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Sumbola Launches its Advanced Social Reading Platform for the Cloud and Mobile devices

Patented technologies to bring big data to authors, crowdsourcing transmedia, social reading and accelerated learning tools

TORONTO, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumbola is very excited to announce its Sumbola cloud-based reading platform for both the web and mobile. "It's the result of two years of design and development, testing with users--both readers and authors--and we're convinced it's one of the most advanced reading experiences, and very soon, the most innovative authoring tool, on the web," said Ernest Mbenkum,  founder and CEO of Sumbola Inc.

If you're an author, on Sumbola's platform, your book becomes the sum of its readers, and the reading experience, right down to a single word, is now part of your knowledge. "Authors are really empowered with our platform," Mr. Mbenkum said, "not only in terms of accessing Big Data for the first time, but also how they will be able to produce their books on the web with social matter, wiki matter, video, audio, music, images, geolocation, and even merchandise."

In the coming weeks, Sumbola will launch its Beta Author Program. A limited number of 200 authors will be invited in to upload their books, and access the innovative publishing backend. Authors can sign-up for the Beta Author Program on the Sumbola website on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Sumbola platform really caters to book lovers, who are now part of a global platform where they can connect with other readers on the same page, see them on a map, and even find out which ones are close by. Readers can opt-in to share their page notes and chapter comments, highlights, favorite passages, make recommendations, add contextual dictionary terms... even their artistic inspirations.

"Readers, for the first time, can make a text-driven book, a transmedia experience by contributing content enhancements in the form of videos, music, images, tweets, blog feeds or other complementary content," said Mark Hempel, co-founder of Sumbola. "Authors get to approve the submissions, and the platform makes it easy to enhance any book."

About Sumbola:

Sumbola's mission is to provide authors, readers, talent and publishers a complete digital publishing ecosystem that is built in the cloud, fully protected IP, transmedia capable, social reading enabled, global, mobile, and empowering for authors. Sumbola is based in Toronto, Canada. For more information, visit https://www.sumbola.com, or follow Sumbola on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sumbolacosi

Contact: Mark Hempel
Phone: 1-855-888-2674
Email: mark@sumbola.com

SOURCE  Sumbola

Sumbola

Web Site: http://sumbola.com

Bank of the West Breaks New Ground in Mobile Banking with Quick Balance, the Fastest and Easiest Way to Check Account Balances

Responding to Customer Demand, Bank of the West Launches New Mobile App

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of the West today announced the launch of its new, free mobile banking app, featuring Quick Balance - the fastest and easiest way to check account balances and the first of its kind for a North American bank.  The opt-in feature, available to Bank of the West online customers, allows users to check their balance with just the slide of a finger, without logging into their account.  Beyond Quick Balance, the launch includes new apps for iPhone®, Android® and iPad®, all of which now support bill payment and mobile deposit.

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With the new app, customers can:

    --  Use Quick Balance to get balances in seconds
    --  Deposit checks by taking a picture
    --  Pay bills in seconds
    --  Monitor account activity
    --  Transfer funds between their Bank of the West accounts
    --  Find the nearest ATM or branch
"Our own customer feedback indicated that more than eighty percent want to check their balances quickly and easily from their device whenever, wherever they are," said Jamie Armistead, Senior Vice President of Multi-Channel Banking at Bank of the West.  "Since our soft launch last month, usage and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.  We've doubled our active mobile banking users and had a three-fold increase in log-ins per day.  Consumers vote with their apps, and the new Bank of the West mobile app is clearly a winner," he said.

For those who have opted-in to Quick Balance, Bank of the West research reveals that three of four customers are using it at least once per day. "Whether they are multi-tasking moms, on-the-go college students or wealthy business owners, one thing is for certain - our mobile banking customers want to have their finger on the pulse of their accounts," continued Armistead.

Well respected industry research supports Bank of the West's own data and customer feedback. According to findings released last week by the Federal Reserve Board and its 2012 Survey of Consumers' Use of Mobile Financial Services, "checking account balances and transaction inquiries" was the most frequent mobile banking activity cited by respondents; in fact, nearly nine in ten (87 percent) of mobile banking users surveyed said they had performed this function within the past twelve months.

In commenting on the Quick Balance feature, Daniel Lattimore, CFA and Senior Vice President of Celent, a research and consulting firm focused on the application of information technology in the global financial services industry, said, "In making one of the most common mobile banking tasks as simple as possible, you nailed it."

Bank of the West's mobile banking platform gives its customers yet another convenient way to manage their finances, dovetailing with a network of nearly 700 ATMs and more than 650 branches, where friendly, tech-savvy staff is available for help and guidance. Several of the bank's newest branches also include Quick Response (QR) bars and tablet access.

"I couldn't be more proud of how customers have responded to our new mobile platform," said Maura Markus, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bank of the West. She added, "And while we've broken new ground with Quick Balance, it's truly just the start; we're laser focused on finding new ways to delight our customers and better meet their needs by providing great digital experiences with a best-in-class branch experience."

Beyond providing secure access via the industry's standard encryption technology, Bank of the West is reinforcing its commitment to safeguarding customer information by taking additional privacy and security measures.  Among its policies, the Bank never stores account numbers, account balances, check images or other confidential data on devices.

According to global advisory firm AlixPartners and its recently released Q4 2012 Mobile Financial Services Tracking Study:

    --  44% of smartphone/tablet owners who switched primary banks in the past
        year said that mobile banking was important or extremely important in
        their decision to switch banks
    --  The ability to check balances with a mobile device is the single most
        important mobile banking feature influencing the switching decision,
        selected as a key mobile feature by 37% of consumers who switched banks
        for mobile banking
    --  Smartphone/tablet owners who adopt mobile banking are more affluent, and
        have a stronger relationship with their primary bank (e.g., higher
        number of products and share of wallet), than non-mobile banking
        adopters.
"Bank of the West's Quick Balance application is a great example of a mobile innovation that focuses on addressing a specific consumer need - quickly and efficiently getting balance information," said Bob Hedges, Managing Director at AlixPartners.  "Quick Balance also demonstrates how new mobile innovations can be aimed at specific consumer needs and seek to deliver real competitive advantage in the marketplace," he continued.

The new app is available for download on iTunes and Google Play.

About Bank of the West

Founded in 1874, $63 billion-asset Bank of the West (http://www.bankofthewest.com), member FDIC and equal housing lender, offers a wide range of personal, commercial, wealth management and international banking services. The bank operates more than 700 retail and commercial banking locations in 19 Western and Midwestern states. Bank of the West is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, which has a presence in 80 countries with nearly 200,000 employees.

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CONTACT: Debra Jack, Bank of the West Corporate Communications, +1-415-399-7202, debra.jack@bankofthewest.com; Jon Diaz, +1-415-694-6708, jdiaz@racepointgroup.com, or Morgan O'Leary, +1-415-694-6707, moleary@racepointgroup.com, both of Racepoint Group for Bank of the West

Web Site: http://www.bankofthewest.com

Kenny Chesney to Perform Private Concert for SiriusXM Listeners at New York City's Highline Ballroom

Intimate concert to kick off "SiriusXM Sounds of Summer" & celebrate the release of Chesney's "Life On A Rock" album

SiriusXM listeners are invited to enter for the chance to attend the special event at http://www.siriusxm.com/thehighway; one grand prize winner to be chosen via Twitter

NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that Kenny Chesney will perform at New York City's Highline Ballroom for an exclusive, invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners on Wednesday, May 1.

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The "Early Kick Off to Summer" concert, which will be broadcast on Saturday, May 4 at 8:00 pm ET on The Highway, channel 59, will feature the only artist to sell in excess of a million tickets on each of his last ten tours, performing several of his 24 number one hits, as well as songs from the largely self-penned Life On A Rock, which also features guest appearances from Willie Nelson and the Wailers Band and is scheduled to be released on April 30.

"As part of our unmatched offering of country music, Kenny Chesney will give our subscribers a special performance," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. "Kenny is often playing stadiums and arenas, but for SiriusXM he'll be doing a special intimate performance for a few hundred lucky subscribers who can see him perform live at the Highline Ballroom. Our national audience of subscribers will be able to hear the concert on SiriusXM, an unwavering supporter of all kinds of country music. This special concert is another example of what we like to bring our listeners: the best country music they can't find anywhere else."

"To be able to strip it down and create the same kind of vibe that reflects this new record makes me really fired up," says the man who's won eight Entertainer of the Years at the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Awards, as well as being voted Favorite Artist at the American Music Awards. "It's tricky when you do the kinds of shows we do to take it into a venue small enough for this music to be heard properly... and I love the idea that not just the few hundred who get in, but everyone listening to SiriusXM's The Highway will be able to be part of this very special night of songs and stories."

Subscribers will have the opportunity to win tickets to the event through an online sweepstakes across SiriusXM's diverse music, talk and sports channels open to listeners who have been an active subscriber continuously since March 18 and meet certain other conditions of eligibility. See Official Rules at http://www.siriusxm.com/thehighway starting April 3.

SiriusXM listeners can also enter for the chance to win a trip to New York City for the event by following @SXMTheHighway on Twitter and watching for the opportunity to enter to win. See Official Rules for additional details about this opportunity at http://www.siriusxm.com/thehighway beginning April 16.

SiriusXM subscribers, who have been an active subscriber continuously since March 18, can also enter for the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets for the event by listening to The Highway, channel 59, on Wednesday April 3, at 4:00 pm ET.

"SiriusXM Sounds of Summer" will feature special performances, interviews and live events.

The Highway plays new country music. Listeners will hear music from Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and many more.

For more information on SiriusXM, please visit http://www.siriusxm.com. 

About Kenny Chesney:

Kenny Chesney is the biggest ticket-seller of the 21(st) century, playing to over a million fans on each of his last ten tours. Beyond his 4 consecutive Academy of Country Music and 4 Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Awards, he's sold in excess of 40 million albums and won the ACM Male Vocalist of the Year, the CMA Album of the Year for When The Sun Goes Down and the fan-voted American Music Awards Favorite Artist.  Chesney's hits include "There Goes My Life," "Boys of Fall," "When The Sun Goes Down" with Uncle Kracker, "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven," "Somewhere With You," "Young," "You & Tequila" with Grace Potter and the ACM Single of the Year "The Good Stuff."

About Sirius XM Radio

Sirius XM Radio Inc. is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 24 million subscribers.  SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S., from retailers nationwide, and online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM programming is also available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for Android, Apple, and BlackBerry smartphones and other connected devices. SiriusXM also holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million subscribers.

On social media, join the SiriusXM community on Facebook, facebook.com/siriusxm, Twitter, twitter.com/siriusxm, Instagram, instagram.com/siriusxm, and YouTube at youtube.com/siriusxm.

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe," "intend," "plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning.  Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control.  Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. 

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements:  our competitive position versus other forms of radio and  audio services; our dependence upon automakers; general economic conditions; failure of our satellites, which, in most cases, are not insured; our ability to attract and retain subscribers at a profitable level; royalties we pay for music rights: our ability to attract and retain qualified executive officers; the unfavorable outcome of pending or future litigation; rapid technological and industry change; failure of third parties to perform; changes in consumer protection laws and their enforcement; and our substantial indebtedness.  Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).  The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

P-SIRI

Contact for SiriusXM: 
Samantha Bowman 
212 901 6644 
samantha.bowman@siriusxm.com

SOURCE  Sirius XM Radio

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TRX Expense Reporting Solution TRUEXPENSE® Integrates with GetThere Online Booking Tool

Open platform technology adds value and flexibility for customers

ATLANTA, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TRX, Inc. (http://www.trx.com), a global leader in travel data and technology, announced today that the company's expense reporting solution TRUEXPENSE is now fully integrated with Sabre's online booking tool GetThere.

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The integration improves the pre-travel authorization process for TRUEXPENSE customers using GetThere. Employees who use GetThere for bookings can now view and use market travel rates within TRUEXPENSE and submit options for review and approval. In tandem, employers can easily see how their employees' travel plans compare to market rates and if the plans fall within their department or company travel budget.

Additionally, the integration enables better policy compliance for companies using both tools. Both tools work in sync, making it easy for the employee to see which travel options fall within appropriate expense categories.

TRUEXPENSE is a cloud-based solution that automates the entire expense management process, reduces costs, eliminates manual paper processing, and drives optimal visibility and control across organizational T&E spend. TRUEXPENSE is built on open platform technology, for easy integration with any booking tool, third party vendor or unique company systems.

"TRUEXPENSE is valuable to businesses that want flexibility in their expense reporting solution," said TRX President and CEO David Cathcart. "We understand every business is unique in policy and structure, and we know it's important that technology solutions work seamlessly together. We are excited to integrate with GetThere to make booking travel within policy and budget an easy process."

