotDefender, is deployed globally and is serviced by offices and business partners in North and South America, EMEA and Asia.

About dotDefender

dotDefender delivers comprehensive protection against SQL injection, cross-site scripting and many other application-level attacks, and fulfills the challenging application layer firewall (http://www.applicure.com/answers/Web_Application_Firewall/index.html) requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) (http://www.applicure.com/solutions/PCI-DSS-Compliance-Solution). With thousands of installations, customers and partners, from SMB/SME to Fortune 1000 enterprises including a diverse range of hosting providers, dotDefender meets the demands of application security around the world for strong and affordable protection technology. For more information, please visit http://www.applicure.com (http://www.applicure.com)

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Contact Information Kristen Hamilton

Datapipe

http://www.datapipe.com

201.792.1918

Carl Hartman

Applicure Technologies

http://www.applicure.com

516.796.0527

SoftAmbulance Releases Email Recovery Tool for Microsoft Outlook

SoftAmbulance Releases Email Recovery Tool for Microsoft Outlook

Recover and repair deleted, lost and corrupted Microsoft Outlook databases. Outlook Recovery (http://softambulance.com/outlook_recovery_pst/outlook_recovery_features.php) will automatically locate, recover and repair damaged Outlook databases complete with email messages, address books, and contacts.

(PRWEB) December 21, 2009 -- SoftAmbulance Company announces the release of Outlook Recovery, a Windows tool to recover and repair lost and deleted email databases in Microsoft Outlook formats. The new email recovery tool (http://softambulance.com/email_repair/features_email_recovery.php) is an easy solution to restore access to mail, contacts, and address books stored in deleted, damaged, and corrupted databases.

About Outlook Recovery

Outlook Recovery offers consumers an easy way to recover lost and deleted email messages, attachments, calendars, contact lists, and address books stored in Microsoft formats. Featuring fully automated operation, Outlook Recovery is a truly one-click solution to email recovery needs. The product is able to automatically detect locations of all email databases used by MS Outlook, and features the ability to perform a complete scan of the hard disk if an email database is deleted.

Outlook Recovery can recover single and multiple emails removed from the Deleted Items folder, recover and repair Outlook databases. Corrupted email databases in PST and OST formats can be automatically repaired to restore unrestricted access to email messages, contacts, and attachments. Repaired databases are fully usable by Microsoft Outlook.

With Outlook Recovery, it is possible to export the original email database into PST, DBX, and EML formats, making them available for using with other versions of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, and all email clients supporting the universal EML format.

Outlook Recovery features the familiar Outlook-like user interface, reducing the learning curve to Microsoft Outlook users. Another convenience feature is pre-recovery preview, a tool to preview individual emails and attachments in popular formats before the recovery. Pre-recovery preview is available in both full and free demo versions of Outlook Recovery.

Compatibility

Outlook Recovery is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007. Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 2003 and 2008 Server are supported.

About SoftAmbulance Company

Founded in 2005, SoftAmbulance Company provides consumers with usable and affordable data recovery software (http://softambulance.com) to recover lost information. The company's product range contains products to undelete files and folders, recover formatted and repartitioned disks, and restore digital pictures from flash memory cards. The latest product enables users to recover lost and deleted email for Microsoft Outlook.

Download Outlook Recovery software (http://softambulance.com/download.php) - free evaluation version at SoftAmbulance Company site.

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Contact Information Eugene Kharinsky

Outlook Express recovery

http://softambulance.com/outlook_express_repair_recovery/features_express_outlook_repair_recovery.ph

80502394816

Michael Kharinsky

MS Outlook Recovery

http://softambulance.com/outlook_recovery_pst/outlook_recovery_features.php

The Holidays Come to Sword of the New World

The Holidays Come to Sword of the New World

SNW Celebrates with Holiday Specials To Get Gamers to the New Year

Irvine, CA (Vocus) December 18, 2009 -- Sword of the New World, a premier fantasy MMORPG title of GamersFirst (http://www.gamersfirst.com/), is celebrating the holidays with themed special items and in-game events through the New Year

What’s going on in-game?

