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Voyager Mobile is available in Florida, Introducing $19 and $39 unlimited plans to the Sunshine State

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyager Mobile is available in the Sunshine State. Through its website, Voyager Mobile offers unlimited talk, text, and data plans, aiming at making wireless service affordable and accessible by all. Today, Floridians can experience unlimited everything and lower monthly wireless bills.

Voyager Mobile's America Lite plan is $19 per month plus tax and features unlimited talk and text messaging on any one of our popular devices. The America Unlimited plan is $39 per month plus tax and features unlimited talk, text messaging, and data on any one of our popular devices. All Voyager Mobile plans include free voicemail and free transfer of your existing wireless number.

Voyager Mobile offers a wide range of basic phones and smartphones, ranging from $99 to $549. All devices are contract free, no credit checks or gimmicks.

While saving money on wireless service comes standard, Voyager Mobile believes in rewarding its customers for talking on the phone. We've introduced Voyager Rewards - the frequent talker program. Simply talking on the phone will reward you with points, which can be redeemed for airline miles, gift cards, phone upgrades, and free monthly service.

As of May 24, 2012, Voyager Mobile sells its service in 23 states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.

To learn more about Voyager Mobile's plans and devices, call us at 1-866-579-5511 or visit us online at http://www.voyagermobile.com.

SOURCE  Voyager Mobile

Voyager Mobile

CONTACT: John Mardini, +1-865-381-2216

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

Getty Images launches innovative new watermark

Bold move gives customers at-a-glance information while championing contributors' work

LONDON and NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Getty Images today announces an innovative change to its traditional watermark. The redesign sees the Getty Images watermark that is so familiar to content users now replaced with a more subtle, side-aligned icon that provides customers with vital information at a glance, and quick URL to license the image.

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Gone is the old watermark which many saw as an obstructive barrier.  By rethinking how the vital information that each image carries is communicated, Getty Images and R/GA London have transformed the watermark into a helpful tool. The new watermark, which is live from today, has been introduced across Getty Images' entire online stills collection, which encompasses more than 52 million images spanning creative and editorial content and highlights a more open, innovative and respectful way to highlight each image's information. Customers can learn and explore more about the new watermark at http://www.gettyimages.com/watermark.

"We are very excited to introduce our new watermark, which was produced in collaboration with R/GA London and is the result of months of research and discussion with our customers and development team," said Jim Gurke, Senior Vice President, Marketing at Getty Images. "During the beta phase, customer feedback was overwhelmingly positive and it was clear that the old watermark was seen as more of a hindrance than a benefit."

Gurke Continues: "We seized this as an opportunity to turn the watermark into a positive and industry-innovating tool, which we believe will greatly benefit our customers. Our new watermark now reflects what Getty Images is all about - sharing inspiring content while adding context and value.  Furthermore, it also streamlines image sourcing, making it easier for our customers to access our content quickly and effectively."

The new watermark will:

    --  Display custom URLs which incorporates image number codes along  with
        the URL, which offers customers a simple resource to find the image
    --  Celebrate our photographers and contributors
    --  Enable the image to be viewed as a whole, transforming a barrier into a
        benefit
    --  Streamline image sourcing for customers
For more information on the new watermark, go to http://www.gettyimages.com/watermark

About Getty Images

Getty Images is one of the world's leading creators and distributors of still imagery, video and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world's most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites. Visit Getty Images at http://www.gettyimages.co.uk to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.  Additional information on how Getty Images inspires and powers communications can be found on The Getty Images Blog at blog.gettyimages.com as well as on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/gettyimages and Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/gettyimages.

For further information contact:
Jodi Einhorn
Jodi.einhorn@gettyimages.com

646.613.4121

Erica Schwartz
ericas@mbooth.com

212.539.3295

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Getty Images

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New Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education initiative by MicroEmpowering.org

Download our Free App called Curiosity School - STEM series to foster science education.

NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans made 80 percent of all scientific discoveries from the 1930s to the 1960s. The United States owes its status to its investment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Today, many countries are following suit by offering STEM education programs, improved infrastructure, numerous research opportunities, STEM scholarships, and active government support.

"The United States has been the dominant science superpower since the 1950s. As a result, in the early 1960s, the United States was spending seven times more money on scientific research than Europe," said Carolina Cabral Murphy, Co-Founder of MicroEmpowering.

In the last three years, while still in the lead, the United States research output has only grown by 30 percent.

Mrs. Cabral Murphy also highlighted: "Investing in STEM education helps nations and individuals enjoy robust growth prospects." Students completing STEM education programs enjoy:

- More job opportunities

- Better remuneration

- Better growth prospects

- Long-term stability in their careers

According to data analyzed by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, men and women enjoy a 50 percent STEM premium compared to the hourly wages of those working in non-STEM areas. Women suffer from a 21 percent wage gap in non-STEM jobs. This gap falls to 14 percent for women who have completed STEM programs, and the gap narrows drastically for women who have majored in computers, mathematics, or engineering.

Focusing on college education and offering STEM scholarships to college students will not suffice. Those who obtain STEM degrees typically start to show interest in science by age 11.  This means that interest in science and mathematics must be nurtured and encouraged during childhood.

With this challenge in mind MicroEmpowering.org launched an App called Curiosity School - STEM education series. The app is available for FREE @ the iTunes store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/curiosity-school-stem-series/id521507118?mt=8

ABOUT MicroEmpowering:
MicroEmpowering.org provides community organizations, non-profit institutions, and social entrepreneurs with the technology, educational materials, and services they need.

SOURCE  MicroEmpowering.org

MicroEmpowering.org

Web Site: http://www.microempowering.org/

New Reviewitonline.net Site To Compete With Automotive Industry Giants

ReviewItOnline, a car review and research website, has launched the new design of its website delivering more innovative and intuitive content on the car industry compared to other larger competitors in the online car review space.

VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ReviewItOnline, a car review and research website, has launched its new and improved website at http://www.reviewitonline.net. The new design and approach to content reflects a wildly innovative and intuitive way to provide information on cars compared to other larger competitors in the online car review space.

David Cohen, co-founder and CEO, commented that "...the big players in the online car review game provide great information to consumers, but given the amount of information, and its technical nature, most people get lost in it very quickly. ReviewItOnline seeks to present the same information but in a much more intuitive and interactive format to consumers. We provide useful information on all vehicles including the best trucks and best SUVs which are huge areas in the market."

From a quick glance at http://www.reviewitonline.net, you will immediately notice that user interaction is a key component of the site. Users are encouraged to provide and publish their car reviews on the site. The About Us Page on the site demonstrates both founders' philosophy on the importance of user reviews - "We realized very early on that most users searching for products and services online...will read and rely on reviews written by their peers.... peer reviews are crucial in your decision making process."

There is obviously much thought and common sense that has gone into the creation and development of the site. The company has announced that a further update to the current design will be rolled out in June 2012 with more information about the best cars, eye-catching design features and some fun facts that will grab the attention of readers.

About ReviewItOnline.net: ReviewItOnline.net is owned by Shark Tooth Ltd., a company founded by David Cohen and Elad Domb in November 2009. The Company has offices in New York, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel.

SOURCE  Shark Tooth Ltd.

Shark Tooth Ltd.

CONTACT: David Cohen of Shark Tooth Ltd., 1-888-497-6110

Web Site: http://www.reviewitonline.net

ThinkEco and Best Buy Bring Smart Wireless Control to Window Air Conditioners in New York City

First Web- and App-Enabled Window AC Thermostat Now Available to New York City Residents at Select Best Buy Stores

NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkEco, Inc., the energy efficiency firm, is now offering New York City residents an easy way to take control of their air conditioning bills this summer.  Using the modlet smartAC kit - available exclusively at select Best Buy stores throughout New York City - residents will now be able to remotely control their window air conditioners via smartphone app or browser, and preset convenient savings schedules so their rooms are only cooled as needed. Best Buy is offering the modlet smartAC kit in partnership with the coolNYC program (http://www.coolnycprogram.com), created by ThinkEco and Con Edison.

The coolNYC program combines the modlet smartAC, an easy-to-use energy efficiency product, with an incentivized program that uses real-time energy reduction capabilities to help manage residential peak usage on window air conditioners. It also allows Con Edison customers to help protect the environment by using less energy while keeping their homes cool during the summer heat.

By Memorial Day, Best Buy will be offering modlet smartAC kits for $69.99 for the coolNYC program ($150 MSRP). As a coolNYC partner, the Geek Squad will also be available to support the installation of smartAC kits and get consumers connected, making this experience as easy as possible for everyone. NYC purchasers will receive a $25 rebate upon setting up their smartAC account, and an additional $25 thank you gift at the end of the summer. The $25 thank you is a recurring gift that users will receive each summer that they use the modlet smartAC kit and participate in coolNYC.

"At Best Buy, we believe retail-utility partnerships are critical in the education of our consumers to reduce energy consumption.  We bring innovative technology to our customers, and teach them how easy it can be to help the environment, save money and enhance their lifestyle," said Kris Bowring, senior director of Home and Energy Management at Best Buy. "We are excited to partner with ThinkEco and CoolNYC, and credit them for being a leader in this type of market-based program.  The modlet smartAC fits perfectly with our commitment to educate and assist our customers' concerns about their energy use."

ThinkEco's modlet (http://themodlet.com/demo.html) is a smart outlet that wirelessly combines with the smartAC thermostat. When used together, users can remotely view their current room temperature, change the target temperature for the room, or simply turn the window air conditioner unit on/off from any smartphone or browser. In addition, users can preset convenient on/off schedules for their window AC units, so that their rooms are cooled only when needed, and the savings associated with those schedules are tracked.  This transforms the stand-alone window air-conditioner into a smart, networked device that gives users enhanced convenience and control. 

Customers who participate in the coolNYC program also have the opportunity to play a role in maintaining electrical service in NYC during times of heavy usage. When a peak usage event is called, customers can opt-in to have Con Edison adjust the temperature of their air conditioner unit. With over six million window air-conditioner units in Con Edison's service area - which sometimes run unnecessarily when residents are not home - the ability for Con Edison to adjust air-conditioner temperatures remotely during a heat wave could help to manage peak summer demand.

"The modlet smartAC is the only user installable demand-reduction product with a strong consumer and utility benefit," said Mei Shibata, Chief Strategy Officer of ThinkEco, Inc.  "What this ease-of-use enables is an entirely new way for leading retailers, like Best Buy, to play a pivotal role in the distribution of utility-sponsored solutions by partnering with utilities and technology providers."

About ThinkEco, Inc.
New York City-based ThinkEco, Inc. is a leading provider of easy-to-use energy efficiency solutions for homes and businesses. Its patented modlet system is a networked and scalable smart-plug platform that wirelessly connects any plug load to ThinkEco's robust cloud solution, powered by proprietary algorithms. The modlet provides the remote metering of plug-load power consumption in real time, and enables users to set savings schedules to better control their energy use and quantify savings.

For more information, visit http://www.thinkeco.com or follow the company on Twitter @ThinkEco and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ThinkEco.

About Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is a leading multi-channel global retailer and developer of technology products and services. Every day our employees - 167,000 strong - are committed to helping deliver the technology solutions that enable easy access to people, knowledge, ideas and fun. We are keenly aware of our role and impact on the world, and we are committed to developing and implementing business strategies that bring sustainable technology solutions to our consumers and communities. For information about Best Buy, visit http://www.bby.com and to shop at Best Buy, visit http://www.bestbuy.com.

SOURCE  ThinkEco, Inc.

ThinkEco, Inc.

CONTACT: Anne Steinberg, Kitchen PR , +1-212-687-8999, anne@kitchenpr.com, or Carolyn Aberman, Best Buy Co., Inc., +1-612-291-2786, Carolyn.Aberman@bestbuy.com

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

CAPRI SUN GROWS UP IN MONSTER-SIZED FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN

Video Captures The Metamorphosis

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraft Foods just launched the new Capri Sun juice drink Big Pouch with an over-the-top Facebook page featuring an attention-grabbing stop-motion monster video.