"We know how important it is for our corporate customers to easily track and manage travel expenses using a tool that fits their specific needs," said GetThere Chief Product and Strategy Officer Paul Wiley. "This is why we've made it a priority at GetThere to offer a suite of leading travel expense management solutions. The integration of TRUEXPENSE into GetThere gives our customers access to another cloud-based expense tool that will drive policy compliance and reduce expenses."

ABOUT TRX, Inc.
TRX, Inc. is a global leader in data, software and solutions, primarily in the travel industry. TRX solutions help the world's top travel agencies, governments and corporations save money and increase efficiency.  TRX technology adds visibility and value to travel programs through data intelligence, process automation, outsourcing, and a host of related software and mobile solutions. For more information on TRX products and services, visit http://www.trx.com or call +1 (404) 929-6100.

About GetThere 
GetThere®, a Sabre Travel Network® brand, provides technology to corporations. Its innovative online and mobile booking tools are available in 15 languages and used by thousands of companies in more than 95 countries including a majority of Fortune 200 corporations. Every year, millions of business travelers use GetThere to book and manage their business trips and meetings. The world's largest online corporate travel provider, GetThere processes more than $9.5 billion in annual business travel spend.

GetThere and Sabre Travel Network are part of Sabre Holdings®, a global technology company serving the world's largest industry- travel and tourism.  For more information please visit: http://www.getthere.com.

SOURCE  TRX, Inc.

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CONTACT: Alicia Burroughs, Corporate Communications & PR Manager, TRX, Inc., Alicia.burroughs@trx.com, +1 (404) 417-7480; Heather Scarpero, Director of Marketing, TRX, Inc., Heather.scarpero@trx.com, +1 (404) 929-5202

Web Site: http://www.trx.com

Ipan Ipan Launches the First Qi Wireless Power Case for SONY Xperia(TM) Z

BORDEAUX, France & HONG-KONG, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Ipan Ipan is expanding its range of Qi Wireless power cases by announcing the launch
of a dedicated model for the SONY Xperia(TM) Z. This flip case enables wireless charging
on the SONY Xperia(TM) Z through magnetic induction.

    To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:

    http://www.multivu.com/mnr/60633-ipan-ipan

    With its receiver module under patent, Ipan Ipan has succeeded in integrating the Qi
wireless power standard into a custom-made case. This case with its invisible embedded
module can be customized in several colours and materials.

    "This Smartphone was the most complex device we had to work on. Water-resistant and
dust proof, it was not possible to have any access to the battery of the SONY Xperia(TM) Z
through the back cover, or to use the Micro USB port. We had to implement a solution with
the 2 Pin connectors normally used by the SONY Xperia (TM) Z docking station. The result
is perfect and so thin that the embedded electronic is totally invisible," said Olivier
Dhervilly, VP Design & Development.

    Qi Certified by the Wireless Power Consortium, this custom-made case is part of the
largest worldwide range of mobile accessories developed by Ipan Ipan. (iPhone 4/4S,
Samsung Galaxy S3, S3 mini & Notes II)

    "Our aim is to offer to OEM/ODM customers the largest range of Qi cases on the market.
We have developed custom-made solutions to help our customers expand their own range of
products. Flexibility and reactivity are key strengths of our Qi receiver's modules under
patent. In the past two months, Ipan Ipan has obtained Qi certifications for 4 dedicated
Smartphone cases: Ipan Ipan now has the largest range of Qi solutions worldwide. We will
continue our expansion by adding a Samsung S4 and an iPhone 5 solution this month," said
Michael Turbé, VP sales Ipan Ipan.

    The SONY Xperia(TM) Z flip case (with or without charging pad) is on sale now. The
MSRP of the case is EUR39 and EUR89 for the pack with the charging pad.

    About Ipan Ipan :

    Member of the WPC and integrator of Qi wireless charging technology, IPANIPAN is an
OEM /ODM manufacturer providing dedicated solution for operators, accessories
manufacturers and devices manufacturers. Based in France, the company has production
facilities in China.

       
        For more information:
        Michael Turbé
        Email : mturbe@ipanipan.com
        Or
        contact@ipanipan.com

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CONTACT: +33556155813

NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. to Demonstrate New Product Capabilities at 2013 ISC West Conference and Exhibition

Leading Supplier of High Performance Electronic Security Equipment Will Exhibit New Products and Technologies in Booth 12041, April 10-12, 2013

AMITYVILLE, N.Y., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSSC), one of the world's leading suppliers of high performance electronic security equipment for over 30 years, announced its participation in next week's ISC - West Conference and Exhibition, at the Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas from April 10-12, 2013. ISC West is one of the largest events in the U.S. for the electronic and physical security industry, spanning access control, alarms & monitoring, biometrics, IP Security, video surveillance, networked security products and more.

NAPCO's exhibit in booth 12041 at ISC West will feature the demonstration of the newly launched iBridge® remote services suite of products as well as 3G/4G "future-proof" StarLink(TM) radio and service offerings, its new fire panel line, new school security lock-down solutions, and enhanced  integrated building security management software. Dick Soloway, the company's CEO, along with senior members of the Company's sales and marketing team will be on-hand, to discuss and demonstrate NAPCO's new technologies and products to thousands of security professionals in attendance of the show, with an aggregate buying power of over $50 billion, according to the show's management.

About ISC West
ISC West 2013, April 10-12 with SIA Education @ ISC West April 9-11 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center, is the leading US exhibition and conference serving the electronic physical security industry. It brings more than 1,000 international and domestic security product manufacturer companies and more than 25,000 security professionals to Las Vegas each year. ISC West, sponsored exclusively by SIA, is the security industry's premier launching pad for new products, solutions and technologies, presented in the first quarter of the year. Each year, the annual SIA New Product Showcase celebrates product innovation with category winners and an overall Best in Show Award. For more information, log on to http://www.iscwest.com/en/Home or register through the NAPCO website for free access to the show at http://www.napcosecurity.com.

About NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.
NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of technologically advanced electronic security equipment including intrusion and fire alarm systems, access control and door locking systems. The Company consists of NAPCO plus three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Alarm Lock, Continental Instruments, and Marks USA. The products are installed by security professionals worldwide in commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and government applications. NAPCO products have earned a reputation for technical excellence, reliability and innovation, poising the Company for growth in the rapidly expanding electronic security market, a multi-billion dollar market.

For additional information on NAPCO, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.napcosecurity.com.

INVESTOR INQUIRIES:
Brett Maas
Hayden IR
(646) 536-7331
brett@haydenir.com

Peter Seltzberg, Regional Vice-President
Hayden IR
(646) 415-8972
peter@haydenir.com

Donald Weinberger
Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Assoc.LLC
(212) 370-4500; (212) 370-4505 fax
don@wolfeaxelrod.com

SOURCE  NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.

NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.iscwest.com

Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network Expands In Utica-Rome Area

UTICA, N.Y., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    WHO:            Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's largest 4G LTE network and
                    largest, most reliable 3G network

    WHAT:           Verizon Wireless recently activated new 4G LTE coverage on two sites in the
                    Utica-Rome area, expanding and filling in coverage on the high-speed data
                    network it launched locally in December 2011. 4G LTE lets Verizon Wireless
                    customers use their 4G LTE-enabled devices to surf the Web, post status
                    updates and photos, share music, and download files at speeds up to 10 times
                    faster than customers on 3G networks.

    WHERE:          New 4G LTE sites are located in Camden and New York Mills. For street-level
                    detail of coverage and more, please visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/4GLTE.

    BACKGROUND:     Two years after its launch, the Verizon 4G LTE network is available to more
                    than 273 million people across the U.S. - close to 89 percent of the U.S.
                    population.

                    For additional details on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network visit http://
                    verizonwireless.com/lte. To see how the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network is
                    impacting customers and businesses across the country, visit the Verizon
                    Wireless News Center.

    MEDIA CONTACT: John O'Malley

                   Verizon Wireless

                   585.321.7264 or 585.261.5899

                   John.omalley@verizonwireless.com

                   http://twitter.com/VZWjohno
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 98.2 million retail customers, including 92.5 million retail postpaid customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 73,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE  Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com

Catapult PR-IR Named Agile Alliance's Public Relations Agency Of Record For Seventh Consecutive Year

Catapult's 14 years of industry experience helps Agile Alliance promote the benefits of Agile and position its annual conference as the foremost event for practitioners and executives

BOULDER, Colo., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Catapult PR-IR (http://www.catapultpr-ir.com), a leader in public relations services for technology companies, today announced it has been selected as the Agile Alliance's agency of record for the seventh consecutive year to provide public relations services and counsel. The Agile Alliance (http://www.agilealliance.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices. Catapult provides strategic support for ongoing Agile Alliance initiatives and programs, international events and on-site support for the industry's leading annual conference, including this year's Agile2013 Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

"I can't think of another PR firm that has as much experience within the Agile industry and community as Catapult, and that knowledge has helped the Agile Alliance promote its good work around the globe," said Phil Brock, managing director for the Agile Alliance. "Relationships are a cornerstone to the Agile community and we are extremely pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with the team at Catapult."

Catapult began its own Agile journey when it helped launch Rally Software in 2004 as the first SaaS-based software for managing what was then a grassroots-led industry initiative. Its team members attended and provided counsel at the first Agile Conference in Denver, and it has provided PR support for every conference since. Currently, Catapult represents industry leaders CollabNet (Enterprise Cloud Development, Agile, ALM) and Tasktop Technologies (ALM integration). Catapult also has provided support to other companies within the industry, including: Danube, ThoughtWorks, SolutionsIQ, Jama Software and independent consultant and luminary Dean Leffingwell.

"It has been awesome to watch the Agile development movement mature over the years and to work with the Agile Alliance to promote the benefits of iterative software delivery methods," said Guy Murrel, co-founder and principal at Catapult. "Our seven-year partnership has been successful for both parties, and we look forward to continued success during the coming years."

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About Agile Alliance
Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile2013 conference is scheduled for Aug. 5-9 in Nashville, Tenn. For more information about the organization, please visit (http://www.agilealliance.org).

About Catapult PR-IR
Catapult PR-IR provides strategic public relations and investor relations services exclusively for technology companies. Catapult helps its clients establish new market positions that are shared by only an elite few within their industry. The firm has won numerous awards, including PRSA's Gold Pick Award, Holmes Report's "Best Agency to Work For" award and the Boulder County Business Report's Mercury 100 Fastest Growing Companies Award. Catapult's client roster includes the Agile Alliance, TapInfluence, CollabNet, FreeWave Technologies, Inovonics, JNBridge, SparkFun Electronics and Tasktop Technologies. For more information on Catapult, call 303-581-7760 or visit the company's Web site at (http://www.catapultpr-ir.com).

Media Contact:
Catapult PR-IR
Mary Cochran
303-581-7760
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Tracx Introduces Social Leads to Empower Enterprises to Find & Engage Their Best Sales Prospects

Ties real-time social insights to sales, fully integrates with SugarCRM

NEW YORK, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tracx, a social intelligence platform with powerful tools to take social out of its silo and leverage its power across the enterprise, today announced the introduction of its new Social Leads product, the first platform of its kind to tie sales directly to social conversations, by helping enterprises identify and engage with people actively involved in the buying process, as well as track and measure results.

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Tracx Social Leads, the latest addition to tracx' powerful suite of social intelligence tools for the enterprise, combs through all the conversations happening on social networks today -- across sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, community forums and retail sites such as Amazon and eBay -- to identify people actively engaged in the buying process. Tracx Social Leads is the first in the industry to analyze those social conversations and automatically organize people by where they are in the buying process:

    --  Brand or product awareness
    --  Active product research,
    --  Opinions being expressed
    --  Intent to purchase; or
    --  Those who have already bought and are a loyal customer.
This also means that marketing and sales teams can target communication strategies to where people are in the buying cycle, reducing time to purchase and time to revenue.  Most large enterprises today already have a presence in social media, but many have struggled to show a clear return on investment (ROI) in terms of increased sales or revenue to the company, which are often the most valuable metric within an organization.  Tracx Social Leads enables enterprises to show a clear ROI for social.

"We're challenging the outdated marketing and sales model of buying a list, cold calling prospects, attending expensive tradeshows and sending direct mail - all in an effort to drum up a single sale," said Eran Gilad, CEO of tracx." In today's social world, it makes far more sense to shift the focus to prospects actively researching or expressing a need for the products you sell. Tracx is tackling this problem with Social Leads by helping enterprises understand not only buyer demographics, but by automatically pinpointing exactly where people are in the buying process -in real time --through analyzing the conversations people are already having on social networks. Goodbye cold calls, hello social sales."