The Snow Drop Challenge Event (December 23 – January 6)

Players will have a timed challenge in-game to type the exact things the NPC says. They get 3 challenges and will win various prizes depending upon their performance. Prizes include Christmas socks, X-mas tree, Snowman, Christmas Firecracker, or experience cards.

Year of the Tiger Event (December 23-January 6)

Sword of the New World will be celebrating the year of the Tiger on New Year’s this year. Join in to participate in a number mini-game and get a chance to win a Tiger pet that can be used to buff.

To keep up with the changes and conversations in-game, follow us:

Sword of the New World( Home Page) – www.gamersfirst.com/swordofthenewworld

Twitter - @SOTNW    

Community Forum(s)- http://forums.gamersfirst.com/index.php?showforum=155&setlanguage=1&langid=en&setskin=1&skinid=11

About Sword of the New World (SNW):

Sword of the New World is an action-packed tactical fantasy MMORPG inspired by Europe’s exploration of the Americas. Delve into a visually stunning world of fantastic Baroque architecture and conspiracy and as a player you have the possibility of becoming a key representative of one of the political factions that constantly vie for power. Explore and adventure in a world of political intrigue, conflict and danger solo or by joining forces with other Pioneering Families to battle enemies and eventually control the world of Granada Espada.

About GamersFirst:

GamersFirst is the leading Free2Play® MMO publisher in the Western hemisphere. Serving over 28 million players, GamersFirst.com is where gamers decide the price of the games they love to play–even when that price is “free.” Powered by GamersFirst CONNECT, the end-to-end game publishing, game operations and game community platform made available to all of GamersFirst’s Development Partners, GamersFirst.com features the hit MMOs War Rock, Knight Online, Sword of the New World, Our World and future hits Parabellum, Victory Racing, GoGoRacer and Taikodom. Read more about the company at http://www.GamersFirst.com/corporate/ and find all of their games at http://www.GamersFirst.com

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Contact Information Ronjini Mukhopadhyay

GamersFirst

http://www.gamersfirst.com

(949) 295-9779

360News Launches Free iPhone App for Citizen Journalists and News Enthusiasts

360News Launches Free iPhone App for Citizen Journalists and News Enthusiasts

People all over the US now empowered to report up to the minute news they experience right from their iPhones to top news media destinations

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) December 17, 2009 -- Silicon Valley, CA – SachManya LLC publisher of 360newslive.com and 360ne.ws citizen journalism websites, announces immediate and free access to their first iPhone® app called 360news – putting the power of news reporting in the hands of citizen journalists and news enthusiasts. 360News app can be downloaded for free from this link: http://www.360newslive.com/index.php/itunesurl.html.

Using 360News app, citizen reporters can quickly report the news on the spot with automated location, date and time insertion and photo or video capture capabilities. But that's not all, 360News' proprietary distribution service then will post/submit the news to 360newslive website, Twitter®, Facebook®, Youtube®, CNN iReport®, Yahoo/Reuters You Witness News®, MSNBC and more. So if someone has worthy news to report, 360News will instantly spread the word around the top Internet news sites might even be the catalyst for their 15 minutes of fame.

For news enthusiasts it delivers the location enabled breaking news along with latest top news stories and breaking news tweets in an easy to read format with the relevant news images. That's not all, the users can create their profile, socialize with the fellow community members, rate the submitted stories and more on 360ne.ws website.

In the New York Times-Media Decoder article (June 8, 2009), author Brian Stelter highlights that “smartphones like the iPhone with their video recording and easy upload to Youtube capabilities are taking a groundbreaking step in the age of citizen journalism.” In the same article, Dan Gillmor, the director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, says that “citizen media creators need more options than the ones YouTube offers,”. SachManya’s 360News’ mobile application effectively fills this gap by providing easy to use and powerful citizen news reporting tool to its users at no cost.

360news is already getting good reviews from its test users. Here is a sample of what some of its initial users have to say about 360News App and its website.

Prasanth Manthena, MD, Neurologist and a news enthusiast, said "I had an opportunity to see 360news App live in action before its launch in the iTunes store. 360News app is like a Swiss Army knife for news enthusiasts. It makes on the spot news reporting easy & at the same time delivers location based breaking news and tweets."