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For years, Capri Sun juice drink fans have asked for a larger version of the classic childhood drink. The new Capri Sun Big Pouch is a bigger, redesigned version of the original foil pouch, now with 11.2 ounces, a sleek new shape and a recloseable cap.

"This is a significant milestone for Capri Sun.  For the first time, our intended consumer may be old enough to engage with us through social platforms like Facebook," said Wilfred de Guzman, Brand Manager (aka "Pouch Master") for Capri Sun.  "Capturing the attention of 13-to-15-year-olds isn't easy; we knew we needed to build an experience for them that was deserving of their attention and passion for the product."

In partnership with social engagement agency SS+K, the online campaign focuses on a video posted to the "Capri Sun Goes Big" Facebook page. The video features a classic Capri Sun pouch going through an unusual transformation.  Left unattended in the fridge, the pouch twists and morphs in stop-motion, becoming something big, intense ... and a little bit monstrous. 

Leading up to the launch, the Capri Sun Goes Big Facebook page stoked enthusiastic speculation on the size of the Big Pouch. Over the course of several weeks, the team used fun photos of Capri Sun pouches the size of hot-air balloons, elephants and skateboard ramps. A pouch-shaped graphic fills up as the launch date nears, teasing the reveal of a pouch that's new, bigger and more exciting than ever. 

So far, in the last three weeks, the page has generated more than 48,000 new likes, with an average of 2,500 a day, even though the product has only been in stores for the last few days.

The new Capri Sun Big Pouch is sold individually and comes in three great flavors - Fruit Punch, Maui Cooler and Strawberry Kiwi.  It can be found on displays in select U.S. supermarkets at the suggested retail price of 79 cents per pouch and will be available for a limited time. 

About Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is a global snacks powerhouse with an unrivaled portfolio of brands people love. Proudly marketing delicious biscuits, confectionery, beverages, cheese, grocery products and convenient meals in approximately 170 countries, Kraft Foods had 2011 revenue of $54.4 billion. Twelve of the company's iconic brands - Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Tang and Trident - generate revenue of more than $1 billion annually. On Aug. 4, 2011, Kraft Foods announced plans to divide and create two independent public companies: a high-growth global snacks business and a high-margin North American grocery business. The transaction is expected to be completed before the end of 2012. A leader in innovation, marketing, health & wellness and sustainability, Kraft Foods is a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500, Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Ethibel Sustainability Index. Visit http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com and http://www.facebook.com/kraftfoodscorporate.

- make today delicious -

SOURCE  Kraft Foods

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Kraft Foods

CONTACT: Bridget MacConnell, Kraft Foods, +1-847-646-4538, News@kraftfoods.com

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

USA Network in Partnership With MR PORTER.COM Brings to Life the Stylish World of Its Hit Original Series SUITS

This Multi-Platform Partnership Dubbed SUITS & STYLE Brings the Worlds of Entertainment, Fashion, Technology and Commerce Together Across Multiple Touchpoints in Collaboration with Vanity Fair

The Second Season of SUITS Premieres on Thursday, June 14th at 10/9c

NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Network and MR PORTER.COM, the premier online global retail destination for men's style, present SUITS & STYLE,a fashion and lifestyle collaboration celebrating the return of the second season of the hit original series SUITS.  Inspired by the complimentary sensibilities of the SUITS and MR PORTER brands, SUITS & STYLE will bring their shared philosophy and sophisticated aesthetic to life through an innovative, multi-platform integration of fashion, technology, commerce and entertainment.

The combined worlds of television and style will kick-off the collaboration with a SUITS-inspired microsite within MR PORTER that explores the refined style of SUITS and a dedicated SUITYourself IOS App that enables users to virtually try on various suits and accessories.  The multi-touchpoint partnership continues with the SUITS & STYLE Gallery, an immersive shopping and lifestyle pop-up store located in Manhattan's Meatpacking District with dynamic interactive experiences and products available for purchase curated by the MR PORTER team; multi-market Army of Suitors street teams featuring men dressed in ACNE suits on bikes distributing a 20-page SUITS-themed print publication--the MR PORTER POST; and all culminating in a state of the art fashion show on New York City's High Line featuring the series leads Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams. USA Network will additionally support the partnership via on-air, online, VOD, paid media (including a special insert in the July issue of Vanity Fair) and in-show integration and messaging.  All will compliment USA's massive multi-pronged marketing campaign supporting the second season of SUITS.

"America has already fallen in love with the aesthetic, the urban New York setting and dynamic characters of SUITS," said Alexandra Shapiro, EVP, Marketing & Digital at USA Network. "The MR PORTER alliance allows us to bring the SUITS world to life and directly involve our consumers globally in a uniquely innovative, sophisticated and immersive way. MR PORTER's taste, sensibility and editorial voice is perfectly aligned with the SUITS franchise. " 

"SUITS and its characters align perfectly with the MR PORTER brand and aesthetic," said Mario Muttenthaler, Head of Sales & Marketing at MR PORTER. "By way of taking inspiration of the SUITS show to create an innovative multi-platform, multi-channel partnership, we look forward to exposing the SUITS and MR PORTER audiences to exclusively created content, looks inspired by the show and new touch points with the MR PORTER brand such as the Style Gallery, for a deeper immersion with both."

Highlights of the partnership include:

Fashion Show on The High Line
On Tuesday June 12, USA and MR PORTER along with Vanity Fair will host a dynamic, technologically sophisticated live fashion show staged at New York City's famed High Line.  Against the backdrop of the Hudson River, hundreds of fashion insiders and VIP guests will view SUITS-inspired menswear looks curated by the team at MR PORTER.  The innovative environment will feature a 60' long LED runway backdrop, custom graphic and lighting installations, Instaprint stations offering prints of Instagram photos taken onsite, and a special appearance by SUITS stars Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Gina Torres, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty and Rick Hoffman.

SUITS & STYLE Microsite
Beginning with a soft launch on June 6, USA and MR PORTER will launch a microsite featuring original editorial content and a customized collection of clothing and accessories for purchase curated by the team at MR PORTER.  The microsite will feature original photography, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews with SUITS stars Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams.  The site will also provide an entry point for a sweepstakes through USANETWORK.com offering a $25,000 wardrobe from MR PORTER.

SUIT Yourself App
The SUITYourself IOS app, available for download on the SUITS & STYLE microsite and iTunes in the first week of June, will give consumers an opportunity to find the suit that best suits them.  Users can virtually try on various suits and accessory styles and share the results with friends through social media.

Special Edition of the MR PORTER POST
MR PORTER will create a special SUITS & STYLE edition of the MR PORTER POST, a 20-page publication of original editorial content featuring fine art photography. The Post will feature cutting-edge Aurasma integration, delivering users relevant content through the use of a mobile app.  500,000 copies of the publication will be distributed to consumers and tastemakers throughout the country via multiple channels (including targeted drops) and suit-clad street teams on custom-branded bicycles.

Army of Suitors
Inspired by SUITS' stylish bicycle enthusiast Mike Ross, USA and MR PORTER will distribute the MR PORTER POST through a striking urban spectacle known as the "Army of Suitors."  Groups of identically clad male models will bicycle through the streets of four major cities throughout the US (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago) outfitted by MR PORTER in sharp ACNE suits and Converse sneakers.  The Suitors will distribute the SUITS-inspired MR PORTER POST on custom-branded white bicycles, encouraging consumers to visit the SUITS & STYLE microsite and driving tune-in.  In New York, the Suitors will also drive the public to visit the SUITS & STYLE Gallery.

SUITS & STYLE Gallery
The SUITS & STYLE Gallery, a shopping and lifestyle pop-up shop, will be open to the public from June 9th-June 17th between the hours of 12pm and 9pm.  Located in Manhattan's fashion-focused Meatpacking District at 72 Gansevoort Street, the retail environment will include the next generation Microsoft surface experience for shopping, an interactive media wall and a Vanity Fair library.  Additional on-site features will include a special collection of products curated by MR PORTER, style consultations from MR PORTER's fashion experts, a lounge offering complimentary grooming services from Aesop, a barista, shoeshines, and an exclusive glimpse of the all-new season of SUITS.

About SUITS
Set in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of a top Manhattan corporate law firm, SUITS stars Gabriel Macht as legendary law partner Harvey Specter, and SAG Award-nominee Patrick J. Adams as his brilliant, but not-technically-legal associate Mike Ross. Despite his lack of bonafide credentials, Mike's photographic memory and encyclopedic legal knowledge make him an invaluable asset to Harvey and to their firm, Pearson Hardman. The dynamic duo have managed to guard their secret thus far, but as the first season came to a close, Mike's ex-best friend was determined to expose him to the firm's top suit, Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres), and Mike's future was left hanging in the balance. Jessica, however, may have bigger problems on her hands, with the other half of Pearson Hardman reemerging on the scene. Meanwhile, Mike's love life has become increasingly complicated, jeopardizing his relationship with Rachel (Meghan Markle), the firm's best paralegal and his only friend in the office. The series also stars Rick Hoffman and Sarah Rafferty. From Universal Cable Productions, SUITS was created and is executive produced by Aaron Korsh. Doug Liman and David Bartis of Hypnotic also serve as executive producers. 

About MR PORTER.COM
MRPORTER.COM is the global retail destination for men's style, combining the best international menswear with award-winning editorial content.  The site sells over 160 leading international brands, with content and new products added weekly.  MR PORTER offers express worldwide shipping to 170 countries (including same day delivery to London and Manhattan), and a free collection service for returns and exchanges.  Designers available include Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Raf Simons, Lanvin, Loro Piana, Maison Kitsune, Boglioli, A.P.C, Beams Plus, J.Crew, Church's, and Common Projects.

About USA Network
The #1 network in all of basic cable, USA Network is seen in 115 million U.S. homes.  USA is a leader in scripted programming with a powerful stable of originals including POLITICAL ANIMALS, SUITS, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, WHITE COLLAR, ROYAL PAINS, BURN NOTICE, PSYCH, COVERT AFFAIRS, COMMON LAW, FAIRLY LEGAL and IN PLAIN SIGHT.  The network offers 52 weeks of spectacular live television with WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW and is home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, a broad portfolio of acquired series and entertainment events.  A trailblazer in digital innovation and storytelling, USA is defining, driving and setting the industry standard for Social TV.  USA is a program service of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal. The award-winning website is located at http://www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.

ABOUT VANITY FAIR
Muscular long-form journalism, stunning photography, insightful essays, and superb design make each issue of Vanity Fair an indispensable tool for understanding our world. Every month, the magazine commissions the best writers and photographers to explain the pressing issues of the day and take the pulse of the culture. Vanity Fair consistently delivers crucial reporting on business and finance, domestic politics, and world affairs, even as it covers the very best in arts and entertainment.

SOURCE  USA Network

USA Network

CONTACT: Amanda Cary, +1-212-664-8993, amanda.cary@nbcuni.com; or Julie Safer, +1-917-273-6877, julie@cultureshopny.com, or Alex Dubee, +1-646-660-5798, alex@cultureshopny.com; or Emma Paton, +1-212-901-3023, emma.paton@mrporter.com

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

TripAdvisor City Guides Now Available For 50 Global Travel Destinations

Highly Rated Mobile App Adds 30 Cities, Plus New Features Like Transit Maps and Customized Itinerary Suggestions for Android Users

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel site*, today announced that City Guides, the highly rated and free mobile app, is now available for 50 leading destinations around the world, more than doubling its original portfolio of travel guides.  Conveniently accessible even when the user is offline, the app now includes three new features on its Android version, giving travelers the ability to view local transit stations, create personalized maps, and see itinerary suggestions from travel experts, in addition to reviews and opinions from the greater TripAdvisor community.

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"Users have already raved about the ease of use and helpfulness of TripAdvisor City Guides, with more than a million app downloads to date," said Adam Medros, vice president of global product at TripAdvisor. "We are excited to bring more cities and enhanced functionality to travelers, and ultimately help them enjoy their trips even more."

New App Features for Android Users

1. Transit - Users can now view metro or subway stations on a map. The "Nearby Station" feature helps travelers find the closest station to their current location, or to the restaurant, hotel, or attraction that they want to visit.