Tracx Social Leads enables enterprises to:

    --  Create a real-time lead pipeline by creating a whole new revenue channel
        automatically filtering through all real time conversations on social
        networks to enable enterprises to rapidly find prospects in an active
        buying phase.
    --  Increase marketing program impact by tailoring marketing and sales
        programs -- in real-time -- to exactly where people are in the buying
        process (awareness, research, opinion, purchase or loyalty), enterprises
        can speed the conversion to a sale.
    --  Optimize ad spend by better understanding audiences through social:
        demographics, location, their intent and those influencers that can
        actually impact prospect buying behavior
    --  Show revenue impact of social program investments by tracking sales
        leads that originated in social conversations
    --  Empower sales teams with real-time prospect knowledge through
        integration of existing customer relationship management (CRM) systems;
        tracking and leverage of existing enterprise workflows
Today, tracx is also announcing the first of several CRM system integrations planned this year with SugarCRM, a market-leading customer relationship management company that enables effective customer engagement enterprise-wide. Tracx believes that in order for enterprises to unleash the true power of social media, social information cannot sit in a silo, but instead needs to be integrated in the applications enterprises are already using. CRM systems are the backbone of most enterprises, so infusing tracx' powerful social conversation and influencer data in to customer profiles is a natural fit.

By integrating Social Leads with existing CRM systems like SugarCRM, tracx injects real-time information pulled from conversations prospects are having on social networks, right in to the systems sales teams are already using today, better arming them to close a sale.

"Tracx' focus is on breaking social media intelligence out of its silo and spreading critical information and communication across the enterprise to better engage the customer," said Amy McCarthy, Director of Technology Alliances for SugarCRM.  "We applaud this direction as a siloed approach to customer data does not create a customer-focused culture. Tracx gives its customers powerful, real-time knowledge about their potential sales prospects - age, location, gender, influence - and injects it right in to the CRM system, giving companies a competitive advantage to deliver what customers want, when they want it."

Pricing and Availability

Tracx Social Leads is available worldwide today in all English-speaking markets. Pricing for tracx Social Leads starts at $2,000 US, per month.

See a demo of tracx Social Leads and our new integration with SugarCRM in tracx booth 212 at the SugarCon Conference in New York on April 9 &( )10.

About tracx

Tracx is a 360-degree social media management and analytics software platform delivering unified social intelligence that allows enterprises to manage, share and extract actionable insights, threats and opportunities from the social web -in real time. More information about tracx is available at http://www.tracx.com.

Editorial contacts:

Erin Collopy, Tracx: erin@tracx.com, 646-448-5313

Emily O'Brien, Leap PR: Emily@leappr.com, 303-550-6070

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SunGard Availability Services Introduces Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM(TM)

New service provides fast, assured virtual application recovery

WAYNE, Pa., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard Availability Services today announced Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM: a recovery solution which provides SLA-backed automated recovery of applications on VMware infrastructure at secure SunGard Availability Services cloud-based recovery sites. The service helps deliver fast, assured application protection and recovery, removing the recovery challenges from customers at the time of test or disaster while also reducing recovery times from days to hours. SunGard Availability Services uses VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager(TM) 5.0 to power the recovery automation and orchestration capabilities to recover customer's applications into private dedicated or shared environments.

Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM offers the following benefits:

    --  Addresses the pressing needs of enterprises to manage replication and
        rapidly recover large-scale virtualized environments
    --  Enables recovery of a VM environment within four to 12 hours
    --  Includes 24/7 monitoring of the protected recovery environment
    --  Provides an option of failover of VMs to a choice of private dedicated
        or shared infrastructure environment without interrupting replication
    --  Connects to other SunGard Availability Services recovery services to
        protect physical and hybrid environments
    --  Provides the ability to pay on a monthly basis and eliminates CAPEX
        constraints to invest in a second site infrastructure and tools
"Not all cloud-based disaster recovery services are created equal," said Jason Buffington, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "SunGard Availability Services has differentiated its Recover2Cloud portfolio with its disaster recovery experience and service level guarantee that offers availability assurance of critical applications. In short, SunGard Availability Services guarantees you'll get what you've paid for in Recovery-as-a-Service."

"SunGard Availability Services' Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM service gives us confidence that we can recover our VMs within much tighter recovery time objectives," said Derrick Brown, network manager, Automobile Protection Corporation d/b/a EasyCare, the leading provider of automotive benefits, including extended warranties, specifically created to enhance a vehicle owner's buying and ownership experience. "By signing on with SunGard Availability Services, we will be able to significantly improve recovery times for our VMware VMs."

Recover2Cloud is an important piece of SunGard Availability Services' Recovery Services portfolio of solutions, which provide availability options that address a range of tiered applications in customer environments. The SunGard Availability Services Recovery Services portfolio includes:

    --  Data protection and management through online data vaulting and
        replication
    --  Systems recovery through SunGard Availability Services managed hot-sites
        and cloud-based, automated recovery like Recover2Cloud Server
        Replication for application recovery
    --  People, process and program management with SunGard Availability
        Services' Managed Recovery Program, which includes recovery procedure
        development, test planning and execution, recovery execution and
        lifecycle program and change management
"Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM provides secure enterprise-class recovery at a lower cost than building a dedicated second site filled with dedicated equipment," said Michael de la Torre, vice president, Product Management, SunGard Availability Services. "Customers gain a scalable, cost-efficient platform for virtual machine recovery - without spending any additional CAPEX associated with their recovery platform. Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM completes our ability to recover physical x86, midrange and legacy, and now virtual x86 environments for customers with multi-tiered applications running in complex, hybrid IT environments."

"We are pleased to see SunGard deliver a high-value disaster recovery to the cloud service using VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. As VMware customers virtualize more of their business and mission critical applications, there's an increased need for faster, more reliable disaster recovery solutions," said John Gilmartin, vice president, Storage and Availability, VMware. "The cloud is a particularly good fit for disaster recovery services because the cost of the recovery infrastructure can be shared between many customers. SunGard Recover2Cloud for vCenter SRM(TM) enables reliable, secure and cost effective disaster recovery as-as-service."

About SunGard Availability Services

SunGard Availability Services provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With approximately five million square feet of datacenter and operations space, SunGard Availability Services helps customers improve the resilience of their mission critical systems by designing, implementing and managing cost-effective solutions using people, process and technology to address enterprise IT availability needs. Through direct sales and channel partners, we help organizations ensure their people and customers have uninterrupted access to the information systems they need in order to do business. To learn more, visit http://www.sungardas.com or call 1-800-468-7483. Connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Trademark Information: SunGard and SunGard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

VMware and VMware vCenter, SRM and Site Recovery Manager are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.

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SunGard Availability Services

CONTACT: Christine Nurnberger, Vice President, Marketing, SunGard Availability Services, +1-781-608-7263, christine.nurnberger@sungard.com; Jordan Rittenberry, Vice President, Corporate Technology, Edelman, +1-312-233-1226, jordan.rittenberry@edelman.com

Web Site: http://www.sungardas.com

Roger bridges the understanding gap for students with hearing loss

Roger by Phonak is the new digital wireless standard that replaces FM as the best-performing hearing system for understanding speech in noise and over distance.

WARRENVILLE, Ill., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Phonak,the world-wide market leader in FM technology, introduces Roger, a new digital standard that bridges the understanding gap, in noise and over distance, by wirelessly transmitting the speaker's voice directly to the listener. Available for the education market beginning Summer 2013, Roger surpasses all of today's FM and equivalent digital systems. It offers a scientifically proven(1) breakthrough in signal-to-noise ratio and eliminates the hassle of frequency management.

Educational audiologists and teachers of the deaf have traditionally specified FM and equivalent digital systems for students with hearing loss. The result: Many thousands of children have been able to better hear and understand the teacher in class. However, despite FM technology having shown significant performance gains in recent years, (i.e., the introduction of Dynamic FM in 2007) Phonak engineers set a goal to develop a system that would result in even greater understanding at all noise levels. Additionally, they challenged themselves to create wireless systems significantly easier for healthcare professionals and teachers to set up and use.

A wireless revolution

Built upon a new proprietary Phonak microchip and speech-in-noise algorithm, Roger overcomes the challenges that FM and digital system users have faced until now. It is proven to help students hear and understand more of the teacher's words than ever before, and Roger systems are simple to use.

    --  Maximum performanceRoger offers the industry's best ever speech-in-noise
        performance, with proven improvements of up to 54%(1) over FM, and
        35%(1) over Dynamic FM technology.

    --  Zero hassleUnlike with FM systems, there are no frequencies for
        audiologists to program and manage (so no software is required), and
        teachers can quickly connect devices such as Roger receivers with a
        single click.

    --  Full compatibilityRoger is the most compatible system of its kind. It
        works with virtually every behind-the-ear hearing instrument, cochlear
        implant and soundfield room amplification system. Roger inspiro is also
        the only teacher microphone capable of transmitting to Roger, FM and
        soundfield systems simultaneously.
Roger systems run on the 2.4 GHz band and employ adaptive algorithms to avoid interference and optimize operating range. Unique intelligent frequency-hopping technology selects only free frequencies, ensuring interference-free performance in every class. A virtually unlimited number of Roger networks can also be used in a single building. In addition, because the 2.4 GHz band is freely accessible worldwide, this means no license is necessary - allowing Roger users to enjoy improved speech understanding wherever they travel in the world.

"I was amazed by the performance of students who used Roger. They were able to hear and understand the speaker in noise levels that would not have been possible using previous FM system technology," says Dr. Linda Thibodeau, Professor at the University of Dallas and the Callier Center for Communication Disorders.

Maarten Barmentlo, Group Vice President Marketing for Phonak adds, "For students with hearing loss understanding the teacher can be a real challenge. Roger meets this challenge head on, bringing the cleanest ever speech signal directly into the student's hearing instruments or Cochlear Implants, and delighting educational audiologists by finally removing the need to manage frequencies."

For more information on Roger for Education, please visit: http://www.phonakpro.com/roger

(1) Comparison of speech recognition with adaptive digital and FM wireless technology by listeners who use hearing aids.

Professor Linda Thibodeau PhD.

Read more at http://www.phonakpro.com/com/b2b/en/evidence/topics/roger.html

About Phonak
Headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland, Phonak, a member of the Sonova Group, has developed, produced and globally distributed state-of-the-art hearing systems and wireless devices for more than 60 years. The combination of expertise in hearing technology, mastery in acoustics and strong cooperation with hearing care professionals allows Phonak to significantly improve people's hearing ability and speech understanding and therefore their quality of life.

Phonak offers a complete range of digital hearing instruments, along with complementary wireless communication systems. With a worldwide presence, Phonak drives innovation and sets new industry benchmarks regarding miniaturization and performance.

For more information, please visit http://www.phonakpro.com and http://www.phonak-us.com

Phonak - Life is on
We are sensitive to the needs of everyone who depends on our knowledge, ideas and care. And by creatively challenging the limits of technology, we develop innovations that help people hear, understand and experience more of life's rich soundscapes.

Interact freely. Communicate with confidence. Live without limit. Life is on.

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Phonak

CONTACT: Kimberly Rawn, Senior Manager, Communications & Public Relations, Phonak, 630-821-9586, kimberly.rawn@phonak.com; or Jill Phillips, Senior Account Executive, Ketchum, Phonak, 312-228-6804, jill.phillips@ketchum.com

Web Site: http://www.phonak.com

ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2013 Delivers Control Enhancements from Web Forms to Windows 8

High-demand Controls for Visual Studio are Released for Increased Productivity and Time-to-market Savings

PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ComponentOne a division of GrapeCity, the largest component solution provider in the Microsoft Visual Studio Partner Ecosystem, has released ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2013 v1. The first of three releases scheduled for 2013, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise is a world renowned suite of data and UI controls for Microsoft Visual Studio, including Windows Store and HTML5 tools. With highlights ranging from MVC 4 Scaffolding to new Tile controls for WinForms, WinRT XAML, Silverlight, WPF, and Windows Phone, there are tools for every .NET developer in this release.

Towards the end of 2012, ComponentOne announced the inclusion of its Windows 8 controls in the comprehensive Studio Enterprise suite of controls. As a veteran in the Visual Studio industry, ComponentOne once again has demonstrated it understands the needs of the changing developer landscape as evident by their decision to release an array of new Windows 8 controls, with a total of over 25 UI and data visualization controls, for building compelling Windows Store apps with Studio Enterprise 2013 v1.

"We have created the ideal development toolset for professionals who are migrating to new platforms, while at the same time meeting the needs of the developers who are less platform agnostic," said Greg Lutz, product manager at ComponentOne.