"This exciting new app enables a dialog between news organizations and their subscribers," said Christopher Arnold, CEO of ncubeeight Inc. "Not only will this result in fantastic discovery tool for local news into the newsroom, it will drive brand engagement and increased news consumption among the participating readership."

For additional information on the news that is the subject of this release, email 360News at marketing@360newslive.com or visit www.360newslive.com. You can also follow 360news on Twitter (http://twitter.com/360newslive) and facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/360-News-Live/204515613625).

About SachManya LLC

SachManya LLC develops and markets mobile applications that work across major smartphone platforms. SachManya is based in Silicon valley and founded by veterans of Yahoo, Apple, Hewlett Packard (HP), Infosys and Wipro.

About 360News iPhone App

360News is all about mobilizing the user-generated news creation and sharing it with the rest of the world in the fastest and easiest manner. Any 360news contributor can login and submit any recent news through the website/ iPhone application which is then distributed to major news sites like Twitter, CNN, MSNBC, Facebook etc. 360NewsLive website do not owe any right on the reported news, instead, the views and content of the site solely belong to that of its contributors.

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Contact Information Chirantan (Chintu) Parikh

SachManya LLC

http://www.360newslive.com

408-782-4557

Investigative Reporter Recognizes San Diego SEO Firm as Top Professional SEO Specialists

Investigative Reporter Recognizes San Diego SEO Firm as Top Professional SEO Specialists

The i-Guy (Investigative Reporter, John Mattes) has uncovered the real SEO's from the fakers who claim they know search engine optimization and charge you a lot of money for nothing. The same guy who helped to break the Iran Contra Scandal has now found the one honest and true SEO that can and does make a difference.

San Diego, California (PRWEB) December 18, 2009 -- Former Fox News reporter John Mattes (investigativeguy.com (http://www.investigativeguy.com)) who is notorious for exposing corporate scams, getting beat up by insurance salesmen and chased off lots of criminal car dealerships has conducted investigations of various SEO and marketing companies in Southern California and has found a local San Diego company worth a GOOD review.

Online marketing is becoming a service all companies must consider as the consumer world shifts to the web. SEO is a very lucrative business that is growing fast and should be taken very seriously. Entrusting your business, sales, websites and money to an SEO company is very hard for most companies. “Sometimes you have to go undercover to find out how a company really operates and treats its clients” says John Mattes.

After months and months of interviewing, reviewing, calling recommendations and testing out services, John Mattes has chosen SEO by the Hour to be a hardworking and honest SEO firm (http://seobythehour.com/) dedicated to helping websites succeed. With every intention to improve a website’s online presence, SEO by the Hour provides professional marketing services ranging from search engine optimization and link building (http://seobythehour.com/link-building/), to web design and pay per click management.

There are many factors involved in determining the best company to work with. These factors include experience, pricing, reputation, company size, reporting, effects of services, recommendations and more. You have to be sure you are getting charged fairly, and choose a company that will perform the services needed to have a successful campaign. You have to be confident that the money invested will generate a return. SEO by the Hour does a great job explaining what needs to be done, how much work is involved, AND can perform SEO services (http://seobythehour.com/services/) in an efficient and highly effective manner.

“When looking for real SEO specialists that will deliver results, consider SEO by the Hour.” Says John Mattes of InvestigativeGuy.com & JCM Investigations.

John Mattes is an attorney, investigative reporter (http://www.investigativeguy.com/) and tireless champion of the underdog. He’s broken many stories, big and small, but all ones that affect YOU. He tore the lid off ‘liar loans,’ gangs who’ve stolen mansions, and a phony veteran’s charity. He also took on the U.S. government and helped open the door to the Iran Contra scandal. Don’t mess with Mattes if you’ve got ill intent. Rust never sleeps -- nor does Mattes.

SEO by the Hour is a San Diego SEO company (http://seobythehour.com/about/) founded on the belief that every website deserves a fair chance on the search engines. If you feel you provide a competitive service and that your website is just as valuable as the 1st page rankers for your targeted keyword, contact SEO by the Hour. That goes for all websites, nationwide. What sets SEO by the Hour apart from other SEO companies is their dedication to excellence and commitment to tested white hat SEO techniques and strategies that help websites achieve top results naturally.