2. TripIdeas - TripIdeas are customized itinerary recommendations based on popular travel themes, such as traveling with family, foodie destinations, and places off the beaten path. Each itinerary includes beautiful large photos for inspiration. Users can keep track of their favorite TripIdeas in their "Saves" list.

3. Offline Map Update - Users can now fully customize their own maps. This feature displays saved destinations, metro stations, and any restaurants, hotels, and attractions of interest, to help travelers plan and have their perfect trip.

30 New City Guides, Now Available for Download on Android and iOS

    1.   Athens       11. Madrid            21. San Antonio
    2.   Austin       12. Manchester        22. San Diego
    3.   Bangkok      13. Marrakech         23. Seattle
    4.   Budapest     14. Miami/Miami Beach 24. Seoul
    5.   Buenos Aires 15. Milan             25. Shanghai
    6.   Dubai        16. Montreal          26. Singapore
    7.   Dublin       17. New Orleans       27. Taipei
    8.   Edinburgh    18. Philadelphia      28. Toronto
    9.   Istanbul     19. Prague            29. Vancouver
    10. Kuala Lumpur  20. Rio de Janeiro    30. Vienna
The City Guides app, featuring all 50 destinations, is now available worldwide in English. To download the free app(s), please visitGoogle's Android Market or Apple's App Store. More information about TripAdvisor mobile offerings can be found at http://www.tripadvisor.com/apps.

About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 50 million unique monthly visitors*, and over 60 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 30 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.

TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) manages and operates websites under 19 other travel media brands, and together the sites attract more than 69 million unique monthly visitors**. TripAdvisor's travel media brands include http://www.airfarewatchdog.com, http://www.bookingbuddy.com, http://www.cruisecritic.com, http://www.everytrail.com, http://www.familyvacationcritic.com, http://www.flipkey.com, http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk, http://www.holidaywatchdog.com, http://www.independenttraveler.com, http://www.onetime.com, http://www.seatguru.com, http://www.sniqueaway.com, http://www.smartertravel.com, http://www.tingo.com, http://www.travel-library.com, http://www.travelpod.com, http://www.virtualtourist.com, http://www.whereivebeen.com, and http://www.kuxun.cn.

*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, Worldwide, January 2012

**Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Inc. and its subsidiaries, Worldwide, January 2012

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FilmOn.TV Launches First Multi Channel Live TV App for Facebook

BEVERLEY HILLS, California, May 24, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    FilmOn.TV debuts the first streaming TV app on FilmOnFacebook.com that streams 150 HD
live television channels straight to your Facebook

    Beverly Hills, May 22nd, 2012 (http://www.FilmOn.com) - The first streaming HD TV
provider, FilmOn.TV, announced today that with the new FilmOn.TV app "FilmOn Live TV" you
can watch live TV in HD, invite your friends to join you and discuss or comment on
programmes in real-time on Facebook.

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    Along with broadcast channels from across the world, FilmOn.TV is the first live
streaming internet platform hosting exclusive content with many controversial celebrities
including weekly shows hosted by Andy Dick, Mike "the Situation", Kato Kaelin, Janice
Dickinson and more! Besides original content FilmOn.TV also offers a host of new original
channels which are exclusive to FilmOn including football, music, movies, history, special
interest and kids as well as a video on demand service where you can select a whole range
of titles covering all genres.

    "FilmOn.TV is excited to provide users with the ability to watch their favourite TV
channels without leaving Facebook," said Alki David, billionaire/CEO of FilmOn.TV. "The
FilmOn.TV API, FilmOn Live TV, shares with billions of Facebook members what thousands of
current FilmOn.TV subscribers already know-that streaming live TV and movies are available
online and through their mobile device."

    The Facebook app can be downloaded easily by going to FilmOnFacebook.com and following
the link straight to your page.

    Although most of our channels are free, you can add our new premium channels exclusive
to FilmOn and unlimited streaming from our video on demand service for a subscription
starting at only 14.95/month or 149.50/year. With a yearly subscription you will also
receive the FilmOn.TV "AIR Device" free. This device has made waves throughout the
industry as the first digital over-the-air TV tuner combining IPTV channels. The "AIR
Devices" give any computer access to live broadcast TV as well as FilmOn.TV's original
content. Another revolutionary technology brought to you by FilmOn.TV Networks.

    The FilmOn.TV Web cable television service is delivered through the freely
downloadable multi-platform HDi player or in Flash or app free to mobile devices.
FilmOn.TV streams videos in high definition and utilizes proprietary video compression
technology to achieve high quality even over basic broadband connections.

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Callaway Golf's RAZR Fit Driver Delivers Impressive Performance Gains

Real Results Project and Pro Tour Stats Demonstrate Award-Winning Club's Power

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf Company's (NYSE: ELY) RAZR Fit(TM) Driver arrived on the scene this year in thunderous fashion by capturing Golf Digest's 2012 Editor's Choice Award and then powering Phil Mickelson to victory over an elite field at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Since then, the Company's flagship product for 2012 has been proving to everyday golfers as well as those that compete against the world's best that Callaway's first fully adjustable driver was worth the wait.     

Casting aside ballyhooed rhetoric and prodigious distance gain claims, Callaway took RAZR Fit straight to the people and kicked off the Real Results Project, an interactive venture housed at CallawayGolf.com/RealResults. This multimedia platform aggregates real performance data from ordinary golfers and tour professionals, along with genuine reaction videos from the participants. The Real Results Project encourages golfers to discover their potential by testing RAZR Fit against any club on the market at Callaway Demo Day events as well as Dick's Sporting Goods locations across the country that feature data capturing launch monitors.

The Real Results Project is part of Callaway's effort to prove that the RAZR Fit driver is longer and more accurate than any other driver in the market. With an adjustable hosel that allows for open, square and closed face settings--as well as movable weights in the sole that promote neutral or draw ball flight characteristics--the RAZR Fit has found a home in the bags of a number of top professionals, including Mickelson and Ernie Els.   

As of May 23rd, more than 750 golfers have taken part in the Real Results Project. They've tested the RAZR Fit driver against more than 100 competitor driver models and collectively gained almost 6,000 yards in distance, representing an average of more than seven yards gained per golfer. Seventy-three percent of the golfers who have taken part in the Real Results Project saw a yardage gain in their average driving distance.

And it's not just amateur players who are experiencing better overall driving statistics with the RAZR Fit. Nearly every Callaway Staff Professional on the PGA Tour has seen significant improvement in his driving proficiency since switching to the RAZR Fit for the 2012 season. Longtime PGA Tour Professional Jim Furyk, who finished 18th in Driving Accuracy on the PGA Tour in 2011, switched to the RAZR Fit for the 2012 season and has risen to No. 3 in that category through the Byron Nelson Championship. Ernie Els has improved his ranking in Total Driving, going from 162nd in 2011 to tied for 33rd in 2012 with the RAZR Fit. Fellow South African Trevor Immelman put the RAZR Fit in his bag this year and has gone from a tie for 134th in Total Driving in 2011 to 27th in 2012. And finally, Colt Knost has jumped into ninth place in Driving Accuracy with the RAZR Fit in his bag this season after ranking 42nd in that category in 2011.         

Mickelson (PGA Tour), Alvaro Quiros (European Tour) and Luke List (Nationwide Tour) have already won tournaments using a RAZR Fit driver. List's first professional victory was particularly impressive due to the fact that he averaged an unbelievable 329 yards off the tee over four rounds with the RAZR Fit and the new Callaway HEX Black Tour(TM) golf ball. Quiros' aforementioned European Tour victory also featured an average driving distance of greater than 300 yards for the tournament.  The impressive results achieved over the last several months also stretch to the LPGA Tour as the RAZR Fit driver was in the hands of this year's first major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

The RAZR Fit driver is currently available for all golfers for $399 (US). In addition, Callaway recently launched udesign(TM) by Callaway, an online customization tool that gives golfers the unprecedented ability to personalize their own version of the RAZR Fit driver. By visiting CallawayGolf.com/udesign, golfers can select their own color choices on the clubhead and grip, as well as a myriad of shaft model and other custom configurations. The udesign by Callaway personalization and customization features an additional fee of $50. Certain after-market shaft and grip choices may entail additional costs. 

A Tour Authentic version of the RAZR Fit, featuring an even greater level of adjustability in the hosel and additional movable weight offerings to dial in the center of gravity and ball flight characteristics, is available for $499.

For specific information regarding the RAZR Fit Driver, please visit http://www.callawaygolf.com/razrfitdriver.  High-resolution images of this driver and all other products are available for immediate download via the Press Center portion of Callaway Golf's website: http://www.callawaygolf.com/PressCenter

About Callaway GolfThrough an unwavering commitment to innovation, Callaway Golf Company (NYSE:ELY) creates products and services designed to make every golfer a better golfer. Callaway Golf Company manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls, and sells golf apparel, footwear and accessories, under the Callaway Golf® and Odyssey® brands in more than 110 countries worldwide. For more information please visit http://www.callawaygolf.com or shop.callawaygolf.com.CONTACT:
Tim Sweeney
Callaway Golf Company
Tim.Sweeney@CallawayGolf.com
760-804-4017

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Preventice Expands Options for Wireless Patient Monitoring with Qualcomm Life

Preventice Joins Qualcomm Life's 2net Ecosystem to Provide Caregivers and Patients with More Flexibility in Real-time Monitoring

MINNEAPOLIS, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Preventice, Inc., a developer of mobile health applications and patient monitoring systems, announced today that it is the latest to join medical device manufacturers, application developers, health care services companies and payors that are integrating with Qualcomm Life Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and their 2net(TM) Ecosystem.

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Preventice is a break-through developer of mobile health applications with an emphasis on remote patient monitoring systems that deliver continuous care. Preventice's cutting-edge solutions allow individuals to remain active and independent while their individual physiologic characteristics are being monitored with a simple and discreet body-worn sensor. Preventice will leverage Qualcomm Life's 2net Platform in order to provide chronic care patients with multiple remote connectivity options.

"Our work with Qualcomm Life supports the Preventice mobile health strategy that focuses on maintaining the critical physician-patient connection," said Jon Otterstatter, co-founder, president and CEO of Preventice. "The Preventice remote monitoring solutions together with the 2net Hub connectivity will not only allow providers to cost-effectively assess their patients' health and behaviors at any time, but it will further facilitate the secure data collection, transport and analysis essential to driving better health care outcomes and lowering costs."

Qualcomm Life's 2net Platform and Hub connects wireless medical devices via cloud-based solutions so that biometric information is easily accessible by device users, their health care providers and caregivers. The 2net Platform and Hub are intended to transfer, store, convert and display medical device data.

"The ability to store comprehensive patient data is an integral part of building mobile health applications and remote patient monitoring systems," said Rick Valencia, vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Life. "We are looking forward to working with Preventice to enhance connectivity and responsiveness of their offerings."

About Preventice

Preventice is a privately owned company and leading developer of mobile health applications and remote monitoring systems that connect mobile, home-based, and on-premise technologies to deliver continuous patient care across the health continuum--wherever an individual patient might be. Applications from Preventice create a constant connection and exchange of data between health care providers, life science companies and their patients. Current applications from Preventice address high-cost conditions and health management opportunities, including prescription medication management, cardiac care, sleep apnea, diabetes management, and migraine headaches. Preventice is headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Rochester, Minn., and Fargo, N.D. For more information, visit http://www.preventice.com.

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. 2net is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information:

Colleen Kulhanek
+1-651-307-9486
Preventice

Barbara Tabor, APR
+1-651-230-9192
Tabor Communications Consulting for Preventice

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Fusion-io Powers Seven New Gen 2 HP IO Accelerators to Deliver Powerful Performance for HP ProLiant Platforms

IO Accelerators Boost Application Performance by Unlocking Trapped Compute Cycles

SALT LAKE CITY, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) today announced that it is enabling high performance database and virtualization solutions with seven new Fusion-powered HP IO Accelerator products for the industry-leading HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem platforms. Integrated into HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) servers, the new HP IO Accelerators can boost application performance to address organizations' growing requirements to cost-effectively accelerate data-intensive applications. 