Building upon Microsoft's recent announcement of the 2012.2 ASP.NET update, ComponentOne now offers developers the ability to quickly create rich Web applications using MVC 4 scaffolding with Wijmo. "Scaffolding does all of the work for you by automatically creating your controllers and views, complete with CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations and validation. Wijmo further enhances the application with Wijmo widgets and styles," said Lutz.

Other enhancements to the web tools in Studio Enterprise 2013 include: new MVC 4 project templates (C# & VB) and Wijmo-enhanced editor templates. The templates allow developers to quickly customize an application with editors like Date Picker, Numeric Input, and Slider. To see an overview of the top features in the release, view the ComponentOne Studio Enterprise release video.

For developers looking to easily replicate the Windows 8 experience, ComponentOne has released several Tile controls spanning WinForms, WinRT, Silverlight, WPF, and Windows Phone. In a blog post  on the company's website, it details using ComponentOne Tiles for WinRT/XAML, "Tiles make it easy to replicate the Windows 8 start screen experience in your own app. Get several different tile controls that support sliding and flipping animations with live updates. Combine tiles with different containers to achieve endless layout possibilities."

Beyond the Tiles, the WinRT/XAML control collection inside Studio Enterprise provides powerful data features for the WinRT platform available nowhere else with C1CollectionView and C1FlexGrid. These controls are touted for providing the most in-demand third-party controls like calendars, document viewers, rich text editors, tree views, and data grids.

Rounding out the release are updates and enhancements to many of the other products that make up ComponentOne Studio Enterprise: Studio for WinForms, Studio for WPF, Studio for Windows Phone, Studio for Silverlight, Studio for ASP.NET Wijmo, Studio for iPhone, Studio for Entity Framework, Studio for Compact Framework, and Studio for ActiveX.

Availability
The company offers no-charge, 30-day trials of Studio Enterprise and each of its component suites, which may be downloaded at http://www.componentone.com/Downloads/. Online visitors may also access tutorials, forums, documentation, and diagrams as part of the ComponentOne experience.

About GrapeCity
Founded in 1980, GrapeCity is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a premier Visual Studio Industry Partner, and one of the world's largest providers of developer components. The company has more than 850 employees and hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. For close to 30 years, GrapeCity has provided enterprises around the world with state-of-the-art developer tools and components, software services and solutions. For more company information, visit the ComponentOne division website at http://www.componentone.com. Follow on Twitter @componentone or "Like" on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/componentone.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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ComponentOne

CONTACT: Eve Turzillo, +1-412-681-4343, evet@componentone.com

Web Site: http://www.componentone.com

MokiMobility Raises $2 Million in Seed Funding to expand Dedicated Mobile Device Management Platform

Utah-based start-up secures backing from Epic Ventures and individual investors

SALT LAKE CITY, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MokiMobility, a Utah start-up that provides a cloud-based platform for managing, monitoring and securing tablets and smartphones including mobile point-of-sale devices, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The investment will be used to expand the MokiMobility platform, further solidifying MokiMobility as the leading platform for managing, monitoring and securing mobile point-of-sale and other mobile solutions for retail, restaurant and hospitality markets.

The $2 million round of funding was lead by investment firm Epic Ventures. Additional individual investors include Spencer Tall, Partner at Allegis Capital and Tyler Smith at Fusion-IO.

"As companies rush to deploy mobile devices for customer-facing applications, particularly as mobile point-of-sale terminals, the need to properly secure, manage and monitor these devices becomes ever more urgent," said Tom Karren, CEO of MokiMobility. "With this investment, MokiMobility is positioned to expand our platform to better enable developers, merchants and solutions providers with the security, monitoring and management their innovative solutions require."

This multi-million dollar investment comes on the heels of a recent report from RIS, which cites 52 percent of U.S. retailers are planning to add tablets as purposed devices within the next 24 months and 32 percent within the next year. Additionally, 42 percent of U.S. retailers are planning to implement ruggedized handhelds, such as the iPod touch.

"MokiMobility is positioned to provide a solution for a huge market opportunity for cloud based management and security of mobile devices being used for specific purposes," said Nick Efstratis, Partner at Epic Ventures. "I'm excited to see what the next year will bring and believe MokiMobility will set itself apart as the market leader in secure purposed mobile solutions." 

AboutMokiMobility
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, MokiMobility is the first cloud platform for managing, monitoring and securing purposed mobile devices and mobile point-of-sale solutions. Independent software vendors (ISVs) and solution providers can integrate the management and monitoring features of MokiManage directly into their own tablet solutions running on the iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. As a result, tablet solution customers have greater control over the complete experience, enabling more engaging and new customer experiences leveraging iOS and Android tablets in new ways. For more information visit http://www.mokimobility.com or follow MokiMobility on Twitter: @mokimobility.

    MokiMobility Contact                Press Contact

    Brad Hintze                         Paul Doyle

    Phone: (801) 836-7965               Phone: (617) 624-3259

    Email: brad.hintze@mokimobility.com Email: pdoyle@racepointgroup.com
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MokiMobility

Web Site: http://www.mokimobility.com

DugDug: A New Price Comparison Website for Pet Owners

NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded by a former Wall St. investment analyst frustrated by the online shopping experience for his new dog, DugDug.com represents the next evolution in price comparison shopping.

According to the American Pet Products Association, pet ownership is at an all-time high.  U.S. households are estimated to have spent $52.9 billion on their pets in 2012, with basic annual expenses for a dog or cat exceeding $1,000.  However, the vast majority of purchases remain offline despite the tremendous savings that Internet merchants offer.

DugDug aims to change this.  David Keh, a Stanford University graduate with an M.B.A from Harvard Business School, created a comparison shopping site that delivers highly curated results for pet supplies through an elegant, yet simple interface. 

Focusing exclusively on pets allows DugDug to offer unique features.  These include screening for counterfeit and imported pet medications not approved by the FDA, validated merchant coupons, and an extensive library of noteworthy tools and pet education articles written by fellow pet owners and industry experts.  There is even a proprietary veterinarian panel that will share its medical expertise.

"Comparing prices on pet products today is next to impossible.  All you get from price comparison sites are pages full of advertisements and irrelevant results across different sizes or products," said founder and CEO David Keh.  "We obsess about one thing and one thing only - finding the lowest prices for pet owners and presenting them through a wonderful user experience."

In addition to the website, DugDug has released a unique web browser enhancement, called Rover, which automatically finds coupon codes for pet owners.  Once Rover is installed, pet owners no longer need to worry about finding coupon codes.  They will be automatically notified when they are on any pet shopping site without having to leave the site.

About Us:
DugDug.com represents the next evolution in price comparison shopping.  Designed specifically for pet owners, our website tirelessly scours the internet for the best prices on thousands of pet products, and delivers the results through a simple and intuitive user interface. 

Media Contact: Andrea Martone
Andrea@dugdug.com, 917.929.0527
Visit our Blog: dugdug.com/blog
Twitter: @dugdugpets

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DugDug.com

Web Site: http://www.DugDug.com

KitchenAid Facebook Recipe Tab Gives Cooks More Ways to Explore

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing that home cooks have plenty of choices when it comes to online recipe sources, KitchenAid has adopted a highly tailored approach for serving up recipe content.  Created as a resource for its social community - specifically for those who own or are considering KitchenAid products - the brand's new Facebook recipe tab allows for easily searching recipes by appliance, available ingredients, courses and occasions.  In addition to recipe filtering, the tab enables recipe sharing among community members and the creation of a "My Recipes" file.

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"While KitchenAid would love to offer inspiration to every home cook, our initial focus is providing personalized content to our growing community," says Beth Robinson, senior manager of brand experience for KitchenAid. "And though we'll be adding new content continuously, we expect that members will play a huge role in making the tab even more useful and comprehensive." 

The recipe tab currently houses over 300 recipes from well-known chefs and popular food bloggers, with a new featured recipe to be posted every other week.

Robinson cites two examples of how the tab can be used for highly tailored searches.

"Dessert lovers looking for healthful treats can select the Desserts filter in the Courses & Ingredients category and the Healthy Eating filter in the Occasions category," she notes. "Sports fans using their slow cookers for game-day snacks can find recipes by selecting the Sports Party filter in the Occasions category and the Slow Cooker filter in the Products category.

Facebook community members can also submit and share their own recipes using the Community Recipes application, bringing an interactive element to the new tab.  Members simply submit a recipe form and upload a photo of the dish.  For guidance through the process, the tab incorporates a convenient measurement conversion chart and food photography tip sheet.

"In addition to searching hundreds of sourced recipes, home cooks can also test and provide feedback to each other's dishes, further fueling the already strong culinary conversation happening within our community," notes Robinson. 

Additional features of the recipe tab include the My Recipes section, where members can build their own personal collection of favorite dishes pulled from the recipe tab.  Members can also rely on the My Uploaded Recipes section that keeps track of each recipe they have shared with the community.  In addition to collecting recipes online, members can download, print and share recipes with the larger social media community though their own social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Since the introduction of its legendary stand mixer in 1919 and first dishwasher in 1949, KitchenAid has built on the legacy of these icons to create a complete line of products designed for cooks.  Today, the KitchenAid brand offers virtually every essential for the well-equipped kitchen with a collection that includes everything from countertop appliances to cookware, ranges to refrigerators, and whisks to wine cellars.  Cook for the Cure®, the brand's partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, is now in its twelfth year and has raised over $9 million to help find a cure for breast cancer.  To learn why chefs choose KitchenAid for their homes more than any other brand*, visit KitchenAid.com or join us at Facebook.com/KitchenAid and Twitter.com/KitchenAidUSA.

* Based on a 2012 survey, KitchenAid was found to be the home kitchen appliance brand chosen most often by members of the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

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CONTACT: Kim Roman, Digitas, 212/350-7822, kim.roman@digitas.com, or Jill Sciuto, Digitas, 646/735-7582, Jill.Sciuto@digitas.com, or Beth Robinson, KitchenAid, 269/923-4770, beth_l_robinson@kitchenaid.com

Web Site: http://www.kitchenaid.com

Tektronix Launches Major Enhancements to CALWEB® Asset Management Software

Latest Version of the Online Application Now Offers Upgraded Customer Controls

BEAVERTON, Ore., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix (service-solutions.tektronix.com), the industry's leading multi-vendor service (MVS) provider of instrument calibration and repair, recently released a series of significant enhancements to its CALWEB online calibration management system. CALWEB provides clients enhanced visibility of their test and measurement assets and reduces overall costs related to their calibration management program.

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CALWEB Enhancements
CALWEB is the industry's most advanced and secure online calibration management system. Customers enjoy 24/7 online access to calibration certificates, asset lists, detailed service history, work-in-progress, billing and payment information, and much more. The latest release boasts significant advancements that include:

    --  bulk certificate download capability, to save time when it is necessary
        to access multiple documents;
    --  asset transfer between Tektronix-managed and customer-managed assets,
        providing real time visibility of instrument inventory;
    --  improved quote submission and approval tools, reducing administrative
        time associated with scheduling calibration and editing quote
        submissions;
    --  enhanced audit tracking, to help ensure customer compliance; and
    --  several user experience enhancements, including intuitive status
        displays, document to asset tagging, and an improved system for routing
        and archiving documents.
"We believe our customers deserve value-added services beyond our high-quality instrument calibration. CALWEB delivers the critical information that clients need to manage their instrument calibration program," said David Carew-Jones, vice president of marketing for Tektronix. "It provides, at no additional charge, the advanced capabilities that most other calibration management programs just cannot match. Our ongoing development of CALWEB is client-driven and we've found that the system has become an important business tool for our customers."

About CALWEB®

CALWEB provides a strategic window into the performance of our customer's calibration program, allowing them to effortlessly manage their instrument inventory, monitor the progress of each individual service event, maintain an on-line history of past calibrations and repairs, and give visibility of all future calibration requirements. To view a demo of the application or for more information on CALWEB, visit service-solutions.tektronix.com.

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About Tektronix
Tektronix is the world's leading provider of multi-vendor calibration, repair and related services. Supporting more than 140,000 products from 9,000-plus manufacturers, the company provides services through more than 1,000 experienced associates across 100 plus points of service worldwide. Visit us at service-solutions.tektronix.com.

Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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CONTACT: Kristen Andon, Marketing Communications Manager, kristen.andon@tektronix.com, 503.627.1667

Web Site: http://service-solutions.tektronix.com

Axcient Dramatically Simplifies Keeping Applications Running and Data Protected with Next Generation User Experience

New Axcient Experience Brings Unprecedented Ease of Use to Traditional IT Function to Save IT Hundreds of Hours a Year

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcient, the leading cloud solution for eliminating application downtime and data loss, today announced a completely redesigned data protection portal that dramatically simplifies and enhances the user experience for IT professionals and managed service providers supporting companies from tens to thousands of employees.