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Contact Information James Harrison

SEO by the Hour

http://seobythehour.com/

858-731-0858

John Mattes

JCM Investigations

http://www.investigativeguy.com

Doodle Raises Bar Again for Online Scheduling—Delivers Efficiency Feature to Track RSVPs

Doodle Raises Bar Again for Online Scheduling—Delivers Efficiency Feature to Track RSVPs

Who better to advance online scheduling than its pioneer, Doodle? Reliable and prompt responses from all meeting participants, says recent market study. In direct response, Doodle today released new efficiency features for its Premium and Branded Doodle customers—Quick Reply and binding RVSPs.

Zürich (PRWEB) December 16, 2009 -- Who better to advance online scheduling than its pioneer, Doodle? In a recent market study by business consultants Vendbridge*, Doodle (http://www.doodle.com) surveyed online schedulers to learn what capability would next be of greatest value to them; the sample of respondents clearly prioritized getting reliable, prompt responses from all meeting participants. In direct response, Doodle today released new efficiency features for its Premium Doodle (http://www.doodle.com/premium) and Branded Doodle (http://www.doodle.com/branded) customers—Quick Reply and binding RVSPs.

These features accelerate scheduling and improve handling of meeting requests by driving participants to respond in a timelier manner. Quick Reply enables organizers to track who is responding and send either automated or manual reminders after a defined period of time. Binding RSVPs are now also available as part of Doodle’s Efficiency Features package for paid users. When a poll initiator activates this option, participants must provide their contact detail (i.e. name, phone number, or address) in order to cast a vote.

According to Daniel Joerg, Digital Strategist, Burson-Marsteller, “Branded Doodle is a comprehensive solution that simplifies the scheduling process tremendously. We use it to schedule meetings with our customers—Doodle handles all the administration and enables us to enhance our brand with every meeting. The Quick Reply feature is another great move from the company. I’m curious to see what they deliver next.”

“I’ve been a long time Doodle user and purchased Premium Doodle more recently because I like to personalize my meeting requests,” said Jerome Crochat from San Francisco. “Quick Reply is great, I am finding that people are responding much faster now—no more hunting each invitee down, Doodle does that for me.”

“With this features release, we’ve done it again—set a new benchmark for quick and easy online scheduling,” said Doodle’s Product Manager Reto Laemmler. “We are laser-focused on systematically meeting the core needs of our customers in the most simple and effective ways. We want to give them all the capabilities they need to speed scheduling without bogging them down with technical complexity.”

Beat Walther of Vendbridge also commented, “Our methodology measurably recognizes the triggers of certain behaviors. For Doodle, the main trigger is having the ability to get quick and reliable answers. By meeting this core need through these new efficiency Features, Doodle is creating added value to its paid services.”

*A quantitative survey of 450 online schedulers across the user base (business and personal users, etc…) applying a unique methodology to turn unmet customer needs into innovative products, the CFI Trigger Analysis by Vendbridge Growth Architects AG (www.vendbridge.com).

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Contact Information Tracey Frederickson

Seedling PR

http://www.doodle.com

603.880.7413

Tilman Eberle

Doodle

http://www.doodle.com

+41 44 586 98 14

Ventureneer Challenges Non Profit Leaders To Access Holiday Spirit Year-round

Ventureneer Challenges Non Profit Leaders To Access Holiday Spirit Year-round

The generosity generated by the holiday season often exceeds the ability of non profits to absorb it. How can non profit leaders capture that seasonal good will for use year-round?

New York, NY (Vocus) December 14, 2009 -- Don't let that volunteer get away! According to Ventureneer.com, too much holiday good will is wasted when extra volunteers and unneeded perishable donations are turned away during the holidays. Non profit leaders need to hold onto that excess and use it throughout the year.

“More and more research (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01human.html?_r=1&ref=science) shows that altruism is instinctive,” says Geri Stengel, founder of Ventureneer. “Non profits must make the most of that instinct, not just during the holidays but year round.”