To enable enterprises to cost-effectively enhance their data infrastructure, one or more HP IO Accelerators can be easily integrated within servers according to application and organizational needs.  The HP IO Accelerators sit inside the server, directly on the PCIe bus with CPUs and Memory, rather than external to the server in a storage array being accessed over much slower links.  The IO Accelerators boost applications by bypassing traditional storage controllers and unlocking trapped compute cycles.

"Fusion-io is pleased to work with HP to deliver major advances in server and system performance for modern enterprises," said Gary Orenstein, Fusion-io Vice President of Products. "The new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers and IO Accelerators provide customers powerful solutions that accelerate their most important data applications."

HP is the first to market with Fusion-io's Gen 2 technology, and by deploying it within HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, customers are able to build highly flexible, cost effective and scalable solutions while reducing datacenter complexity and the associated operational costs, including management, energy, and space. Additionally, new HP IO Accelerators in traditional ioMemory form factors will be compatible with the HP ProLiant G6 and G7 Rack-mount servers, ensuring industry-leading application acceleration for multiple generations of HP servers.

"Clients are seeking ways to accelerate application performance to drive increased productivity and user satisfaction," said Jim Ganthier, Vice President of Marketing, Industry Standard Servers, HP. "Combining IO Accelerators with our HP ProLiant Gen8 servers enables clients to speed data access while improving service levels."

With capacities up to 2.4 TB, the new Fusion-io powered HP IO Accelerators deliver higher performance density and efficiency to improvethe economics of accelerating compute performance for virtualized, data-intensive and highly transactional workload environments. Compared with first generation IO Accelerators, the Gen 2 IO Accelerators keep applications running at top speed with a twofold latency reduction to deliver as low as 15 microsecond sustained write access latency. The new IO Accelerators also provide up to a 5x boost in read IOPS, at 892,000, up to three times higher write IOPS, at 935,000, and double the bandwidth, at 3 GB/s.

"The new HP IO Accelerators with VMware View(TM) provide an efficient and powerful solution for desktop virtualization deployments," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware.  "Customers benefit with increased virtual machine density, scalability and performance within the new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers when deploying the IO Accelerators. This is a strong value proposition for customers using this technology as a part of their desktop virtualization deployment."

For more information and live demonstrations of the HP IO Accelerators, visit Fusion-io and HP at HP Discover 2012 in Las Vegas, June 4-7.

To learn more about Fusion-io visit http://www.fusionio.com. Follow Fusion-io on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/fusionio or http://www.twitter.com/fusionioUK and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fusionio.

About Fusion-io
Fusion-io has pioneered a next generation storage memory platform for shared data decentralization that significantly improves the processing capabilities within a datacenter by relocating process-critical, or "active", data from centralized storage to the server where it is being processed, a methodology referred to as data decentralization. Fusion's integrated hardware and software solutions leverage non-volatile memory to significantly increase datacenter efficiency and offers enterprise grade performance, reliability, availability and manageability. Fusion's data decentralization platform can transform legacy architectures into next generation datacenters and allows enterprises to consolidate or significantly reduce complex and expensive high performance storage, high performance networking and memory-rich servers. Fusion's platform enables enterprises to increase the utilization, performance and efficiency of their datacenter resources and extract greater value from their information assets.

Note on Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but are not limited to, statements concerning the Fusion-powered HP IO Accelerator products for HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem platforms and the anticipated benefits of our products and technology and the integration of our products with HP's platforms.  These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions regarding future events and business performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained, anticipated, or implied in any forward-looking statement, including, but not limited to, the risks that the users of the company's products may not realize the anticipated benefits of our products and integration of our products with HP's platforms and such other risks set forth in the registration statements and reports that Fusion-io files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at http://www.fusionio.com.  You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur.  Fusion-io undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason after the date of this press release.

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                            Nancy Fazioli
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Publicity Monster Launches Three New Websites

New sites launched in New Zealand, US and and UK

SYDNEY, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- There has been a dramatic increase in small businesses moving their operations online and changing their advertising patterns, it's predicted that by 2012 Australian online advertising spend will reach $3.27 billion dollars. Australian based company Publicity Monster has jumped in early to take advantage of the market growth and found a large demand for its online products and services both in Australia and overseas markets.

Publicity Monster launched its new websites in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom extending it's offering of Google Places Optimisation (GPO), Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to these countries.

Founder Timmy Sabre explained, "We have been working around the clock preparing our sites and our business for our expansion overseas, we've had a lot of demand for our services over the last 2 years and we are now ready to start our growth in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom."

Publicity Monster have access to over 30 million businesses that they intend in contacting over the coming years, Timmy Sabre continued, "...we understand that it's very large job but we are setting up teams both in Australia and overseas to manage our future growth."

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SOURCE  Publicity Monster (PR)

Publicity Monster (PR)

CONTACT: Sarah Morton of Publicity Monster, 1300 448 305

Web Site: http://www.publicitymonster.com.au

SkyGolf® Launches SkyCourse, Providing Superintendents Access to 30,000 GPS Course Maps

Now golf course superintendents have the power of the most accurate and reliable GPS mapping technology on the market to better manage their courses

RIDGELAND, Miss., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie®, the #1 rangefinder in golf, today announced the launch of SkyCourse, the first and only online management tool that enables course superintendents to quickly and efficiently update and maintain golf course maps in real-time. With SkyCourse, superintendents can record course changes, create pin sheets, manage their chemical inventory and maintain spray schedules--all while better communicating course information to their staff and members. With online access to SkyGolf's highly acclaimed GPS course-map database, SkyCourse is the first to offer the industry an affordable suite of tools to help superintendents streamline their course maintenance operations.

By transforming raw course data into insightful information, a SkyCourse subscription equips superintendents with the tools they need to complete more daily management tasks with less effort. Because SkyCourse is cloud-based, customers don't have to worry about enhancing their IT infrastructure: they simply access the mapping data from a web browser.

"We believe that SkyCourse's innovative Map-it-Yourself function will become an invaluable tool in the golf course industry," said Dale Currie, Chief Operating Officer, SkyGolf. "Superintendents can now easily update their maps themselves using a mobile GPS mapping device that provides the same survey-grade accuracy that allowed SkyCaddie to become the #1 rangefinder in golf. SkyCourse also includes on-site training, rental programs, and complete mapping services. We feel that this exciting new system is consistent with SkyGolf's commitment to grow the game of golf, not only for the benefit of golfers, but for golf courses, as well."

SkyCourse at a glance:

    --  $1,500 annual subscription for the basic package
    --  Access to SkyGolf's ground-verified course map database
    --  Mapping module for GPS updates
    --  Geo-database for flexible publishing and easy updating
    --  Chemical management module
    --  Pin sheets management module
    --  Report templates
Additional SkyCourse Benefits

Manage chemicals and spray schedules: Superintendents can quickly maintain an inventory of their chemicals, equipment and applications, and easily create spraying programs. SkyCourse calculates the precise area and spraying costs, then generates work-orders with maps.

Create pin or zone sheets: Create pin or zone sheets easily using SkyCourse's online pin sheet tool. Simply drag-and-drop pins or zone markers onto green outlines, provided by SkyGolf's existing GPS map data of your course. Better pin rotation provides less wear and tear on the greens and greater variety for golfers.

Map-It-Yourself (MIY): With SkyCourse, superintendents can update their GPS course map using the SkyCourse Mapper (the GPS mobile-mapping device). They can capture GPS data points and upload them to a new layer on their SkyCourse map. Superintendents can rent the Mapper and Map-It-Yourself program, or have SkyCourse map their course for them.

Less work. Fewer mistakes: SkyCourse allows superintendents to mark, measure and share the precise location of areas on their course that need attention, all from a web browser. They can then print accurate maps for crews to reference, which drastically reduces the chance of errors.

About SkyCourse(TM) Technologies

SkyCourse, a SkyGolf® company, equips golf course superintendents with tools they need to complete more daily property management tasks with less effort. Through a unique combination of detailed GPS maps, aerial photos, web-based technologies and GPS mobile mapping solutions, SkyCourse streamlines course management projects and makes superintendents more effective on the job. Learn more at http://www.skycourse.com.

About SkyGolf®

SkyGolf® is a private company specializing in the development of innovative positioning systems and technology products specifically designed for personal use on a golf course. SkyGolf is leading a revolution that is improving the way golfers play the game. The mission of SkyGolf is to respect the long-standing traditions of the game, use technology responsibly and within the spirit and rules of golf, and to provide golfers of all skill levels with better and more rewarding golf experiences.  SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie®, the #1 rangefinder in golf, is committed to providing the same reliable information a professional caddie provides to PGA TOUR professionals. This unmatched reliability is created by walking every course just like a TOUR Caddie does for a professional golfer, recording critical target information using the only method trusted in professional golf. To date, SkyGolf has traveled over a million miles to ground map using sub-meter survey grade equipment, recording approximately 100 million data points on close to 30,000 golf courses worldwide using their TOUR Caddie ground-mapping methodology. Additionally, thousands of courses are updated annually. SkyGolf believes every amateur deserves the same complete information with the same reliability professional golfers receive and would never play without and believes its SkyCaddie is the closest thing to a Tour caddie's actual yardage book.   The SkyCaddie is the Official Rangefinder of The PGA of America, Canadian PGA, PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, the PGA of New Zealand, PGA of Germany, the PGA of Spain, the Swedish PGA and a Technology Partner of the PGA Learning Center.  Learn more at http://www.skygolf.com.

SOURCE  SkyCourse

SkyCourse

CONTACT: Karl Nilsson, +1-612-805-7279, karl@kruegerwright.com, for SkyCourse

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

SuccessFactors Supercharges Workforce Analytics and Planning with the SAP HANA Platform to Deliver Deeper Business Execution Insight

SuccessFactors powered by SAP HANA makes tackling big data easier and faster

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --SuccessFactors, an SAP company and global leader in business execution software, today announced new enhancements to its cloud-based Workforce Analytics and Workforce Planning solutions that will be running on the powerful SAP HANA platform by Q3 2012. The combination of powerful in-memory technology from SAP HANA with the deep workforce analytics expertise of SuccessFactors will help give customers real-time access to more complete data - driving better workforce decisions at all levels of the organization.

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"The benefits are immediate and real for HR executives and business leaders," said Dmitri Krakovsky, vice president of global product management, SuccessFactors. "SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics and Workforce Planning is a pioneer in delivering the best practice metrics and benchmarks that companies need to truly understand their workforce. We can now significantly boost the access to business data, speed and performance - resulting in more insight in the hands of non-technical HR and business users."

Bringing Big Data Analytics to Non-Technical HR and Business Users
Businesses are overwhelmed with data and many HR leaders within organizations lack the tools they need to analyze information about their workforce. According to market research firm Bersin & Associates, only six percent of HR organizations feel that they have excellent analytic skills internally and most have not yet invested the time it takes to build a holistic analytics function. As part of the SuccessFactors Business Execution (BizX) suite, the Workforce Analytics and Workforce Planning solutions address big data head on by giving HR leaders intuitive and fun solutions to make better business decisions.

The latest enhancements come with new reporting and talent analytics capabilities, including:

    --  Embedded real-time dashboards that are configurable and optimized for
        iPad®, making reports easier to access, even while on the go.
    --  New "On-line Report Designer" where users can build custom queries,
        reports, pivot tables and pivot charts on the entire data set from BizX
        apps and set an automated scheduled distribution or personalized reports
        to thousands of users across an organization.
    --  Access to industry benchmarks, which gives customers the ability to
        compare their talent metrics with companies of similar sizes,
        industries, regions, etc.
    --  Over 2,000 pre-packaged best practice talent metrics, trends, dashboards
        and reports to give HR managers, HR practitioners and business managers
        a head start on talent performance insight.
Integrating HR and Business Data to Deliver Business Execution Insight
SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics and Workforce Planning solutions have always gone beyond traditional HR analytics applications by providing tools to business leaders to analyze not only workforce data but also data integrated from business and operations systems like ERP, CRM, etc. With SAP HANA as a real-time data integration layer, SuccessFactors will help HR leaders to harness the vast amounts of talent and business data across a global organization. The data can then be combined to easily and quickly spot key trends and achieve the insights needed to measure the impact HR has on business execution.