Axcient's entirely new interface brings the ease of use of a consumer application to a complicated IT function, allowing users to manage critical data protection issues easily through three distinct new features: a health status system that indicates successful protection of an entire enterprise at a glance, customizable time-based alerting thresholds that define how long is too long without protection, and exception-based notifications so users know right away when something's wrong. With Axcient's new experience, IT can save hundreds of hours a year. 

"IT professionals are increasingly becoming generalists, each managing multiple tools and systems simultaneously. Legacy enterprise software solutions not only fail to protect businesses from costly application downtime, but also take far too much time to deploy and manage for today's overburdened IT professional," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient.

"We continue to simplify the Axcient user experience and with our latest release have cut down the time it takes to deploy Axcient to under five minutes, while adding an intuitive notification system and health dashboard that enable businesses to verify that all their data, applications and systems are protected at a glance. This is why Axcient is an increasingly attractive alternative to legacy systems like Symantec Backup Exec(TM)."

"Axcient's web interface is intuitive and easy to use. Yet behind the slick UI there's the ability to do all the custom configurations I might need," said Larry Womack, Information Technology Manager for the St. Louis Blues. "With Axcient, I can rest assured that our data, apps and systems are fully protected. If a problem ever arises, I know I'll get an email alert immediately."

About Axcient
The Axcient cloud solution goes beyond backup to ensure businesses are always on, always protected and always up and earning. By protecting every part of IT - from laptops to servers and email to ERP - Axcient saves thousands of businesses from the loss of productivity and revenue that results from application downtime and data loss. With rapid data and image replication, multi-level de-duplication and the ability to keep entire networks up and running at all times, Axcient eliminates the need for businesses to use legacy data protection, disaster recovery, archiving and business continuity solutions. Visit http://www.axcient.com.

SOURCE  Axcient

Axcient

CONTACT: Melody Serafino for Axcient, 646-833-0206, axcient@groupsjr.com

Web Site: http://www.axcient.com

MokiMobility Teams-up with Revel Systems to Provide First Mobile and iPad Point-of-Sale Solution to Meet PCI Guidelines

Comprehensive monitoring, management and security to be delivered to thousands of devices nationwide

SALT LAKE CITY, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MokiMobility, cloud-based provider for managing, monitoring and securing tablets and smartphones as mobile point-of-sale devices, today announced a partnership with Revel Systems - the leader in iPad point-of-sale (POS) solutions for restaurant, grocery and retail business establishments - bringing the first and only mobile and iPad point-of-sale solution to market to meet the PCI Security Standards Council's newest set of mobile point-of-sale security guidelines. Released in February 2013, these guidelines represent the most comprehensive set of security considerations for mobile point-of-sale to-date from the credit card standards group.

"With these new guidelines it's important to consider how developers, merchants and solutions providers need to look at the environment as a whole, not just the mobile point-of-sale app itself," said Tom Karren, CEO of MokiMobility. "They're now faced with the challenge of diving into the network, the device, the OS, peripherals and other applications. A true management, monitoring and security solution such as ours that allows these users to go beyond the scope of just the app is critical."

As part of this relationship, Revel Systems will integrate the MokiManage platform into its iPad point-of-sale solution, providing end-users with comprehensive monitoring, management and security capabilities across all Revel iPad point-of-sale deployments, including several thousand immediate distributions. This move positions Revel as the first, and only, mPOS and iPad POS provider to meet the new PCI SSC guidelines.

"This partnership is the catalyst that will drive growth and adoption of iPad POS," said Chris Ciabarra, CTO and co-founder of Revel Systems. "Scaling iPad deployments and securing each device to securely process payments is a very high priority for us. MokiMobility is the only vendor that could deliver us the management capabilities we need for our customers as well as the security and monitoring features necessary to meet the PCI guidelines."

About MokiMobility
Based in Lehi, Utah, MokiMobility is the first and only cloud platform for managing, monitoring and securing purposed mobile devices as mobile point-of-sale solutions. Independent software vendors (ISVs) and solution providers can integrate the management and monitoring features of MokiManage directly into their own tablet solutions running on the iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. As a result, tablet solution customers have greater control over the complete experience, enabling more engaging and new customer experiences leveraging iOS and Android tablets in new ways. For more information visit http://www.mokimobility.com or follow MokiMobility on Twitter: @mokimobility.

About Revel Systems
Revel Systems was founded in 2010 in San Francisco, CA with the goal of changing the point-of-sale market. Founders Lisa Falzone and Chris Ciabarra developed a quick, intuitive and secure iOS-based point-of-sale system by combining cloud-based technology and the mobility of the iPad. Revel recently released a grocery store ready iPad POS system to add to their award-winning restaurant and retail software. Revel Systems software offers a feature-rich POS solution with integrated payroll, inventory tracking, customer relationship management and more. With the introduction of the Revel Marketplace, Revel POS users can now integrate directly into third-party enhancements, such as mobile payments, online ordering, gift or reward cards and advanced financial software suites.  For more information on the future of commerce, please visit http://www.revelsystems.com.

    MokiMobility Contact                Press Contact

    Brad Hintze                         Paul Doyle

    Phone: (801) 836-7965               Phone: (617) 624-3259

    Email: brad.hintze@mokimobility.com Email: pdoyle@racepointgroup.com

    Revel Systems Press Contact

    David Oro

    707-558-8585

    revelsystems@orogroup.com
SOURCE  MokiMobility

MokiMobility

Web Site: http://www.revelsystems.com

Home Audio Leaders SVS Announce High-Performance Ultra Bookshelf Speakers, Handsomely Designed and Engineered for Sonic Perfection

Proprietary drivers produce a larger-than-expected soundstage while dramatic cabinet styling yields unique sonic benefits in the full-range, two-way monitors

GIRARD, Ohio, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SVS, a worldwide leader in high-performance home audio products, proudly announces availability of the Ultra Bookshelf Speakers. Handsomely styled with a swept back profile and striking edge treatments, the Ultra Bookshelf draws design cues from the flagship Ultra Tower speaker with sonic-enhancing wedge-shaped front baffle and flush-mounted drivers, proprietary SVS drivers and the intelligent SoundMatch Crossover Network.

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When engineering the Ultra Bookshelf speaker's design, SVS envisioned a two-way monitor that would fill small to medium-sized rooms with an encompassing, coherent soundstage; deep, dynamic bass; and sparkling mid and high-frequency details, whether they were being pushed to extreme volumes or played at moderate levels. A combination of premium build materials, FEA optimization, cabinet innovation and careful selection of crossover frequencies brought this vision to life.

For low to midrange-frequency performance, the Ultra Bookshelf features a hefty 6.5-inch composite glass-fiber cone woofer which produces an excellent stiffness to mass ratio for high sensitivity and maintains pistonic behavior well beyond the pass-band of the driver. The Ultra Bookshelves are also equipped with SVS' SoundMatch two-way crossover network. Premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards work in harmony to ensure pure signal transmission and radiation of total sound power to a generous sweet spot. 

"Listening with eyes closed, it's easy to convince yourself the sound produced by the Ultra Bookshelf is coming from a speaker twice the size and price," said Gary Yacoubian, SVS president and managing partner. "$1,000 gets you a pretty phenomenal audio experience and from a value perspective, these are already being discussed as among the most highly regarded two-way monitors on the market."

The Ultra Bookshelf speakers weigh 19 lbs. each and are available in premium-grade piano gloss black and real black oak veneer finishes with a rated bandwidth of 45 Hz - 32kHz (+/- 3 dB). SVS sells online, direct to the end user, and via select retailers. Pricing for the SVS Ultra Bookshelf speakers is $499 each.

Since audio tastes are as distinct as musical tastes, SVS offers a risk-free 45-day in-home trial, with free shipping both ways whether purchased online or at retail. Sampling in the home is ideal because assessments can be made based on the unique sound identity of a listening room, not a noisy and distracting showroom environment.

For more information, please visit http://www.SVSound.com or like them on Facebook.

About SVS

SVS is a global leader in high-performance home audio products, designing, manufacturing and selling subwoofers and speakers through its Internet direct business. Founded in 1998 by a group of audio enthusiasts seeking to develop an alternative to traditional audio manufacturers, SVS was forged out of a passion for the science of sound married to a disruptive, forward-facing go-to-market strategy. Today, SVS takes a radical approach to how audio products are developed. Built on collective decades of experience, SVS is redefining performance and value for people who love music and sound.

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Pragma Expands Cisco SSH Support with Smartcard x509 Key Access

AUSTIN, Texas, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pragma Systems, a leading SSH solutions provider, announces Pragma Fortress SSH Server and Pragma Fortress SSH ClientSuite are the first commercial products to add Smartcard, DoD CAC and x509 key access to Cisco devices. Pragma's clients and servers now connect to Cisco's IOS SSH/SCP with x509 certificates and public key authentication. This allows network administrators to use their x509 authentication credentials stored in Smartcards or U.S. Department of Defense CAC cards (Common Access Cards) to log in to Cisco routers or switches using Pragma's SSH and SCP clients and servers

"Pragma is an excellent SSH technology provider and its solution works very well with Cisco SSH bundled in our devices," said Chris Lonvick, Director of Research and Advanced Development at Cisco and editor of the SSH RFC internet standard. "Our team has worked closely with Pragma for interoperability with Cisco SSH and we have worked to ensure end-to-end access for many common customers, including the United States Army."

"This expanded feature request came directly from Cisco's feedback," said David Kulwin, Pragma's chief technology officer. "Key information technology administrators with x509 certificates need to be given remote access to Cisco routers with SSH public key authentication and Pragma SSH clients now provide this functionality."

Pragma SSH & SCP servers and clients were already compatible across a variety of Cisco's routers and switch products running Cisco SSH. The availability of this expanded functionality makes Pragma SSH clients more useful as network administrators can now access Cisco devices using secure public key authentication and x509 keys instead of a simple username and password.

Using Pragma's SSH clients and servers, customers' benefits in Cisco environment include:

    --  Log in to Cisco devices using Smartcard/DoD CAC/x509 keys instead of
        password
    --  Securely transfer files to Cisco using SCP and x509 or public keys
    --  Upload/download Cisco IOS patches securely and faster
    --  Store and distribute device configuration for Cisco devices from
        Windows/Unix servers
    --  Automate and script Cisco device management tasks using Pragma SSH and
        Windows PowerShell
Pragma Fortress SSH/SCP/SFTP servers and clients are widely used for remote access and secure file transfer in U.S. Government, federal agencies, Fortune 500 and global 1000 companies. Among Pragma's many key SSH customers are General Dynamics, Microsoft, McKesson, Oracle, Cisco, Exelon, the United States Army and NASA. Pragma's Fortress SSH Servers and Clients are FIPS certified (certificate #1500), are listed on the Department of Defense's Unified Capabilities Approved Product List (UC APL) and have successfully passed rigorous Department of Defense testing through the U.S. Army's JITEC group.

About Pragma Systems
Pragma Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise-class remote access and secure file transfer software for Microsoft Windows platforms and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Pragma is an industry leader of Secure Shell (SSH), Telnet, SFTP and SCP technology and its products are FIPS certified and government approved. Pragma's SSH technology has become a key ingredient in cloud infrastructure build out and network device security management. The company's end-to-end solutions allows data-centers and enterprises to build highly secure infrastructure to access corporate data, SAPConsole, distribution and warehouse applications. Pragma's software is deployed in the majority of Fortune 500 companies in the USA and over 4400 companies worldwide with over three million licensed nodes. Visit http://www.pragmasys.com.

Contact: Edith H. Myers

Pragma Systems, Inc.

512-219-7270
Email

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Pragma Systems, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.pragmasys.com

Voice of Marijuana Industry Slated to Expand with Media Deal Between GrowLife (OTCQB:  PHOT), Strategic Global Investments (PINK:  STBV), and Private Partners - GrowLife Studios Planned in San Diego, Los Angeles, & New York

WOODLAND HILLS and SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GrowLife, Inc., a provider of highly effective indoor growing technologies and unique lifestyle brands, is pleased to announce that consistent with its ongoing mission to build a long-standing brand and multiple streams of revenue, it has signed a Letter of Intent with Strategic Global Investments (PINK: STBV) to build a comprehensive, multi-channel media network for the marijuana industry.