In her blog, Vistas (http://ventureneer.com/vblog), Stengel addresses this issue, citing opportunities and issuing challenges to non profit leaders. One such challenge: Non profit executives can set an example when they write their personal holiday wish-lists (http://ventureneer.com/vblog/list-santa-will-make-everyone-smile). Imagine, if all the board members of non profits were to forego gifts from business associates in favor of donations to the non profits they lead?

Beyond the seasonal donation lies the bigger challenge: Spreading good will and generosity throughout the year (http://ventureneer.com/vblog/how-do-non-profits-capture-holiday-spirit-giving-year-round-help), capturing the excess volunteer hours for use in June, July and August.

As requests for donations mount and the economy continues to tremble, a new way of thinking, like Stengel's, may be the answer.

About Geri Stengel

Geri is founder of Ventureneer, an online education and peer support service. An adjunct professor at The New School, she honed her online experience at companies like Dow Jones and Physicians’ Online. Geri co-founded the Women’s Leadership exchange and is president of Stengel Solutions, a consulting service for social-impact organizations.

About Ventureneer

Ventureneer.com provides small business advice and non profit training (http://ventureneer.com/non-profit-management-training-critical-component-leader%E2%80%99s-success) using a new approach to learning: a blend of traditional, formal instruction with informal, peer learning using Web 2.0 technology to capture and share knowledge. Ventureneer's customized blogs, virtual classes, peer-to-peer learning, coaching, web events and articles help entrepreneurs make faster, better decisions for their enterprises.

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Contact Information Geri Stengel

Ventureneer

http://www.ventureneer.com

212-362-3088

California State Library Hosts Summit to Improve Internet Access in California Public Libraries

California State Library Hosts Summit to Improve Internet Access in California Public Libraries

The California State Library assembled nearly 200 public library leaders, community supporters, broadband providers, and local and state leaders for California’s Opportunity Online Broadband Summit, on December 14 -15, 2009, in Sacramento to discuss how to improve and sustain quality Internet access in California public libraries.

Sacramento, CA (Vocus) December 15, 2009 -- Library, community, and state leaders convene to discuss strategies to improve and sustain high-speed Internet access for communities through public libraries.

The California State Library assembled nearly 200 public library leaders, community supporters, broadband providers, and local and state leaders for California’s Opportunity Online Broadband Summit, on December 14 -15, 2009, in Sacramento to discuss how to improve and sustain quality Internet access in California public libraries.

The California Opportunity Online Broadband Summit highlighted the importance of community partnerships and the opportunities that technology can provide. Summit participants brainstormed and discussed possible solutions and action steps to upgrade and sustain broadband connectivity in California public libraries to meet patron demand.

Currently, 31 California public library systems lack Internet connections fast enough to meet the basic needs of patrons. Many more report speeds that are inadequate to meet the true demand of their community.

The California summit was sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of its pilot Opportunity Online broadband grant program. California, along with six other states, was invited to participate. The grant program supports public libraries as they seek to improve their broadband connectivity and calls for a broadband sustainability strategy, to be developed by the California State Library, to ensure that public libraries continue to improve and maintain adequate connectivity for patrons.

The summit included a comprehensive analysis of California’s current broadband climate and the future of technology access in California public libraries. Graham Richard, former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana and partner of public libraries, highlighted the importance of public and private partnerships on the local and state level to prioritize funding for improved connectivity in public libraries. State and library leaders from across California addressed the status of connectivity in the state. Speakers included: Linda Crowe, executive director of the Pacific Library Partnership; California Public Utilities Commissioner Rachelle Chong; Sunne McPeak, president and chief executive officer of the California Emerging Technology Fund; Teri Takai, chief information officer for the state; and California’s secretary of education Glen Thomas. Technology futurist Tim O’Reilly reflected on the future of technology in libraries.

Stacey Aldrich, California’s newly named state librarian, led the summit and represented the California State Library.

“California’s public libraries are blazing a trail for those Californians who lack adequate access to high-speed Internet,” Aldrich said. “Today’s public libraries continue to provide traditional services, but a growing number of patrons depend on library Internet access to apply for jobs, further their education, run businesses, or stay connected with families and friends. This summit and grant program will help California public libraries meet these increasing personal and community needs better by improving library connection speeds.”