"Organizations today are flooded with data about their people, yet they often don't know how to analyze this information to drive business performance," said Josh Bersin, president and CEO of Bersin & Associates. "Technologies like the SuccessFactors new workforce analytics system will let business and HR leaders rapidly correlate people information to many types of business outcomes, enabling breakthrough new applications that drive revenue improvement, cost reduction and operational improvements in all areas of business."

SuccessFactors will also leverage SAP HANA to crunch data about millions of employees across thousands of companies and deliver industry benchmarks. The reports will let customers compare their workforce metrics with companies of similar sizes, industries, regions, etc. This best practice data will be invaluable to companies as they gain real-time insight that can be used across the entire organization.

iPad is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.

About SuccessFactors, an SAP Company
SuccessFactors, an SAP company, is the leading provider of cloud-based Business Execution Software and delivers business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions to organizations of all sizes across more than 60 industries. With approximately 15 million subscription seats globally, we strive to delight our customers by delivering innovative solutions, content and analytics, process expertise and best practices insights from serving our broad and diverse customer base. Today, we have more than 3,500 customers in more than 168 countries using our application suite in 35 languages.

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For media inquiries contact:

Andrea Meyer

SuccessFactors

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ameyer@successfactors.com

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Southern Californians Can Take Verizon FiOS TV Challenge for Chance to Win Ultimate Fighting Championship Weekend in Las Vegas

NEWBURY PARK, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To inform Southern Californians that they have an unbeatable choice for their television service, Verizon FiOS TV, the company has developed a new website with the opportunity to win a sweepstakes prize for an Ultimate Fighting Championship weekend valued at $10,500.

The FiOS TV Challenge website, hosted by NFL insider and mixed martial arts trainer Jay Glazer, enables Southern California residents to take the FiOS TV Challenge by visiting the site and watching videos that show FiOS TV's superiority in picture quality, interactivity, mobility and multi-room DVR capabilities.  Contestants will automatically receive one sweepstakes entry for each video that they watch.

Contestants can visit http://tvchallenge.verizon.comto register, watch the videos and take the FiOS TV Challenge.

Verizon will draw one winner on June 23 from among all eligible entries.  The sweepstakes prize consists of a $5,000 check; four round-trip tickets to Las Vegas from Los Angeles International, Burbank, Long Beach or John Wayne airport; ground transportation for four from the Las Vegas airport to a Las Vegas hotel to be determined by Verizon; hotel accommodations for four for two nights; four tickets to the Fan Expo and mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship 148 on July 7; and dinner for four with Jay Glazer, in either Las Vegas or Los Angeles. 

"We recognize that consumers have many options when it comes to choosing a television service," said Kim Cochran, director of marketing for Verizon California.  "The Verizon FiOS TV Challenge is an interactive way to let Southern California residents see for themselves the many benefits of FiOS TV and why a recent survey of 68,000 consumers by Consumer Reports gave FiOS top marks."

To be eligible, entrants must be at least 21 years old and be a legal resident of a Verizon FiOS coverage area in one of the following counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino or Ventura.   For more information about the contest rules, visit http://tvchallenge.verizon.com. To determine residency in a FiOS coverage area, visit the contest website and enter your zip code. The contest ends June 15. 

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with 93 million retail customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.  A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 192,000.  For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news.  To receive news releases by email, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

SOURCE  Verizon

Verizon

CONTACT: Jarryd Gonzales, +1-213-337-1118, jarryd.gonzales@verizon.com

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

Extreme Networks Delivers New Cell-Site Routers To Finnet's SSP Yhtiot Oy (SSP) For Faster 4G Mobile Services

Cost effective high-speed mobile data is now at hand

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced general availability of the E4G, an all Ethernet-based cell-site router for mobile backhaul deployments. The first product shipments of the E4G were delivered to Finnet Telecommunications Group company, SSP Yhtiot.  SSP provides mobile backhaul services to all local mobile operators in its area in Finland.

Working through mobile infrastructure companies such as Ericsson and Motorola, Extreme Networks core Ethernet switches have been deployed in as many as 19 of the 20 largest mobile operators. Mobile backhaul deployments represent an adjacent market opportunity for Extreme that will allow mobile operators to migrate to faster 4G networks over time.

SSP is deploying Extreme Networks E4G routers at its cellular towers to deliver faster data, voice and video services to its mobile operator customers. At the heart of the SSP deployment is an all-IP Ethernet solution.  With the Extreme Networks E4G solution, SSP can deliver mobile backhaul for services up significantly faster than 3G networks. The faster speeds are made possible by software enhancements such as the 1588 precision time protocol (PTP), in addition to ultra-dense Gigabit Ethernet ports.

"Mobile consumers have a growing demand for mobile data traffic, including multimedia entertainment and business communications, and to meet this need for our mobile operator customers, SSP requires an advanced and scalable Ethernet Mobile Backhaul solution from Extreme Networks," said Riku Paarni, Director, SSPNET Operators and Services at SSP. "By deploying E4G cell-site router, SSP can support the migration to the faster 4G speeds while also supporting legacy network infrastructures (T1/E1 TDM)."

Extreme Networks E4G MBH solution helps meet the evolving demands of mobile operators through resilient synchronous Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) backhaul that provides support for multiple generations of services. This fully scalable mobile backhaul architecture helps ease the migration from legacy 2G and 3G radios to next-generation 4G mobile services, LTE, offering boosted performance with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet and capabilities for 10 GbE and beyond. 

"Mobile data traffic continues to grow rapidly and 4G networks will ultimately serve to underpin the daily communications of millions of global users," said David Ginsburg, CMO of Extreme Networks. "Extreme Networks is proud to work with SSP as it advances its network with our all-Ethernet cell-site routers."

Mobile service provider revenue growth is increasingly driven by mobile services, smartphones and tablet applications that need high-speed access to data-hungry applications.

Featuring a 1RU form factor, the Extreme Networks E4G-400 enables 4G mobile backhaul networks through three key capabilities - carrier-class resiliency, line-rate performance and synchronization. A scalable cell site aggregation router, the E4G enables mobile operators to manage and aggregate TDM and Ethernet services and their associated protocols onto a single, economical and efficient Ethernet mobile backhaul network.

About Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks is a technology leader in high-performance Ethernet switching for cloud, data center and mobile networks. Based in Santa Clara, CA, Extreme Networks has more than 6,000 customers in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit extremenetworks.com. 

Extreme Networks, and the Extreme Networks logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are the property of their respective owners.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to features, performance, benefits, and integration of the products or the combined solution are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including network design and actual results of use of the product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking information in this release. Other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov).

SOURCE  Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks, Inc.

CONTACT: Rachel Mandell-Rice, Barokas Public Relations for Extreme Networks, +1-206-264-8220, extreme@barokas.com

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

Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit Accelerates Productivity and Programmable System Integration for FPGA-Based Soft Processor Systems

Accelerates Design Productivity for Broadcast, Aerospace & Defense (A&D), Industrial, and Medical Applications Using Xilinx's Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the Kintex(TM)-7 FPGA Embedded Kit, providing a ready-to-use development platform for system designers to quickly and easily implement programmable system integration for applications where the processor needs to control different data streams, such as in video and Ethernet switching, motor control, and medical imaging. As a Xilinx® 7 series FPGA, Kintex-7 devices  offer the flexibility to support changing standards, parallel processing and customizable interfaces with integrated functions like high performance DSP, memory, analog and I/O interfaces, making it easier for designers to embed soft processors to control dataflow and manage a number of interfaces in the system.

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"Designers can reduce development time by using the Kintex-7 FPGA embedded targeted reference design that comes with the kit as a stepping stone for building their customized embedded systems," said Raj Seelam, Xilinx Senior Marketing Manager of Targeted Design Platforms. "The scalable, optimized architecture of Kintex-7 FPGAs allows customers to migrate their designs across Xilinx's 28nm 7 series devices, maximizing design reuse and reducing time to market."

"Kintex-7 FPGAs are a great programmable platform for high performance embedded design," said Davor Kovacec, Xylon CEO. "The new Embedded Kit uses our logiSDHC SD Card controller and logiCVC-ML display controller with associated SW drivers, demonstrating how system designers can rapidly design HD video processing systems at 1080p60 video resolutions or higher."

Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit

Equipped with a combination of silicon, tools, IP cores, and MicroBlaze(TM) soft processor-based reference designs, both software and hardware developers alike can work on their designs in parallel. The kit has all the components needed for designers to get started, including:

    --  KC705 baseboard with Kintex-7 325T FPGA;
    --  Embedded Targeted Reference Design;
    --  ISE® Design Suite Embedded Edition (including Xilinx Platform Studio
        and Xilinx Software Development Kit);
    --  USB, Ethernet, HDMI(TM) and power cables/supply;
    --  AMS evaluation card
Pricing and Availability

The Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit is priced at $1895 and is open for order entry. For more information or to download the Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Targeted Reference Design, please visit http://www.xilinx.com/k7embkit. Customers can also contact their local Xilinx sales representative.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the world's leading provider of All Programmable technologies and devices, going beyond traditional programmable logic to enable both hardware and software programmability, integrate both digital and analog mixed-signal functions, and allow new levels of programmable interconnect in both monolithic and multi-die 3D ICs. The company's products are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com.

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    408-879-4631
    Bruce.Fienberg@xilinx.com
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NTT Communications Announce VPLS Services to Underpin Cloud Strategy

LONDON, May 24, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    NTT Communications, part of the NTT Group, one of the largest telecommunications
companies in the world, today announces additional Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) for
customers in Europe.

    NTT Communications' VPLS service will provide next generation layer 2 Ethernet
capabilities in 30 countries across Europe, backed by 24x7 customer support, customer
portal access and leading SLA.

    This gives customers:

   
    - Multipoint, multi-site to multi-site connectivity with extensive EU
      footprint
    - Cost effective networking solutions for enterprises
    - NTT Communications recently won Telemark's prestigious award for World Class
      Customer Satisfaction [http://www.eu.ntt.com/en/about-us/awards-recognitions.html ].
      This is the fourth year in a row that NTT has won the award

    The services have recently been purchased by Xing [http://www.xing.com ], the
professional business network with more than 12 million members worldwide. Holger Buerger,
Director Site Operations at XING, chose NTT Communications because "With high demands on
bandwidth and reliability to connect our offices and data centers we needed a pan-European
network providing excellent round trip times. The network is such a fundamental component
that we had to get that right. NTT Communications were very flexible and helpful to us in
their approach and we hope to work with them long term"

    John Hammond, VP Business Network Services at NTT Europe, said "This platform
underpins our strategy to virtualise the network infrastructure layer and add valuable
services over the coming years as NTT Communications moves towards its Cloud Vision."

    About NTT Communications Corporation

    NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to
optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises.
These offerings are backed by the company's worldwide infrastructure, including IPv4/IPv6
Global Tier-1 IP Network, Arcstar Universal One(TM) VPN network reaching over 150
countries, and over 120 secure data centers. NTT Communications' solutions leverage the
global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.

    Further information: http://www.eu.ntt.com | http://www.twitter.com/ntt_europe
| http://www.facebook.com/nttcomtv

   
    For further information, please contact:
    Emma Crowe
    Marketing Communications Manager - EMEA
    NTT Communications
    Emma.crowe@ntt.eu
    +44-7581-315-241

Source: NTT Communications

YourTango Launches "Love-o-Matic," The Love Fact Generator

Did You Know:

72% of women have considered leaving their marriage

33% of one-night stands turn into relationships

60% of married men have been unfaithful

Get More Irresistible Facts...

NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- YourTango.com, the digital leader in love and relationships, has launched Love-o-Matic, an addictive new app that lets users access hundreds of juicy, fascinating facts about love, dating, marriage, breakups, sex, infidelity and more.

