PR Newswire's Business Technology Round-up, 28th September 2012
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Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:07:01 AM
PR Newswire's Business Technology Round-up, 28th September 2012
LONDON, September 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Future receives digital publishing award, Verizon boosts maths education and TopSoft
announces innovative new product
Future PLC, a company specialising in the production of high quality digital
magazines, has been awarded the prestigious Digital Publisher of the Year Award
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/future-named-top-digital-consumer-publisher-at-ppa-digital-awards-2012-171611721.html ]
at the PPA Digital Publishing Awards, adding to its
growing collection of publication trophies for 2012.
The company has won accolades for its range of over 65 digital publications, all of
which now take advantage of Apple's Newsstand, making these titles available to millions
of iPad owners across the world. Newsstand alone is responsible for the generation of
$8million in annual revenue for Future, making it a highly lucrative investment. Speaking
after the company's win, CEO Mark Wood declared himself "delighted and grateful",
acknowledging that Future was "leading the way in developing successful new digital
business models".
Verizon, a global provider of telecommunication services, has announced a partnership
with the charitable MIND Research Institute that will see a number of Californian schools
gain access to advanced mobile technology aimed at improving mathematical education in the
state.
Students at five schools will have access to the innovative "Spatial Temporal Math"
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/more-california-students-can-access-wireless-math-education-in-their-schools-thanks-to-investment-by-verizon-171593251.html ]
software
thanks to a $100,000 grant from Verizon; a new type of software accredited with producing
a 100% annual growth in maths proficiency in participating educational institutions. The
software utilises existing tablet technology to create an interactive mathematical
experience, with researchers suggesting that this tactile form of learning aids recall and
information retention in the brain.
TopSoft, a market leading provider of image recognition software, has announced the
launch of a new product designed to provide a cost-effective and efficient method of
scanning high volumes of documents, without the need for traditionally space-consuming
scanning units.
The SnapVision Document Camera
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/topsoft-announces-new-ocr-capable-document-camera-171592611.html ]
combines a cutting edge optical character recognition system with a high
definition camera, capable of providing both a real-time document preview and quick, high
quality scan for both business and personal users. TopSoft has taken document recognition
to a whole new level with its latest product, managing to introduce text to speech
recognition software, as well as access to Google's Translate system, enabling documents
to be scanned, spoken and immediately translated into a number of languages, all from
within the software provided - with a price tag of just $89.95 for the unit.
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LONDON, September 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Future receives digital publishing award, Verizon boosts maths education and TopSoft
announces innovative new product
Future PLC, a company specialising in the production of high quality digital
magazines, has been awarded the prestigious Digital Publisher of the Year Award
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/future-named-top-digital-consumer-publisher-at-ppa-digital-awards-2012-171611721.html ]
at the PPA Digital Publishing Awards, adding to its
growing collection of publication trophies for 2012.
The company has won accolades for its range of over 65 digital publications, all of
which now take advantage of Apple's Newsstand, making these titles available to millions
of iPad owners across the world. Newsstand alone is responsible for the generation of
$8million in annual revenue for Future, making it a highly lucrative investment. Speaking
after the company's win, CEO Mark Wood declared himself "delighted and grateful",
acknowledging that Future was "leading the way in developing successful new digital
business models".
Verizon, a global provider of telecommunication services, has announced a partnership
with the charitable MIND Research Institute that will see a number of Californian schools
gain access to advanced mobile technology aimed at improving mathematical education in the
state.
Students at five schools will have access to the innovative "Spatial Temporal Math"
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/more-california-students-can-access-wireless-math-education-in-their-schools-thanks-to-investment-by-verizon-171593251.html ]
software
thanks to a $100,000 grant from Verizon; a new type of software accredited with producing
a 100% annual growth in maths proficiency in participating educational institutions. The
software utilises existing tablet technology to create an interactive mathematical
experience, with researchers suggesting that this tactile form of learning aids recall and
information retention in the brain.
TopSoft, a market leading provider of image recognition software, has announced the
launch of a new product designed to provide a cost-effective and efficient method of
scanning high volumes of documents, without the need for traditionally space-consuming
scanning units.
The SnapVision Document Camera
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/topsoft-announces-new-ocr-capable-document-camera-171592611.html ]
combines a cutting edge optical character recognition system with a high
definition camera, capable of providing both a real-time document preview and quick, high
quality scan for both business and personal users. TopSoft has taken document recognition
to a whole new level with its latest product, managing to introduce text to speech
recognition software, as well as access to Google's Translate system, enabling documents
to be scanned, spoken and immediately translated into a number of languages, all from
within the software provided - with a price tag of just $89.95 for the unit.
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PR Newswire is the premier global provider of multimedia platforms that enable
marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, public affairs and investor
relations officers to leverage content to engage with all their key audiences. Having
pioneered the commercial news distribution industry 58 years ago, PR Newswire today
provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimize and target content - from rich media to
online video to multimedia - and then distribute content and measure results across
traditional, digital, mobile and social channels. Combining the world's largest
multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with
comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire enables the world's enterprises to
engage opportunity everywhere it exists. PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients
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is a UBM plc company.
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