The "core" of the network is expected to include:

    --  GrowLife Studios:  San Diego (@ STBV Headquarters) & Los Angeles (@ PHOT
        Headquarters)
    --  Partner Studios in New York and Other Large Cities - Affiliations with
        Other Top Brands
    --  Quality, Creative Productions on All Marijuana Topics with Expansive
        Distribution and Websites
    --  Digital Advertising Server for Banners & Commercials - Multi-Tiered
        Sponsorships
    --  Acquisition of Terrestrial TV & Radio Stations / Channels / Rights
"Our vision is to create a platform for everyone in the marijuana industry - from the recreational or medicinal user, to the commercial grower, to the retail or institutional investor, and everything in between.  The interest in these markets is evident with the rising profile of marijuana.  The value inherent in owning and consolidating the media for this business is overlooked in my opinion," said Kyle Tracey, President of GrowLife and Executive Director of GrowLife Productions.  "This project is of direct benefit to GrowLife Productions and http://www.Cannabis.org in providing us more viewers and traffic, and thus more value for potential sponsors."

While the brand penetration for GrowLife as the backbone of this network is immeasurable, a three-pronged approach is being used to design the enterprise in order to maximize revenue and scalability.  The three drivers of this business should each operate autonomously and with a commitment to constant improvement and innovation.

    1. Quality content will be created by GrowLife, GrowLife partners, and
       network users.  In GrowLife Studios or potential partner studios, and
       remotely from events by GrowLife Productions - unique content with
       dedicated creative directors featuring the hottest topics in cannabis
       will be created.  Existing content from GrowLife or GrowLife partners
       should serve as a quality base of data as the network is populated with
       exciting shows, clips, and user generated content.
    2. Syndication and distribution of content will be coordinated by experts.
       "Pushing" content through traditional and newly developed or acquired
       channels expands viewership and sponsorship opportunities.  Acquiring
       these viewers as potential customers for GrowLife or sponsors and
       improving stickiness and visitor engagement could provide exponential
       growth of dedicated users.  A team is slated exclusively for distribution
       of content, who will also build a network of websites to serve the
       content.  This team will ensure social media interaction and sharing.
    3. Monetizing content through advertisers and sponsorships.  Using a blend
       of advertising servers and traditional sponsorships of shows or content
       is expected to provide revenue for GrowLife and any partners of this
       business. This team will be charged with acquiring data for GrowLife and
       GrowLife partners, and securing revenue agreements via advertising,
       sponsorship, or affiliate relationships.
Internal research indicates that digital advertising and media has yet to marry with the multi-billion dollar marijuana industry.  According to a December 19(th), 2012 press release from the Internet Advertising Bureau, online ad revenue hit historic highs in Q3 2012 of $9.3 billion.  Those figures are further cited in the release as showing an 18 percent increase year-over-year (compared to 2011's $7.8 billion in Q3).Any potential digital advertising revenue from this network would be above and beyond sponsorship opportunities that will inevitably develop.

Strategic Global Investments (PINK:  STBV) CEO & Chairman Andrew Fellner called the deal, "An ability to align our company with the 'green rush' that has the potential to be a great opportunity for our shareholders.  It is our intent to provide GrowLife and any partners of this project with the best production quality and access to our proprietary Wazillo Media technologies. In doing so, we expect to acquire a long-term customer and related revenue."

Planning for the project has commenced over the past 30 days, and an LOI has been executed by GrowLife and Strategic Global Investments with formal documentation planned by 4/30/13 with a deposit to Strategic Global Investments for GrowLife Studios:  San Diego, and the announcement of additional partners.

"After meeting with Mr. Fellner in early March and reviewing the potential space for GrowLife Studios: San Diego, as well as the technical capabilities of the Wazillo Media team - we are confident that this project has considerable upside for GrowLife revenue and our brand penetration," stated Sterling Scott, CEO & Chairman of GrowLife. "San Diego is a hub for the medical marijuana community, especially for public companies.  I can foresee how GrowLife and our industry benefit from this dynamic project."

INVESTOR RELATIONS

Kurt Divich - Integrity IR

702-396-1000

About GrowLife, Inc. (OTCQB:  PHOT)

GrowLife, Inc. is an integrated lifestyle brand with key innovations and strategic business interests in the marijuana and medical marijuana industry.  Information on GrowLife business units can be obtained by visiting their respective websites:  Phototron (http://www.Phototron.com), Stealth Grow LED (http://www.StealthGrow.com),  SG Sensors (http://www.SGSensors.com), Greners (http://www.Greners.com), or by visiting Urban Garden (Woodland Hills, CA).  The GrowLife business strategy is to build through innovation, acquisition, and licensing in the marijuana and medical marijuana industries.  GrowLife, Inc. (OTCQB:  PHOT) does not manufacture or distribute Federally illicit substances.

About Strategic Global Investments (PINK:  STBV)

Strategic Global Investments is a company engaged in providing its customers with various venues to reach their target audience with on demand programming or advertising through Wazillo.com and WazilloMedia.com.  Strategic Global Investments is involved in the production of videos for customers and consumers permitting the use of the Company's state of the art studios to produce their own videos and the use of a website where subscribers can make available live, streaming video for their potential audience. The Company produces Internet content, taped video shows, in their state-of-the-art studios in San Diego, California, where the productions can be stored and replayed on Demand 24/7 through the Company's cutting edge Content Management System.  For more information visit our website at: http://www.strategicglobalinvestments.com.

Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. Examples of forward looking statements contained in this press release include statements relating to potential research results and plans relating to acquisitions, investments or collaborations. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in GrowLife's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, all industry products are subject to additional uncertainty, including the risks of delay, cancellation and poor critical or financial reception. GrowLife disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.

SOURCE  Strategic Global Investments

Strategic Global Investments

Web Site: http://www.strategicglobalinvestments.com

blinkx Leverages XOS Digital Content to Cover College Hoops Hype

From buzzer-beating shots to gravity-defying dunks, the best sports videos are now available at http://www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the Internet Media platform powered by CORE, the world's most advanced video engine, today announced an agreement with XOS Digital, the leading provider of content management solutions and digital media services for collegiate and professional sports organizations. This agreement will give blinkx users access to a wide array of original and high-quality sports content from teams throughout the country, allowing sports fans to catch every memorable play and three pointer during the 2013 basketball tournament season and beyond.

From highlights to post-game press conferences, blinkx will be the season ticket-holder for your favorite college sports. XOS Digital manages the distribution of copyrighted sports property content and brings fans into the center of the court and the strategy-huddles on the sidelines, ensuring you do not miss any athlete's game-winning shot or coach's game-changing play. For the basketball addicts looking to keep tabs on their brackets, XOS Digital will provide blinkx users with in-depth coverage of the best teams leading up to the finals.

"Sports videos are always in extremely high demand on blinkx, and the college basketball finals might be the most exciting and engaging season of the year," said S. Brian Mukherjee, CEO, blinkx. "We're very pleased to add XOS Digital's extensive library of high-quality sports content to blinkx, giving our users the timely coverage they're looking for."

"XOS Digital manages the rights for more than 100 collegiate sports properties and provides highlights, press conferences and original programs to the blinkx audience," said Chris McCleary, CEO, XOS Digital. "We are excited to partner our content with blinkx's unique technology to provide devoted sports fans with the in-depth content they desire."

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to find rich media on the Web. The company has signed more than 800 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio content to date.

About blinkx

blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the Internet Media platform powered by CORE, the world's most advanced video engine. blinkx links viewers with content distributors and monetizes those interactions through advertising. Through its flagship site, blinkx.com, the company pioneered video search on the Internet and today has an index of over 35 million hours of searchable video and more than 800 media partnerships. In addition, blinkx powers video search for many of the world's most frequented sites, including Ask.com and AOL. blinkx continues to develop innovative approaches to digital video distribution, and has expanded into mobile video and Connected TV through partnerships with Samsung, Sony, Roku and other industry leaders. blinkx is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and London, England. More information is available at http://www.blinkx.com.

About XOS Digital

Founded in 1999, XOS Digital serves more than 400 sports organizations with advanced technology enabled solutions that improve team performance and capture, preserve and create enhanced value for their digital media assets. The ever-expanding portfolio of products and services including the XOS Thunder(TM) HD Coaching Platform, XOS ThunderCloud Suite, XOS Exchange(TM), XOS Digital Licensing Portal(TM), XOS Vault(TM) digital asset management system and the XOS Digital Sports Network(TM) reflect the XOS Digital commitment to continuing innovation. For more information, visit http://www.xosdigital.com.

SOURCE  blinkx

blinkx

CONTACT: Press Contact for blinkx, Tim Turpin, Sparkpr, +1 (415) 321 1894, tim.turpin@sparkpr.com, Nicole Love, Marlin PR , +44 207 869 8328, blinkx@marlinpr.com, Charles Lytle, Christopher Wren, Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, NOMAD and Broker for blinkx plc, +44 207 986 4000, Press Contact for XOS Digital, XOS Corporate Communications, XOS Digital, +1 (407) 404-5689, bgreenwood@xosdigital.com

Web Site: http://www.blinkx.com

Broadcom and SK Telecom Announce Industry's First 5G WiFi Hotspot Router

Solution to Deliver Faster, More Reliable Connectivity and Address Accelerating Demand for Mobile Content

IRVINE, Calif. and SEOUL, South Korea, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

News Highlights:

    --  5G WiFi hotspot router delivers dramatic range, capacity and power
        advantages
    --  Solution helps alleviate cellular spectrum crunch by offloading data
        traffic to Wi-Fi networks
    --  Router enables SK Telecom to deliver faster, more reliable service to
        customers
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, and SK Telecom today announced the industry's first 5G WiFi hotspot router. By integrating Broadcom's BCM4708 and BCM4360 into its newest platform, SK Telecom will ensure more reliable connectivity to its customers by offloading data traffic to an IP network via a fast and robust 5G WiFi connection.  For more news, visit Broadcom's Newsroom.

"SK Telecom is dedicated to leading the deployment of 802.11ac (5G WiFi) hotspot routers in Korea," said Choi Jin-sung, Executive Vice President and Head of ICT R&D Division, SK Telecom. "By partnering with Broadcom, the pioneer of 5G WiFi, SK Telecom will provide an upgraded Wi-Fi experience for our customers through differentiated technologies and services befitting the Gigabit Internet environment that is expected to expand rapidly from 2013."

"The explosion of Internet data traffic over mobile networks is putting stress on crowded cellular networks," said Dino Bekis, Broadcom Senior Director, Product Marketing, Wireless Connectivity Combos. "As a result, watching video or streaming content on a mobile device can be choppy and slow. SK Telecom is taking a leadership role in addressing this challenge by integrating 5G WiFi into the newest hotspot router platform and offloading data to Wi-Fi to deliver an optimal experience to its customers."

5G WiFi Product Highlights

    --  Broadcom's 5G WiFi is three times faster and up to six times more power
        efficient than previous generations of Wi-Fi.
    --  Products powered by 5G WiFi provide broader coverage and allow consumers
        to experience faster video streaming and connect multiple devices
        simultaneously all while extending battery life.
    --  Broadcom's TurboQAM® technology implements the highest data-rate
        256-QAM mode in 2.4 GHz for faster throughputs.
    --  Advanced beamforming, Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) code and
        Space-Time Block Code (STBC) support for better coverage and more
        reliable connectivity.
    --  For more information on 5G WiFi, visit http://www.5GWiFi.org.
Broadcom is leveraging its vast IP portfolio and expertise in connectivity to drive the adoption of 5G WiFi across all product segments, including routers, TVs, set-top boxes, smartphones and tablets.

Availability

The 5G WiFi hotspot router is now available.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a FORTUNE 500(®) company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments.  With the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by connecting everything®.  For more information, go to http://www.broadcom.com.

Broadcom(®), the pulse logo, Connecting everything® and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU.  Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

About SK Telecom       

SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM, KSE: 017670), established in 1984, is Korea's largest telecommunications company with more than 26 million subscribers, accounting for over 50% of the market. The company reached KRW 16.301 trillion in revenue in 2012. As the world's first company to commercialize CDMA, CDMA 2000 1x, CDMA EV-DO and HSDPA networks, SK Telecom launched the nation's first LTE service in July 2011. At present, the company offers differentiated LTE-specialized services supported by its strong LTE network, while actively developing core LTE-A technologies. It has recently designated its three new growth businesses, namely Healthcare, Solution and Media, to lead the upcoming era of ICT convergence. For more information, please visit http://www.sktelecom.com or email to press@sktelecom.com

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    Press                         Investors

    Susan Vander May              Chris Zegarelli

    Sr. Manager, Public Relations Sr. Director, Investor Relations

    408-922-6161                  949-926-7567

    susanv@broadcom.com           czegarel@broadcom.com
SOURCE  Broadcom Corporation; BRCM Mobile & Wireless

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Broadcom Corporation; BRCM Mobile & Wireless

Web Site: http://www.broadcom.com

LifeProof to Offer Total Water Protection Program for Apple iPhones and iPads

- Award-winning leader is the only case maker to provide a one-year water damage protection program for devices; Offered to purchasers of LifeProof cases -

SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeProof announced today that it is offering a Total Water Protection Program for the Apple iPhone and iPad to anyone who purchases a LifeProof case on its website. The first of its kind available in the case market, this optional program takes the protection of these devices to an entirely new level by offering a one-time repair or replacement of the device for up to one full year if it sustains accidental water damage in a LifeProof case.