Love-o-Matic offers an array of unexpected, informative and entertaining data. Just a sample of featured Love-o-Matic facts:

    --  Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states.
    --  The average single person goes on 100 dates before getting married.
    --  Strippers who are ovulating make more in lap-dance tips than those who
        aren't.
    --  Men who kiss their wives in the morning, on average, live five years
        longer than men who don't.
    --  Couples who don't have a TV in the bedroom have 50 percent more sex than
        couples who watch the tube in bed.
    --  50% of men would break up with a woman if she gained a lot of weight.
    --  Nearly 75% of Americans have fantasized about group sex.
    --  22% of women ages 30 to 44 make more money than their husbands.
    --  The average man's ideal woman is 60 pounds lighter than he is.
    --  Only 3% of arranged marriages end in divorce.
    --  Beer lovers are 60% more likely to sleep with someone they just met.
    --  The average affair lasts two to four years.
    --  Married men who help with housework have sex more often than husbands
        who don't help out around the house.
    --  One in five long-term relationships starts while one or both partners is
        involved with somebody else.
"We have discovered that most people cannot help but compare themselves with others -- especially in the incredibly private, personal realm of love and relationships," states YourTango Founder & CEO Andrea Miller. "Our goal is to give users a fun way to see how they stack up, along with a bunch of spicy tidbits in an entertaining, clickable app."

About YourTango:

YourTango.com is the digital leader in love and relationships. With a mission to help users live their best love lives, YourTango offers award-winning content, community, tools, and connections to relationships experts to over 3.3mm unique visitors per month.

SOURCE  YourTango.com

YourTango.com

CONTACT: Genevieve Lill, +1-917-843-0947, Genevieve@yourtango.com

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

Bharti and Qualcomm announce partnership for 4G

- Bharti acquires 49% interest in Qualcomm AP's India BWA entities

- Partnership to roll-out state-of-the-art 4G networks on LTE TDD technology in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala

- Bharti establishes broadband footprint across India

NEW DELHI and SAN DIEGO, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bharti Airtel Limited ("Bharti"), a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM; "Qualcomm"), the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies, today announced that they have signed an agreement for Bharti to acquire an interest in Qualcomm Asia Pacific's (Qualcomm AP) Indian BWA entities.

Under the agreement, Bharti has made an initial investment of approximately USD 165 million to acquire 49 percent interest in Qualcomm AP's India entities that hold BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala - partly by way of acquisition of 26 percent equity interest equally held by Global Holding Corporation Private Limited and Tulip Telecom Limited, and the balance by way of subscription of fresh equity in those entities. The agreement contemplates that once commercial operations are launched, subject to certain terms and conditions, Bharti would assume complete ownership and financial responsibility for the BWA entities by the end of 2014.

Bharti already has BWA licenses in four circles - Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra - and 3G licenses in thirteen circles in India. With this agreement, Bharti has secured a nation-wide broadband leadership through a combination of 4G and 3G, with its own networks in 18 circles. Bharti has already taken the lead in LTE TDD space by launching 4G services in Kolkata and Karnataka Circles.

Commenting on the partnership Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Airtel said, "We are delighted to partner with Qualcomm, who shares our commitment to the Government's agenda of broadband for all. This partnership will combine the strength of Bharti's national telecom footprint and Qualcomm's technological leadership in the LTE TDD space. With a broadband ready network across India, Bharti is well positioned to lead the next phase of Indian's telecom revolution."

"One of our key objectives has been to include a strong partner in the Indian venture with the scale, experience and resources to deploy LTE TDD networks. We are pleased to have Bharti's participation and support in this effort," said Dr Paul E Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm.  "GHC and Tulip have been great partners in facilitating this transaction. Qualcomm remains dedicated to the continued progress and success of the BWA venture and to fulfilling our commitment as a key equity stakeholder."

Qualcomm expects to provide technical assistance to Bharti in connection with network architecture and optimization, infrastructure and device testing, as well as continuing to develop and support the underlying technology and the LTE TDD ecosystem.

About Bharti Airtel Limited

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G services, fixed line, high speed broadband through DSL, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G mobile services. Bharti Airtel had over 253 million customers across its operations at the end of April 2012. To know more please visit, http://www.airtel.com

About Qualcomm 

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the companies' investments, ownership and debt in the LTE entities, Qualcomm's dedication to the LTE venture, and Qualcomm's expected assistance and support to Bharti and the underlying technology and ecosystem. Actual results may differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, including but not limited to risks associated with the commercial deployment of, and demand for, Qualcomm's technologies; the risk that the terms and conditions that need to be met in order for Bharti to assume complete ownership and responsibility for the BWA entities are not met in a timely or satisfactory manner; the uncertainty of global economic conditions and their potential impact on demand for Qualcomm products; competition; currency fluctuations; and adverse government regulations or rulings.  These and other risks are detailed from time to time in Qualcomm's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 25, 2011, and most recent Form 10-Q, which are available on its website at http://www.qualcomm.com.  Qualcomm undertakes no obligation to update, or continue to provide information with respect to, any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For further information

    Bharti Corporate Communications  Qualcomm
    -------------------------------  --------
    Raza Khan:  +91 98713 91881      Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
    raza.khan@bharti.in              Phone:  1-858-845-5959
                                     Email:  corpcomm@qualcomm.com
    Ashutosh Sharma: +91 98187 63772
    ashutosh.s@bharti.in             Warren Kneeshaw, Investor Relations
                                     Phone:  1-858-658-4813
    Prem Subedi: +91 98108 68873     Email:  ir@qualcomm.com
    prem.subedi@bharti.in
                                     Monalisa Sahoo, Qualcomm India
                                     Phone:  91-22-6704-1434
                                     Email:  msahoo@qualcomm.com

    ---

SOURCE  Qualcomm Incorporated; Bharti Airtel Limited

Qualcomm Incorporated; Bharti Airtel Limited

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

As the Class of 2012 Leaves Campus Life, Apartments.com and CareerBuilder Reveal the "Top 15 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates"

Washington DC Claims Top Spot in Fifth Annual List

CHICAGO, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With statistics showing that more than one million bachelor's degrees are conferred each year,* eager grads of the class of 2012 emerging from colleges across the country this spring are being faced by some real-life changing decisions--where to work and where to live. While more than half of employers (54 percent) surveyed by CareerBuilder reported they plan to hire recent college grads in 2012, up from 46 percent last year, the competition for jobs is still stiff in this recovering economy. The current job situation combined with the lowest apartment vacancy rates in recent history and increasing rents nationwide make it more important for recent grads to evaluate their prospective career and living opportunities on a holistic level. For the fifth year, Apartments.com and CareerBuilder have compiled the "Top 15 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates" list to identify those cities that offer the best overall opportunity. 

Recent grads, and in fact many people today, are willing to relocate for work as evidenced in a recent Apartments.com survey where respondents said relocating for employment opportunities was the number one reason they were planning to move in 2012. However, in today's tight rental market the cost of living needs to be an integral part of the decision equation.

"When starting out, it can be tempting to focus on only one aspect of a city," said Tammy Kotula, public relations and promotions manager for Apartments.com. "However, it's important to carefully evaluate a variety of options before choosing where to settle down. The first step should be identifying cities that offer the most professional opportunities while affording you a lifestyle you can enjoy. If you relocate to an area of the country with high apartment occupancy, you may find yourself paying more in rent in response to a competitive market. However, if this same city offers a wealth of opportunities for your career, you may find it's something that evens out. It is tough decisions like this that have motivated the teams at Apartments.com and CareerBuilder to collaborate and generate this list that measures job opportunity, average salary and rent." 

Even after graduation, savvy grads find they still have some homework to do to identify the cities that afford them the best opportunity for employment, the best place to live and the best quality of life as a young professional.

"While the competition remains tough, job prospects for recent college graduates have improved this year," said Michael Erwin, director of Corporate Communications for CareerBuilder. "Job listings on CareerBuilder are up across industries and company sizes. The key is pinpointing those markets that not only have the greatest demand for your skill sets, but match areas of interest."

The Apartments.com and CareerBuilder "Top 15 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates" list is a resource that helps identify the best places in the country for newly minted grads to begin their new lives, taking into account employment opportunities, salary and rent for a one bedroom apartment. Apartments.com and CareerBuilder, backed by their expertise as two leading national online resources for apartments and jobs, present the 2012 "Top 15 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates" list along with average rent for a one bedroom apartment:

      Top 15 Best  Cities for Recent
                  College               Average Rent for 1 Bedroom
                Graduates                        Apartment
                ---------                        ---------
    1.     Washington DC                                     $1,696
    --------------------                                     ------
    2.     New York                                          $1,789
    ---------------                                          ------
    3.     Boston                                            $1,814
    -------------                                            ------
    4.     Minneapolis                                         $974
    ------------------                                         ----
    5.     Dallas                                              $912
    -------------                                              ----
    6.     Atlanta                                             $855
    --------------                                             ----
    7.     Chicago                                           $1,224
    --------------                                           ------
    8.     Houston                                             $910
    --------------                                             ----
    9.     Philadelphia                                      $1,070
    -------------------                                      ------
    10.  Baltimore                                           $1,235
    --------------                                           ------
    11.  Denver                                              $1,089
    -----------                                              ------
    12.  Salt Lake City                                        $772
    -------------------                                        ----
    13.  San Francisco                                       $1,653
    ------------------                                       ------
    14.  Seattle                                             $1,199
    ------------                                             ------
    15.  Oklahoma City, OK                                     $676
    ----------------------                                     ----
The Apartments.com and CareerBuilder "Top 15 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates" list was culled from US cities in the top 100 Designated Market Areas based on the inventory of entry level jobs from CareerBuilder and CareerRookie (January-April 2012), average entry level salary (CareerBuilder April 2012) and the average rent for a one bedroom apartment (rents from Apartments.com April 2012). Inventory of entry level jobs was weighted heaviest as that is of most importance to recent graduates, alongside unemployment as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (March 2012), eliminating markets where the average rate of unemployment was above 10 percent.

About CareerBuilder
CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract their most important asset - their people. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com®, is the largest in the United States with more than 24 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 40 million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world's top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis to recruitment support. More than 9,000 websites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder's proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company and The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com.

About Apartments.com
Apartments.com (http://www.apartments.com) is a leading national apartment Internet listing subscription service with more than 50,000 unique addresses representing millions of rental units from managed properties, newspaper classifieds and for-rent-by-owner properties. By incorporating the most relevant products to reach renters including personalized searches and highly visual ads featuring live chat, real-time rent, online video walk-through demonstrations, professional photography, a mobile website and iPhone and Android app, Apartments.com creates easy access to its listings. Providing unmatched exposure to its advertisers through an intuitive name, strategic search engine placements, featured partnerships including Yahoo! Real Estate, Univision and more than 120 newspaper websites and innovative emerging media, Apartments.com reaches millions of renters nationwide, driving both qualified traffic and highly-engaged renters to leasing offices nationwide. Apartments.com is a division of Chicago-based Classified Ventures, LLC. The Apartments.com network of apartment rental websites includes Apartment Home Living (http://www.apartmenthomeliving.com), a leading social media apartment website distinguished by a "live for fun" community experience, proprietary lifestyle matching and local living guides to help renters find their perfect place to live.

*SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2011) Digest of Education Statistics, 2010 (NCES 2010-015),Chapter 3.

SOURCE  Apartments.com

Apartments.com

CONTACT: Brittney Theriault, +1-847-582-1610, brittney@salmonborre.com

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

Audi Finland ja GameBook tuovat Golf 2.0:n Suomeen

ESPOO, Finland, May 24, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    - Ennennäkemättömän laaja kansallinen golf-kisa käynnistyy

    Audi Finland ja GameBook tarjoavat Suomen golfareille peli-iloa koko kesäksi ja
haastavat mukaan syyskuuhun saakka kestävään kilpailuun. Ensimmäistä kertaa
Suomi-golfin historiassa kilpaillaan näin kattavasti kansallisella tasolla. Kisan tekee
ainutlaatuiseksi terävin suomalainen mobiiliteknologia yhdistettynä golfin perinteiseen
yhteisöllisyyteen. GameBookin kehittämä golfareille suunniteltu yhteisöpalvelu tuo
pelaajat yhteen ja mahdollistaa aivan uudenlaisen golfkokemuksen. Mukana kisaamassa on
myös useita nimekkäitä golfareita ja golfin ystäviä Mikko Ilosesta Teemu
Selänteeseen.