Building on dialogue and ideas generated at the summit, the California State Library is currently working with an advisory group to develop a strategy to increase and sustain broadband connections in all California public libraries. The California State Library will work with libraries across the state to support their Internet connectivity upgrade and create a long-term state sustainability strategy.

“The summit highlights the vital role libraries play in connecting communities to information and knowledge through technology,” said Jill Nishi, deputy director of U.S. Libraries at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “What is needed now is long-term collaboration among government, business, communities, and library leaders to ensure that public libraries can continue to provide the high-speed Internet access their patrons need to improve their lives and thrive.”

Connected Nation worked closely with the California State Library to support the event development and execution. For more information about the California Opportunity Online Summit, please go to www.opportunityonline.org or contact us at 1-866-882-3081 or casummit(at)opportunityonline(dot)org.

About the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. More information is available at www.gatesfoundation.org.

About the California State Library

Founded in 1850, the California State Library is the central reference and research library for the Governor’s office, state legislature, statewide elected and appointed officials, state employees, and the general public. It also advises, consults with, and provides technical assistance to California’s public libraries. The State Library administers federal and state grants that support statewide programs and services including civil liberties education, historical preservation, library construction, connectivity, literacy and volunteer programs.

About Connected Nation

Connected Nation is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that expands access to and use of broadband Internet and the related technologies that are enabled when individuals and communities have the opportunity and desire to connect. Connected Nation effectively raises the awareness of the value of broadband and related technologies by developing coalitions of influencers and enablers for improving technology availability and use. Connected Nation works with consumers, community leaders, states, technology providers, and foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to develop and implement technology expansion programs with core competencies centered around a mission to improve digital inclusion for people and places previously underserved or overlooked. Connected Nation is also working with technology leaders to implement Every Citizen OnlineSM, a public-private partnership program to enable computer ownership and broadband use in low-income and unconnected homes. For more information about Connected Nation, visit www.connectednation.org.

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Contact Information Kasey McCrary

Connected Nation

http://www.connectednation.org

202-340-5776

Laura Parker

California State Library

itaas Responds to Growing Customer Demand for ITV Solutions

itaas Responds to Growing Customer Demand for ITV Solutions

Expands U.S. and International Facilities; adds Experienced Industry Resources; expecting “Significant” Growth in ITV Market in 2010

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 14, 2009 -- itaas, Inc. a leader in the development and delivery of interactive television solutions, announced the expansion of facilities and staff across its US and India offices in line with the continued fast paced growth of the cable and IPTV industry.

With the significant increase of IP and Cable technology initiatives across multiple platforms, itaas has expanded its teams and infrastructure across the US with resources to support various technology and service provider segments. In India, itaas has moved to larger facilities in Noida (a technology center in the Delhi metropolitan area), with advanced technology teams and an expanded lab for both cable and IP systems.

“Growing consumer demand for interactivity across multiple devices, combined with content accessibility whenever the consumer desires, has led to new and expanded technology initiatives with our customers.” said Vibha Rustagi, CEO and President of itaas, “We recognized the need for software development that enables content to cross over multiple technology platforms and have been building our teams to anticipate this growth. With multiple technology labs and advanced development teams in the US and India, we are providing efficient development for our expanding customer base.”

itaas provides software development and testing services for most of the top MSO’s and technology providers in the digital TV industry. And the istart program provides support for application developers and programmers in their interactive endeavors.

“Our first priority is to provide development and support that meets the needs of our customers,” said Jaspal Bhasin, Chief Operating Officer of itaas. “As our customers are successful in bringing exciting new interactive applications across multiple platforms to consumers, we will share in that success.”

About itaas, Inc.

itaas plays a unique, multifaceted role in developing and delivering interactive television. The company reaches across the entire iTV ecosystem to ensure that customers are able to develop and deploy applications, including ETV, tru2way and IP solutions across multimedia devices. itaas provides software development, integration and testing services to the content and application provider across the broadband network and all the way to the set-top box or consumer device.