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LifeProof cases are water proof down to 6.6 feet, as well as dirt proof, snow proof and shock proof. The LifeProof Total Water Protection Program will offer consumers even greater peace of mind. Available as of April 2, 2013, the program offers protection against water damage for one full year after purchase and registration on the LifeProof web site.

In keeping with its commitment to innovation, LifeProof is the only case maker to offer a water proof case with an optional device water damage protection program. The company developed the Total Water Protection Program after extensive consumer research indicated that consumers wanted an added level of assurance when using their devices around water.

"LifeProof created an entirely new category of protective cases that are slim and sleek enough to use every day. We are always looking for ways to offer people more freedom to use their devices, so it makes sense for LifeProof to pioneer the Total Water Protection Program," said Gary Rayner, CEO of LifeProof. "LifeProof cases already provide consumers the freedom to use their mobile device in water. Through this program, we are able to offer even greater peace of mind to use their device everywhere and with everything they do, without worry."

The Total Water Protection program is available as on option when purchasing a case on the LifeProof website at http://www.lifeproof.com. The program in limited to one-time use and includes a nominal upfront fee and a service fee. It also requires the case be used in accordance with all of the provided instructions. For full terms and conditions, visit http://www.lifeproof.com/twpp.

iPhone and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.

LifeProof Resources
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LifeProofCases
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lifeproof
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LifeProofCases

About LifeProof
Based in San Diego, LifeProof designs, manufactures and markets cases for smartphones and tablets that deliver protection, style and functionality. LifeProof is built on the idea of giving everyone the complete freedom and confidence to use their mobile devices in any environment. Designed to defend against water, dirt, snow, shock and the hazards of daily life, LifeProof lets consumers use their mobile device everyday, everywhere, and for everything. For more information, visit http://www.lifeproof.com.

SOURCE  LifeProof

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LifeProof

CONTACT: Valerie Chereskin, Chereskin Communications, +1-760-942-3116, valerie@chereskincomm.com

Web Site: http://www.lifeproof.com

ProfitStars' iPay Solutions Introduces BillSimple

- Financial institution-branded electronic invoicing and receivables management system simplifies key cash management functions for small businesses -

MONETT, Mo., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) is a leading provider of technology solutions and payment processing services primarily for the financial services industry. Its ProfitStars(®) division today introduced BillSimple(TM) from iPay Solutions(TM), the electronic invoicing and receivables management system that simplifies how small business customers bill and collect receivables.

A survey from Experian found that in 2012, on average, businesses waited 29.2 days for payments after issuing invoices and as a result paid their bills more than one week past due. iPay Solutions' BillSimple enables financial institutions to offer self-branded invoicing with the option to accept credit card and ACH payments. Now, businesses can invoice, collect, track, and manage receivables electronically on a single platform. By providing more flexible payment options, they are able to increase on-time payment collection and accelerate cash flow while enhancing customer satisfaction.

Greg Adelson, group president of iPay Solutions, said, "Small businesses depend on consistent cash flow and on-time payments to reinvest back into the company. This valuable customer segment depends on its primary financial institution for efficient and effective financial management solutions, and we are excited to provide our financial institution clients with a competitively differentiating solution that can help them prosper. BillSimple also provides financial institutions with a new non-interest fee-based offering that can boost customer retention and revenue."

BillSimple gives small businesses the flexibility to create custom invoices and easily import disparate customer data. The solution also enables them to leverage current merchant acquiring relationships to accept more credit card payments online and over the phone, as well as set up automatic recurring billing.

For integrated ACH processing, BillSimple leverages ProfitStars' Enterprise Payment Solutions(TM) (EPS), which offer broad ACH transaction processing including single and recurring prearranged payment and deposits (PPD), corporate credit or debit (CCD), WEB (Internet) and TEL (telephone). Businesses only need Internet access to log into their BillSimple portal and enter ACH payments on customers' behalf. Each financial institution can decide which payment methods are supported at both the institution and subscriber level.

The introduction of BillSimple extends iPay Solutions' ability to serve small businesses. Its Biz 2.0(TM) small business online bill payment suite offers comprehensive financial management tools specific to these customers' needs, including making electronic payroll deposits to multiple accounts and paying any number of employees.

About ProfitStars

As a diverse, global division of Jack Henry & Associates, ProfitStars combines JHA's solid technology background with the latest breakthroughs in five performance-boosting solution groups - Financial Performance, Imaging and Payments Processing, Information Security and Risk Management, Retail Delivery,and Online and Mobile. Explore the power of ProfitStars-enhanced performance at http://www.profitstars.com.

About Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) is a leading provider of computer systems and electronic payment solutions primarily for financial services organizations. Its technology solutions serve more than 11,900 customers nationwide, and are marketed and supported through three primary brands. Jack Henry Banking(®) supports banks ranging from community to mid-tier institutions with information processing solutions. Symitar(®) is the leading provider of information processing solutions for credit unions of all sizes. ProfitStars(®) provides highly specialized products and services that enable financial institutions of every asset size and charter, and diverse corporate entities to mitigate and control risks, optimize revenue and growth opportunities, and contain costs. Additional information is available at http://www.jackhenry.com.

Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking information.  Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking information.  Specifically, there are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking information.  Additional information on these and other factors, which could affect the Company's financial results, are included in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on Form 10-K, and potential investors should review these statements.  Finally, there may be other factors not mentioned above or included in the Company's SEC filings that may cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking information.

SOURCE  Jack Henry & Associates

Jack Henry & Associates

CONTACT: Press, Jacqueline Scheider, ProfitStars Marketing Manager, (770) 752-6410, or Analyst, Kevin D. Williams, Chief Financial Officer, (417) 235-6652

Web Site: http://www.jackhenry.com

AdConductor Partners with RealVu® to Offer In-View Ad Impressions That Preserve The Value of Media Spend

Exclusive agreement creates new pool of Real Time Bidding (RTB) enabled impressions for AdConductor Demand Partners

BURLINGTON, Mass., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AdConductor (http://www.adconductor.com), the yield maximizing platform for independent web publishers, today announced it has signed an agreement with RealVu® to offer Real Time Bidding (RTB) enabled in-view ad impressions. These in-view impression create a new class of programmatic premium inventory that preserves the value of media spend for brands and demand partners. AdConductor is the only real-time bidding (RTB) enabled supply side platform (SSP) to offer in-view inventory.

AdConductor will provide publishers with RealVu tools to create new in-view impressions, and allow demand partners to access in a RTB environment in-view inventory from both AdConductor's publisher partners as well as the RealVu Marketplace of over 1,000 sites. Unlike other in-view offerings that guess if an ad space is viewable, RealVu's Content Rendering Control (CRC) technology actually determines the viewable area of a web page and calls a bid only when the ad space is in-view.

"According to a comScore study, up to 31% of display ads go unseen, but with RealVu, AdConductor can now determine if an ad space is in-view within a browser window before delivering the unit," said James Murphy, VP Audience Platforms, AdConductor. "This offering allows publishers to increase the amount of premium supply they can offer demand partners, and guarantees brand safe, in-view impressions for demand partners."

"The in-view impression is in line with industry initiatives to make the viewable impression the standard for online advertising, and reflects brand advertisers' demand for high quality impressions in a programmatic environment," said Brad Krassner, CEO/Founder, RealVu. "Partnering with AdConductor to create in-view inventory on its network of sites and providing access to RealVu publishers will provide substantial value to both advertiser and publisher partners."

By offering this new pool of in-view inventory, AdConductor enhances an already massive offering of high quality display, video and mobile impressions.  Demand partners who are integrated with AdConductor's Audience Platform(TM) offering will have access to these in-view impressions immediately.

About RealVu
RealVu® is a patented product offered by RealVu LLC, a privately held company formed in 2002. RealVu LLC is a fast growing business that was the first to bring the Viewable impression to the market with a series of patented and patent pending ad serving technologies. Built on the highly disruptive RealVu Viewable Impression Platform. The RealVu Marketplace is the only premium digital advertising source dedicated to transparent brand safe Viewable Impression (CPMv) display advertising. The RealVu viewable impression platform is the only ad server accredited by the Media Rating Council (MRC) that distributes advertising based on "Viewable Impressions."  For more information, visit http://www.realvu.com.

About AdConductor
AdConductor maximizes revenue generating opportunities for online publishers and advertisers through a comprehensive suite of network management, ad serving and real time bidding (RTB) technologies.  AdConductor serves more than 120 billion bid transactions monthly, and its inventory is accessed by leading demand partners, including MediaMath, Criteo and OwnerIQ.

A division of Burst Media Corporation, AdConductor is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, visit http://www.adconductor.com or call +1 (781) 852-5200.

SOURCE  Burst Media Corporation

Burst Media Corporation

CONTACT: Chuck Moran, AdConductor, +1-781-852-5291

Web Site: http://www.adconductor.com

Tapjoy® Increases Presence in Non-Gaming Categories, Adding Industry-Leading Apps in Cooking, Education and Utilities

Top Chef University, FreedomPop and others join growing list of non-gaming Android and iOS apps to integrate with Tapjoy

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tapjoy, Inc. (http://www.tapjoy.com), a leading mobile advertising and publishing platform, today announced that several new industry-leading, non-gaming apps have integrated the Tapjoy Marketplace, which helps app developers monetize a larger percentage of their user base by presenting a list of relevant advertisements that app users can choose to complete in exchange for virtual rewards and/or premium content. 

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The company plans to aggressively expand support to apps outside of its core gaming base and build its roster of entertainment, sports, publishing, utility and informational apps on the Android and iOS platforms, among other categories. 

"We strongly believe the premium-content distribution model that has worked for gaming companies can work just as well for apps in retail, movies, music and more," said Rob Barnett, Head of Publisher Development at Tapjoy. "Developers outside of games are starting to see the opportunities that a value exchange-based advertising platform model can deliver for monetizing their apps and distributing their premium content. We've been enormously successful integrating the Tapjoy Mobile Value Exchange(®) model into gaming apps thus far, and think our success to this point positions us well."

Apps from the following categories are now distributing premium content via the Tapjoy Mobile Value Exchange:

Lifestyle: Top Chef University, which teaches users professional cooking techniques and food preparation methods from contestants of the hit TV show "Top Chef," now provides users the option to engage with an advertisement of their choice to have access to additional and advanced lessons on their Android app, in addition to allowing users to alternatively pay for such content.

"The Top Chef brand has represented the cutting edge of entertainment for millions of fans around the world," said Jeff Goldenberg, Co-Founder of Top Chef University. "In keeping that spirit with Top Chef University, we want to deliver outstanding premium content to our fans on mobile devices in innovative ways. Partnering with Tapjoy provides an avenue for even more fans to enjoy the full experience of Top Chef University."

Utilities: FreedomPop, the nation's first wireless Internet provider committed to delivering free 4G mobile broadband Internet access, allows users to increase the amount of available data by engaging with an advertisement of their choice.

"FreedomPop wants to give away as much free Internet as possible, and Tapjoy is critical in enabling this aim," said Stephen Stokols, CEO, FreedomPop. "Tapjoy has a breadth of compelling partner offers that are critical to FreedomPop's aim of keeping more Internet free for users."

Communication: Pingerallows you to text and talk for free on Android and all iOS devices. Users can text to any phone in more than 35 countries, and receive unlimited free voice calls. Pinger has successfully integrated the Tapjoy Marketplace to allow users earn minutes for free outbound calls.

"Tapjoy has proven to be an excellent monetization solution, especially on Android," noted Brian Gilbert, VP of Advertising and Monetization at Pinger. "We recently launched on Android, and our Android solution with Tapjoy is quickly eclipsing our iOS performance. We are really satisfied with the Android results so far. While Tapjoy is typically known as being a monetization solution for games, their model also works very well for non-games on both Android and iOS, helping many more users text and call for free in exchange for engaging with an advertisement of their choice."

Sports: University Wallpaper, which offers officially licensed collegiate DigitalSkins(TM) wallpapers for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, will allow users to download premium wallpapers by engaging with advertisements of their choice in the near future.