    Viime vuonna Suomen ylivoimaisesti suurin golfkilpailu Audi Super Saturday keräsi
huimat yli 26 000 osallistujaa. Tälle vuodelle Audi Finland ja GameBook ovat yhdessä
kehittäneet vieläkin laajemman ja mielenkiintoisemman kilpailun, Audi 24/7 Golf
Challengen. Kilpailussa kaikki Suomen golfaajat voivat pelata ja kisata yhdessä - se
sopii kaikentasoisille pelaajille, työ- ja kaveriporukoille ympäri maata. Audi 24/7 Golf
Challenge -kilpailussa on 16 erillistä viikon mittaista kisaa ja se alkaa toukokuun 28.
päivänä jatkuen aina syyskuun 16. päivään asti. Kilpailussa ei mitata aina
paremmuutta ja palkita huippusuorituksia vaan palkinnon voi saada esimerkiksi
kierroksesta, jonka aikana tuli paljon seiskoja.

    GameBookin ilmaisen käytön suomalaisille tarjoavan Audi Finlandin johtaja Petri
Aarnio innostui konseptista jo viime kesänä ja jatkaa innolla GameBook-yhteistyötä.
"GameBookin sosiaalinen mobiilisovellus tarjoaa uniikin tavan tavoittaa pelaajat ja
kohdentaa heille sopivia viestejä. Kuulin GameBookin perustajilta Friends, Family, Fun
-teemasta ja huomasin sen sopivan loistavasti siihen mitä Audi brändinä haluaa
edistää. Haluamme olla edelläkävijä ja tarjota kaikille Suomen golfareille jotakin
uutta, entistä sosiaalisemman pelikokemuksen.", hän kertoo.

    Mukana kisaamassa ovat myös GameBookin kehittäjät ja nimekäs taustajoukko: Kalle
Väinölä, Mikko Manerus, Mikko Ilonen, Teemu Selänne ja Anssi Vanjoki.

    -"Kukapa ei haluaisi nauttia pelistä enemmän ja ottaa ilon irti siitä, että
GameBook laskee automaattisesti eri pelimuotojen tulokset ja vedot. Olen kilpailuhenkinen,
mutta itse pelaamisen lisäksi minua kiinnostaa myös oman kehittymisen seuraaminen ja
kavereiden kannustaminen. Heitän usein tsemppauskommentteja toisella puolella maata tai
maailmaa pelaavan kaverin peliin", kuvaa GameBook-käyttöään golfiin hurahtanut Stanley
Cup -voittaja, jääkiekkoilija Teemu Selänne.

    -"Bisneksen puolella keskustellaan paljon tiedon jakamisesta ja yhteisöllisyyden
merkityksestä kehitykselle. Miksei samaa toimintatapaa hyödynnettäisi
golfharrastuksessa? Se on aitoa Golf 2.0:aa", heittää monitoimija Anssi Vanjoki.

    Golfareiden oma Facebook

    Suomen tunnetuimpien golf-ammattilaisten joukkoon kuuluvien Kalle Väinölän ja Mikko
Maneruksen ideasta ponnistanut GameBook(R)-palvelu yhdistää golfin yhteisöllisyyden ja
uusimman mobiiliteknologian ennennäkemättömällä tavalla. PGA of America nosti vuoden
2012 teemakseen "Friends, Family, Fun" - ja juuri tästä GameBookissakin on kyse.

    -"Golfiin olennaisesti kuuluva yhteisöllisyys sekä kentällä että klubilla saa
ansaitsemansa digitaalisen ja sosiaalisen ulottuvuuden. Voisi sanoa, että Golf 2.0 tuli
Suomen kesään", kertoo Kalle Väinölä. "Yhdistimme uusimman mobiiliteknologian ja
yhteisöllisen toimintatavan - golfkentällä ja sen ulkopuolella. GameBookin kehittämä
mobiiliteknologia ja golfareille suunniteltu yhteisöpalvelu tuovat pelaajat yhteen ja
mahdollistavat aivan uudenlaisen golfkokemuksen", jatkaa Väinölä.

    Palveluun kuuluu ilmainen mobiilisovellus sekä golfareiden oma Clubhouse-yhteisö,
joka linkittyy suoraan Facebookiin. Sen kautta pelitilastot, tunnelmat ja kuvat voi
helposti jakaa pelikavereilleen. Samalla oma pelihistoria tallentuu palveluun
vertailtavaksi muiden kanssa.

    -"Ammattilaisten pelejä on totuttu seuraamaan suorana. Nyt jokaisella on mahdollisuus
kerätä oma kaveriporukka ja nauttia vihdoinkin samanlaisesta palvelusta omalla
golfkierroksella. Samalla kertyy peliä kehittävää statistiikkaa ja osallistuu Audin
sponsoroimaan kisaan. Oman pelihistorian tallentuminen analysoitavaksi on loistotyökalu
ei vain meille ammattilaisille vaan ihan jokaiselle pelaajalle. Omat kehitysalueet on
helppo tunnistaa, ja onhan se mukava paukutella henkseleitä omista onnistumisistaan",
lataa toinen palvelun perustajista Mikko "Mane" Manerus.

    GameBookin avulla pelaajilla on mahdollista nauttia golfista ennennäkemättömällä
tavalla sekä kentällä että kentän ulkopuolella. GameBook(R) nostaa peli-ilon,
kilpailemisen, kannustamisen ja oman kehittymisen seuraamisen uudelle tasolle.

    Koe golf aivan uudella tavalla:

    Golf GameBook - kentän ulkopuolella Seuraa pelaavien ystäviesi reaaliaikaisia
leaderboardeja & viestittele heille Push- ilmoitukset kavereiden suorituksista kentällä*
Tuloksesi, tilastosi, kuvat ja viestittelyhistoriasi automaattisesti yhdessä paikassa
profiilissasi Seuraa ja vertaa tilastojasi Kutsu ystäviä

    Golf GameBook - kentällä Helppo tuloskortti Kaikki suositut pelimuodot
Erikoiskilpailut ja panokset Reaaliaikainen leaderboard & viestittely ryhmien ja ystävien
kanssa Jaa tulokset Facebookissa* Sisäänrakennettu kamera*

    * Pian myös Android-versiossa.

    Golf GameBook iPhone- ja Android-sovellus, sekä verkossa toimiva GameBook Clubhouse
(http://www.golfgamebook.com), ovat ilmaisia. GameBook on GameBook Oy:n rekisteröity
tavaramerkki

   
    Lisätietoja Audi 24/7 Golf Challengesta ja GameBook-palvelusta:

    Kalle Väinölä, toimitusjohtaja, perustaja, GameBook Oy
    Puhelin +358-400-955-955 | kalle@golfgamebook.com
    http://www.golfgamebook.com
    GameBook profile http://www.golfgamebook.com/club/player/Kalle

    Audi 24/7 Golf Challenge lisätietoa ja säännöt löytyvät osoitteesta:
http://www.golfgamebook.com/press

    Seuraa Golf GameBookia: Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/golfgamebook ] | Twitter
[https://twitter.com/GolfGameBook ] | YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm6u9zfiMuc
]

Source: GameBook OY

UMC Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for Fab 12A Phase 5 & 6

New generation of 300mm fab serves as UMC's next growth engine

TAINAN, Taiwan, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 300mm Fab 12A Phase 5 & 6 (P5 & P6) at its Tainan, Taiwan fab complex. The expansion begins UMC's new generation of 300mm manufacturing that will extend 28nm production and establish a solid foundation for 20nm and beyond to meet customers' high-end demand, thus ushering in the company's next era of growth.

Stan Hung, Chairman of UMC, said, "UMC remains optimistic about the long-term outlook of the semiconductor and foundry industries. However, with increasing industry volatility, a clearly defined business strategy is needed in order to take full advantage of upcoming market opportunities. We stay firm to our 'Customer-Driven Foundry Solutions' approach that is constituted on the classical foundry model and open ecosystem approach. This commitment enables true synergies between UMC, customers, and ecosystem partners. Based on this philosophy, we will continue to invest timely capex according to our key position in the supply chain so that customers, partners and UMC may prosper together. Cumulative capex for UMC's Fab 12A phases 1-4 is projected to reach US$ 8 billion, with P5 & P6 to add nearly US$ 8 billion more. There are further plans for P7 & P8. This balanced capacity expansion demonstrates UMC's determination to maintain self-sustainable growth."

Dr. Shih-Wei Sun, CEO of UMC, said, "This past decade, UMC's 300mm fabs in Taiwan and Singapore helped UMC strengthen our position as a first-tier foundry provider. Our internal R&D efforts continue to prove successful with the development of progressive advanced technologies. 28nm Poly SiON is now ramping mobile communication and computing products, 28nm Gate-Last HK/MG is set to start pilot production of flagship products in 2H this year, and 20nm HK-Last HK/MG and 14nm FinFET are advancing smoothly. UMC also cooperates closely with customers on 300mm specialty technologies such as HV, embedded non-volatile memory, BSI CMOS image sensor, 2.5D interposer, and 3D IC TSV to provide a truly comprehensive, leading foundry technology platform. We believe that supply chain collaboration will become increasingly important to address dynamic market requirements while minimizing risk. The P5-P8 fab complex will be characterized by close partnerships with customers and vendors to align with their technology roadmaps, enabling customers to introduce their future products while propelling UMC growth. Going forward, UMC's 'customer-driven foundry solution' approach will ensure UMC's sustained competitiveness, profitability, and ROE improvement for years to come."

UMC has operated in the Tainan Science Park since November 1999, when Fab 12A was established as Taiwan's first 300mm fab. The state-of-the-art P5 & P6 will provide advanced 28nm, 20nm, and 14nm capacity, and is scheduled for equipment move-in during the second half of 2013. Total cleanroom area is 53,000m2, about the size of 10 American football fields. P5 & P6 are planned to create 2,600 jobs and to contribute 50K wafers per month, bringing total monthly design capacity for Fab 12A to 130K wafers. With the planned P7 & P8, the eight phase fab complex will have a total design capacity of 180K wafers per month. UMC continues to expand in the Tainan Science Park to fulfill its commitment to "invest in Taiwan as a base for establishing a global presence."

About UMC

UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry that provides advanced technology and manufacturing services for applications spanning every major sector of the IC industry. UMC's customer-driven foundry solutions allow chip designers to leverage the strength of the company's leading-edge processes, which include production proven 65nm, 45/40nm, mixed signal/RFCMOS, and a wide range of specialty technologies. Production is supported through 10 wafer manufacturing facilities that include two advanced 300mm fabs; Fab 12A in Taiwan and Singapore-based Fab 12i are both in volume production for a variety of customer products. The company employs approximately 14,000 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.

Note From UMC Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in the foregoing announcement are forward looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities laws, including statements about future outsourcing, wafer capacity, technologies, business relationships and market conditions. Investors are cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially from these statements as a result of a variety of factors, including conditions in the overall semiconductor market and economy; acceptance and demand for products from UMC; and technological and development risks. Further information concerning these risks is included in UMC's filings with the U.S. SEC, including on Form F-1, F-3, F-6 and 20-F, each as amended.