For over 10 years, itaas has worked with all iTV constituents - service providers, technology suppliers, application developers and programmers - to create and bring iTV solutions to market. With advanced digital development expertise, tools, lab facilities and deployment support across a broad range of cable TV and IPTV platforms, itaas has developed many of today's most recognized white label interactive applications. The company is headquartered in the U.S. with international facilities and more than 100 customers worldwide. www.itaas.com

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Contact Information Jim Carlson

Carlson & Co. Public Realtions

303-221-8133

Top Floor Technologies Receives Google Adwords Qualified Company Designation

Top Floor Technologies Receives Google Adwords Qualified Company Designation

Top Floor Technologies, a New Berlin-based Search Engine Marketing and Web Development firm, was officially named a Google Adwords Qualified Company on November 11th. The designation is bestowed by Google onto companies that have demonstrated a deep knowledge of how to manage successful Adwords Pay Per Click (PPC) marketing programs and the experience of managing a significant monthly PPC budget.

New Berlin, WI (PRWEB) December 14, 2009 -- Top Floor Technologies, a New Berlin-based Search Engine Marketing and Web Development firm, was officially named a Google Adwords Qualified Company on November 11th. The designation is bestowed by Google onto companies that have demonstrated a deep knowledge of how to manage successful Adwords Pay Per Click (PPC) marketing programs (http://www.topfloortech.com/online-marketing/Pay-Per-Click-Marketing.php) and the experience of managing a significant monthly PPC budget.

"I believe that the new qualification is a testament to the success we provide our clients. By continually showing an impressive return on their marketing investment, our clients continue to do business with us month after month," said Jo Stumpner, PPC Manager at Top Floor.

Technically, an Adwords Qualified Company (http://www.topfloortech.com/online-marketing/Pay-Per-Click-Marketing.php) is one with two or more Adwords Qualified individuals on staff and a total Adwords spend of at least $100,000 over a 90 day period. To become a Qualified Individual one must pass Google's Adwords aptitude test.

Google rewarded Top Floor Technologies with a Qualified Company logo, which Top Floor added to their site and that links to Top Floor's Advertising Professional profile. The badge of honor essentially notifies visitors to Top Floor's site that Top Floor provides extensive knowledge and experience running Adwords campaigns. It is estimated that there are fewer than 160 Adwords Qualified Companies in the U.S.

Since anyone can create, run and manage a Google Adwords paid campaign (http://www.topfloortech.com/online-marketing/Pay-Per-Click-Marketing.php), the Qualified Company designation allows advertisers to identify those companies that possess a high level of skill to run Adwords campaigns effectively. Using a Google Adwords Qualified Company ensures advertisers that they are working with a company that has a dedicated Adwords department with proven abilities to manage thousands of dollars in ad spend per month consistently.

For Top Floor, the road to managing $100,000 in total PPC budget every 90 days started about a year ago, when Top Floor expanded their Search Engine Optimization (http://www.topfloortech.com/online-marketing/SEO/) program by taking on the management of the paid aspect of search engine marketing. In only a year the company has already achieved the recognition of being a highly trusted resource for Adwords campaign management.

"Top Floor's PPC department has experienced tremendous growth, even in this year's challenging economy," Stumpner said. "What started as a team of one has grown into a dedicated group of hard workers, all of whom are certified Google Adwords Professionals. Through our team's hard work and commitment to Adwords excellence, our clients benefit from increased website traffic, leads, and sales; with an emphasis on low cost per acquisition."

About Top Floor Technologies

Top Floor Technologies delivers strategic internet marketing (http://www.topfloortech.com/online-marketing/) solutions focused on generating more leads and sales for their clients. The New Berlin-based agency is a results-focused provider of website development, search engine marketing, web analytics and conversion improvement. Since 1999, the Top Floor Technologies team has delivered successful results to hundreds of businesses nationwide in a wide range of industries. Top Floor Technologies is located at 2425 S. 162nd Street, New Berlin. For more information, please visit www.topfloortech.com.

For more information contact:

Top Floor Technologies

Shane Fell

Vice President Sales & Marketing

1.888.947.4400

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Contact Information Shane Fell

Top Floor Technologies

http://www.topfloortech.com/

262 364 0010