About Tapjoy
Tapjoy is a mobile advertising and monetization platform whose Mobile Value Exchange model allows users to select personalized advertisements with which to engage for virtual rewards or premium content. Tapjoy helps unlock mobile joy by empowering users on more than 1 billion devices to watch videos, subscribe to services, install applications and participate in other types of advertisements in exchange for virtual rewards they can use in their favorite apps. Tapjoy's turnkey in-app advertising platform helps developers to cost-effectively acquire high-value new users and monetize their applications, while its powerful advertising marketplace lets brand advertisers reach a global mobile audience spanning more than 97,000 applications. Tapjoy is backed by top-tier investors, including J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Rho Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, InterWest Partners and D.E. Shaw Ventures. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Santa Barbara, Atlanta, Boston, Paris, Dusseldorf, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. For more information, please visit http://www.tapjoy.com.

© 2013 Tapjoy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tapjoy and the Tapjoy logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tapjoy, Inc. All third party logos and trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Tapjoy, Inc.

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Tapjoy, Inc.

CONTACT: Patrick Seybold, Tapjoy, Inc., +1-650-766-6776, patrick.seybold@tapjoy.com, Andy Lutzky, Tapjoy, Inc., +1-650-281-9023, andy.lutzky@tapjoy.com

Web Site: http://www.tapjoy.com

C. R. Bard Launches The Love Your Limbs(TM) Awareness Campaign And Urges The Public To "Take A Stand" Against Amputation

New educational website now online to provide critical information about peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia to patients and physicians

MURRAY HILL, N.J., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (BPV), a subsidiary of C. R. Bard, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of medical device technologies used to assist doctors in performing life-saving peripheral vascular surgical procedures, announced today the launch of the Love Your Limbs(TM) Awareness Campaign, a new Bard-sponsored initiative intended to raise awareness of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI), its precursor, Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), and limb amputation awareness and prevention. This multi-faceted campaign is a unique response to the needs of CLI patients and to the physicians challenged with treating these patients effectively.

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As part of the campaign, BPV launched a patient- and physician-focused educational site intended as a resource with information about the causes, symptoms and available treatments for CLI. The site, http://www.LoveYourLimbs.com, guides visitors through a multimedia experience that addresses questions and concerns commonly raised by those affected by PAD, CLI and amputation. This site also provides physicians with case studies, product videos, and information symposiums taking place throughout the United States.

Today, between 8 and 10 million people in the United States suffer from PAD, a common vascular disorder that impacts the flow of blood through an artery. It occurs when an artery narrows due to plaque buildup, restricting a limb's ability to receive oxygen through the blood. PAD can impact any blood vessel, but is most common in the pelvis and legs. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 12 to 20 percent of individuals older than 60, and as many as one in three people over age 70, suffer from PAD in the United States. Men and women have equal risk for developing PAD, and some studies suggest that race may also be a risk factor. Smokers, as well as those who suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or obesity are also at high-risk for PAD. Signs of CLI include pain in the legs or feet when at rest or walking and foot ulcers.

"PAD and CLI are serious conditions that can lead to potentially life-threatening consequences," said Jihad Mustapha, M.D., Director of Endovascular Interventions and Cardiovascular Research at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, Michigan. "Early detection and proper treatment can help more patients avoid amputation. Programs such as the Love Your Limbs(TM) Campaign that stress education and awareness of all treatment options are critical to help reduce limb loss."

"The American Diabetes Association applauds Bard Peripheral Vascular in this important, national public awareness campaign," said Laura Landon, Executive Director, Arizona Area of the American Diabetes Association. "The importance of vascular health is not always understood by the general public so awareness programs, such as the Love Your Limbs(TM) Campaign, are helpful in educating patients and physicians so they can make informed treatment decisions."

In 2011, the National Amputation Prevention Coalition designated April as National Limb Loss Month. Approximately 220,000 to 240,000 lower extremity amputations occur each year in the U.S. and Europe alone. This means more than 10,000 patients and their families are impacted by amputations every month. Many of these patients will also face the possibility of additional amputations on the opposite limb.

Despite advanced interventional techniques to restore blood flow to the leg or foot, amputation continues to be a common course of treatment for patients with CLI. In fact, a retrospective data analysis involving 417 patients, who received an amputation between 1999 and 2001, revealed that 67 percent of those patients with CLI have a primary amputation as their first-line treatment and only 16 percent of patients ever received a diagnostic angiogram to determine if non-invasive percutaneous or other treatment options were viable.

"We are pleased to launch this initiative and increase the awareness of this very important issue," said Tim Ring, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C. R. Bard, Inc. "Within one year of diagnosis of CLI, approximately 25 percent of patients receive a major amputation and another 25 percent may lose their life. Within 3 to 5 years of the first lower limb loss, more than one third of patients will likely have a second amputation on the opposite limb. We are hopeful that the Love Your Limbs(TM) Campaign will raise awareness of treatment options for PAD and CLI and will save more legs and more lives."

For more information on the Love Your Limbs((TM)) Campaign please visit http://www.loveyourlimbs.com.

C. R. Bard, Inc. (http://www.crbard.com), headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative, life-enhancing medical technologies in the fields of vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialty products.

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Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.

CONTACT: Jon Siegal, Schwartz MSL for Bard Peripheral Vascular, 415-512-0770, Bard@schwartzmsl.com

Web Site: http://loveyourlimbs.com

Team Chaos, New Gaming Company From Andrew Busey, Announces First Game: Elements

AUSTIN, Texas, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaming industry veteran Andrew Busey and Chaotic Moon Studios, a top-tier mobile app company, today announced the launch of a new mobile gaming company, Team Chaos. Team Chaos will debut its first title, a collectible card game (CCG), Elements: Broken Lands, available on the App Store today. Elements allows users to engage in hundreds of dynamic quests, battle in competitive online games, and buy and sell cards in the marketplace. The game focuses on exploration, head-to-head play, collectability, and trading.

This free-to-play (F2P) experience sends players into Arastia, a massive fantasy world, containing more than a dozen continents with thousands of unique battles and maps to explore.  Along the way, players collect, enhance, and evolve, hundreds of creature and equipment cards. Elements features a player-driven marketplace to deliver a deep economy where players can buy and sell all the cards in the game.

In player vs. player (PvP) ladder matches, players across the globe are pitted against each other in battles for rewards and advancement through multiple ladders.  The system matches up players against other players of the same skill to create challenging and fair competition for all. Top players fight to achieve dominance of the worldwide leaderboards.

"The rise of CCGs on mobile has been incredible," said Busey. "One of our objectives in crafting Elements has been evolving the ease of use and raising the quality level of this genre on mobile. Our past experience building these types of games combined with the amazing advancement in mobile technology has allowed us to build a visually stunning game that is both accessible and deeply strategic."

Busey's tenure in gaming includes founding Challenge Games, developers of immersive Web games that used short-from engagement and virtual goods to deliver engaging experience. Challenge Games was acquired by Zynga where Busey subsequently worked as vice president and general manager of Zynga's Austin office.

"I had not planned to do another start-up, but conversations with Chaotic Moon and the pace of mobile gaming advancement got me super excited," says Busey. "This is about passion. We are truly making games that we want to play.  And we believe our passion and enthusiasm will result in games that other gamers are going to love playing, too."

Background Story of Elements: Broken Lands

Legends say that the four kingdoms of Arastia created powerful elemental creatures and unleashed their rage using them to fight their endless battles. As the war spiraled out of control, heroes rose to fight and contain the corruption. In a final epic clash, the heroes were defeated and the elements tore Arastia apart, leaving what were once marvelous kingdoms to become the Broken Lands.

Now a new hero rises to return Arastia to its former glory and end the corruption that now curses the Broken Lands. As an elemental wizard, guided by the Goddess Isiria, you can restore the lands to their former glory ...

About Andrew Busey and Team Chaos

Over the past 15 years, Andrew has pioneered some of the industry's most important web technologies - including work on Mosaic, the first web browser (now part of Microsoft Internet Explorer); creating iChat, the first web based chat system and one of the first instant messaging applications; and building WebCenter, the first major web-based customer service technology (now part of Avaya).

Previously, Andrew co-founded Pluck (acquired by DemandMedia), which enables social media on major sites such as TheStreet.com, USA Today, and Reuters. In the past, Andrew led, developed, and contributed to numerous "Multi-User Dungeon" or "Multi-User Domain" (MUDs) games, which were the early predecessors to Massively Multi-player Online Games (MMOs) like World of Warcraft and Everquest. In 1994, he wrote Secrets of the MUD Wizards, the first major published book on the topic. Andrew is an inventor on seventeen technology patents and has several others pending. He is a graduate in computer science from Duke University and holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Team Chaos is a mobile gaming company focused on creating original content for tablet and mobile devices. The company was founded in 2013 by Andrew Busey, founder of Challenge Games and former VP of Zynga Austin, and Ben Lamm, CEO and co-founder of Chaotic Moon, a mobile development studio. Team Chaos is comprised of world-class game designers, artists and developers who have been working in gaming for the past two decades.

About Chaotic Moon Studios

Chaotic Moon Studios is composed of award-winning thought leaders, designers, developers and strategists from across the mobile and interactive landscape. Chaotic Moon creates mobile strategies and designs and develops solutions for the world's biggest brands, including Disney, Marvel, FOX Entertainment, Toyota, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Whole Foods and many more. The company's design and development teams have honed their respective crafts alongside the most innovative companies in the world, including both Apple and IBM. Chaotic Moon team members hold more than a dozen patents and are regularly highlighted in publications like Wired, ComputerWorld, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Chaotic Moon's services include mobile strategy, design, development as well as content publishing, gaming, and managing mobile brands across all application marketplaces.

SOURCE  Team Chaos

Team Chaos

CONTACT: Jada Williams of Giant Noise, 646-649-4933, jada@giantnoise.com

Britpop Drummer Saves Pub Quiz

YORK, England, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Alan Leach from Britpop band Shed Seven, along with his tech-head brother John Leach,
has designed a much-needed update to the old pen and paper style pub quiz. Utilising
mobile technology, this pioneering application takes full advantage of the one item people
take everywhere, the mobile phone.

    Lightyears away from a pen and paper trivia night!

    The SpeedQuizzing night is all about fast pace and swift reaction times, creating an
electrically charged, buzzing atmosphere with TV quiz show intensity.

    At the beginning of a quiz, one member of each team downloads the free SpeedQuizzing
app onto their smartphone leaving it on the table to be accessed by all team members. The
smartphone is connected over WiFi to the quiz host's computer, running the SpeedQuizzing
software.

    The SpeedQuizzing app eradicates the ability to cheat, rejuvenating the original
format and taking quiz fun to a whole new social level.

    With up to 32 iPhones, iPods, iPads or Android devices connected to the system at one
time, the fun begins. Players are given a time limit in which to input their answer into
their touch screen device, which instantly beams their time-critical answers to the host
for instant success or humiliation.

    See this in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQMNqJ76Ys

    Speed bonus!

    Another level in the Smartphone Pub Quiz is the speed bonus. The first team to answer
a question will have their chosen sound clip played over the PA, which can lead to added
hilarity (QI has nothing on this!)

    Pictures beamed to screens

    The latest innovation is onscreen picture questions. In SpeedQuizzing, random pictures
are beamed by the quiz host to all of the connected handsets appearing at exactly the same
time for players to respond to real-time. The old style printed picture sheet just doesn't
cut the mustard anymore!

    Fingers on buzzers

    Quizmasters can download this app now and host the quiz this weekend, fulfilling any
TV game show ambitions with edge of your seat buzzer games and thousands of questions.

    With an assortment of rounds, players respond to questions by tapping their smartphone
screen as fast as they can. The fastest team give their answer whilst the rest are locked
out!

    Other great features:

       
        - Studio quality sounds effects and buzzer noises provided by the software
          adds to gameplay, creating a TV quiz show atmosphere.
        - Any quiz host can easily create their own sound clips rounds using their own
          mp3 files.
        - The SpeedQuizzing system manages all aspects of hosting a quiz night including
          displaying the questions, storing team names and keeping score. It can even log where
          each team are located within the room!
        - There are significant price breaks when bookings are made in advance. This is
          a pay as you go service with no sign up fee or deposit required.
        - Simple to install, it's time for YOU to become the next best SpeedQuizzing
          host!

    Contact:

    The SpeedQuizzing team are Alan Leach, John Leach and Chris Jones.

    For more info visit http://www.speedquizzing.com

SpeedQuizzing

CONTACT: Tracy Temple, Tel:  Office: +44(0)1904236234, Mobile: +44(0)7795437860, Tracy@mediaskunkworks.com