Editorial Contacts:

UMC
Richard Yu
+886-2-2658-9168 ext. 16951
richard_yu@umc.com

SOURCE  United Microelectronics Corporation

United Microelectronics Corporation

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

Changyou.com Began Open Beta Testing of "Tao Yuan" on May 24, 2012

BEIJING, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, today announced that it began open beta testing of Tao Yuan, an inhouse-developed 3D turn-based martial-arts massively multi-player online role-playing game ("MMORPG") on May 24, 2012.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090402/CNTH020 )

Adapted from legendary stories of heroes in the Three Kingdoms period in China, Tao Yuan is a turn-based game developed using the Unreal3 game engine. In the game, players strategically position fighting characters on a 3x5 grid and take turns to attack and defend. Unlike typical turn-based games, turns are determined by an "active time battle" system that adds a time-keeping meter for each character during combats. When the meter is full, players are given an opportunity to attack or defend their characters, but must respond swiftly or else their turn expires. This combination of a 3x5 grid and an "active time battle" system makes gameplay more challenging and exciting as it tests players' responsiveness, skills and ability to strategize within a short-time frame. In addition, players can choose from a total of 17 occupations and can interchange between occupations freely in the game. In full screen mode, the game features beautifully rendered 3D characters and landscapes.

Mr. Dewen Chen, Changyou's president and chief operations officer, commented, "We continue to grow our portfolio of MMO games with the launch of our new inhouse-developed game, Tao Yuan. The game adds new variations to gameplay that is not typically found in traditional turn-based games. We expect the game to attract new audiences and draw in more players of turn-based games that will help to grow and diversify our user base."

About Changyou

Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) is a leading developer and operator of online games in China with a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular massively multi-player online ("MMO") games in China, and DDTank, one of the top-ranking Web-based games in China. Changyou also owns and operates the 17173.com Website, a leading game information portal in China. Changyou began operations as a business unit within Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) in 2003, and was carved out as a separate, stand-alone company in December 2007. It completed an initial public offering on April 7, 2009. Changyou has an advanced technology platform that includes advanced 2.5D and 3D graphics engines, a uniform game development platform, effective anti-cheating and anti-hacking technologies, proprietary cross-networking technology and advanced data protection technology. For more information about Changyou, please visit http://www.changyou.com/en/. 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Ms. Angie Chang
Investors Relations
Changyou.com Limited
Tel: +86 (10) 6861-3688
E-mail: ir@cyou-inc.com

In the United States:

Mr. Jeff Bloker
Christensen
Tel: +1 (480) 614-3003
E-mail: jbloker@ChristensenIR.com

SOURCE  Changyou.com Limited

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090402/CNTH020
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Changyou.com Limited

Web Site: http://www.changyou.com/en

NTT Com to Invest in DTSI, Leading Services Provider to IT-BPO Industry in Philippines

TOKYO and MANILA, Philippines, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on May 24 that it has reached a basic agreement on a capital tie-up with the Diversified Technology Solutions International (DTSI) Group under which NTT Com will acquire a 50.1% stake in Freedom Resources Holdings Corporation, the holding company of the DTSI Group.

DTSI Group has a strong track record in building systems and providing services for IT-BPO operators, accounting for 60% of all seats in contact centers currently operating in the Philippines. Also, Anthem, Inc., a DTSI Group company, is forecasting high growth for its business of building and leasing contact center platforms to companies looking to start up IT-BPO businesses in the Philippines.

Through the tie-up, NTT Com expects to strengthen its contact center capabilities in the Philippines by creating operational synergies with DTSI Group, including by leveraging their respective customer bases.

BPO sales revenues in the Philippines increased 24% from the year earlier to US$11 billion 2011, accounting for 5% of the nation's GDP. The contact center industry was particularly vibrant, generating revenues of $7.4 billion, the highest revenue of any country in the world, surpassing even India. The Philippines is also becoming a center for global shared services in the banking, insurance, energy, engineering, and other industries.

Global companies have been increasingly attracted to the Philippines' abundance of fluent English speakers and incentives offered by the government.

About the DTSI Group
The DTSI Group is a trusted partner of Fortune 1000 firms, delivering innovative communications services, state-of-the-art business facilities, and game-changing technology services that create value for customers. The Group has evolved over 15 years to capitalize on fast-changing communications infrastructure, innovations in facilities design and construction, and emerging technologies that provide new ways to build relationships with suppliers and customers.

    Main companies:       Diversified Technology Solutions
                          International (DTSI) Group

                          A leading global systems integrator that
                          designs, builds, deploys and manages end-
                          to-end business communications systems,
                          information technology services and hosted,
                          managed and premise-based contact center
                          services.

                         Anthem

                          Providing managed information technology and
                          managed facilities and hosted communications
                          services to enterprises, contact centers and
                          BPO companies.

    Head office:          39/F, PBCOM Tower, 6795 Ayala Avenue, Makati
                          City
                         1228, Philippines
    Established:         1997 (DTSI Group)

    President & CEO:     Miguel C. Garcia
    Group locations:      Philippines (Manila and Cebu) and U.S. (Los
                          Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and
                          Chicago)
    Group employees:     About 200
    Consolidated sales:   About 3.9 billion yen (fiscal year ended
                          December 2011)
    Further information: http://www.dtsigroup.com
About NTT Communications Corporation
Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html

    Further information:          http://www.twitter.com/nttcom
                                  http://www.facebook.com/nttcomtv
SOURCE  NTT Communications Corporation; Diversified Technology Solutions International Group

NTT Communications Corporation; Diversified Technology Solutions International Group

CONTACT: NTT Communications Corporation: Tomohiko Kano or Ken Araki, Corporate Planning, Tel: +81-3-6700-4601, Email: global-cp@ntt.com; Philippines Media Contact: Kate Jaimmie Islan, Media Relations Associate, TeamAsia, Tel: +63-2-757-3500 loc 334, Mobile: +63-917-881-3723, Email: kmislan@teamasia.com

Web Site: http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html

Over 15 Million Users Register for FC2ID

LAS VEGAS, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- FC2, Inc. (http://fc2.com/) has announced that the number of users who have registered for an FC2ID, which allows users to use a variety of web services provided by the company from a single account, reached 15 million in May 2012, since the inception of FC2ID's in February 2005.

(Logo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2009/12/03/20091203591671.jpg )

What is an FC2ID?

FC2ID is an account which allows users to use a great number of FC2, Inc. web services including FC2 Blog and FC2 Video with a single ID.

Since its beginning 7 years and 3 months ago, FC2ID accounts are now available in 12 languages (Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Thai, French, Spanish, German, Indonesian, Portuguese and Russian) and have reached a total of 15 million registered users.

Certain key services such as FC2 Blog and FC2 Video etc. have experienced a steady stream of registrations, and with the multilingualization of such services in 2008 into languages besides the original Japanese, the ratio of registering users from outside Japan continues to grow.

FC2 Site Data

Total Page Views: App. 11 Billion / Month
(Surveyed by FC2, Inc., May 2012)

About FC2, Inc.

FC2, Inc. is a global company that produces a variety of web services. Beginning with Japanese, these services are also made available in multiple languages. The company is based in Nevada, USA, and was established in 1999. FC2 is continually working towards improving its services for users.

FC2, Inc.
Current Address: 101 Convention Center Dr.Suite 700 Las Vegas, NV 89109

URL: http://fc2.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/fc2staff

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blog.fc2

Contact:

Takuma Kishi
Tel: +1-310-414-9626
Email: global@fc2.us

SOURCE  FC2, Inc.

FC2, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2009/12/03/20091203591671.jpg

Musculoskeletal Network Reports from American Pain Society Meeting

NORWALK, Conn., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US today announced that Musculoskeletal Network, an online resource for unique and efficient updates on management of musculoskeletal disorders, now provides research highlights from the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS) held in Honolulu.

More than 1.5 billion persons worldwide experience chronic pain, according to the APS. In the United States, chronic pain costs up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. APS meeting highlights include the following:

    --  Current models of US health care delivery offer both obstacles to and
        opportunities for achieving quality and effectiveness in pain-related
        care. With health care system reforms anticipated, chronic pain needs to
        be addressed.
    --  Training the brain to reduce pain is a promising approach to treating
        patients with complex regional pain syndrome and phantom limb pain.
    --  Migraine is a neurological rather than a vascular disorder. Acute and
        preventive treatments being developed target both the peripheral nervous
        system and the CNS.
    --  NGX-1998, a novel liquid formulation of high concentration capsaicin,
        provides pain relief for peripheral neuropathic pain associated with
        postherpetic neuralgia.
About UBM Medica US

Addressing today's healthcare information needs, UBM Medica US, delivers strategic, integrated communications solutions and comprehensive reach--online, in print, and via custom programs. Improving the effectiveness of healthcare through information and education, UBM Medica US provides unbiased clinical, practical, and business information for physicians, providers, payers, and patients around the world. Through journals, magazines, websites, online communities, drug databases, digital events, and other valuable resources, UBM Medica US also delivers comprehensive communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries. Websites include CancerNetwork.com, ConsultantLive.com, DiagnosticImaging.com, MusculoskeletalNetwork.com, OBGYN.net, PhysiciansPractice.com, PsychiatricTimes.com and SearchMedica.com. UBM Medica US is part of UBM Connect - which provides marketing services across a number of communities, the largest of which are healthcare, medical device design and advanced manufacturing. UBM Connect also includes UBM Studios, the global leader in interactive digital environments. UBM Connect is a UBM plc company. For more information, visit http://mediakit.ubmmedica.com

Media contact:
Jason J. Golden

Content Marketing Manager

203-523-7040
jason.golden@ubm.com

SOURCE  UBM Medica US

UBM Medica US

Travelers Encouraged to Use 511 During Dumbarton Bridge Closure

OAKLAND, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Travelers affected by the closure of the Dumbarton Bridge this Memorial Day weekend can plan ahead by using the tools and services offered by 511. As the Bay Area's traveler information service, 511 offers real-time traffic information, transit trip planning tools, and bicycling resources. 

All lanes in both directions of the Dumbarton Bridge are scheduled to be closed starting Friday, May 25, at 10 p.m. until Tuesday, May 29, at 5 a.m. to complete a major element of a seismic retrofit project.

During the Dumbarton Bridge closure, 511 is featuring a special page with updates about the bridge closure status, a detailed map of detours, and information on transit service available during the closure. Commuters can access the page by visiting http://511.org/dumbartonbridge/DumbartonBrClosureMay2012.

While the bridge is closed, commuters are encouraged to take public transit or alternate driving routes. Motorists should allow extra time for travel and use detour routes, including Route 237 and Highway 92 via the San Mateo Bridge. For real-time conditions on these routes, call 511 and say "Driving Times." It should be noted that the San Mateo Bridge and the Bay Bridge are not open to bicycles and pedestrians.

"511 features the best local resources to help commuters navigate the Bay Area during incidents and closures," said Adrienne Tissier, chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). "Along with up-to-the-minute traffic information, 511 offers two versions of a transit trip planning tool - an online version for web users and a smartphone app that can be downloaded for Android or iPhone."

The 511 Transit Trip Planner is available at 511.org, or for those using smartphones at m.511.org. For information on how to download the new 511 Transit App for iPhone and Android, visit 511's mobile and apps page.

Commuters can also find current traffic conditions and driving times using 511's interactive Traffic and Driving Times Map, the new 511 Traffic (Beta), or by calling 511 and saying either "traffic conditions" or "driving times" from the main menu.

About 511

511 is a one-stop phone and web source for up-to-the-minute Bay Area traffic, transit, rideshare, bicycling, and parking information. It's free of charge and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere in the nine-county Bay Area. Call 511 or visit 511.org. 511 is managed by a partnership of public agencies led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Department of Transportation.

SOURCE  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

CONTACT: Craig Noble of MTC, +1-510-817-5867, or John Goodwin of MTC, +1-510-817-5862, or Kit Powis of MTC, +1-510-273-3650

Web Site: http://www.mtc.ca.gov

Client-centric Approach Guides New Ciber Brand

Ciber: Client Focused. Results Driven.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Listening to clients is how Ciber begins every consulting engagement, so when it came time to refresh the company's global brand, client interviews is where the effort began. Time and time again, clients said they wanted a trusted partner who understands their business and its needs, is collaborative and flexible in its approach and possesses the skills, resources and follow-through to help them achieve their objectives. The feedback translated into two core concepts: "Client Focused. Results Driven," which became the keystone for Ciber's new global brand, and a description of its go-to-market approach.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120523/LA12752LOGO)

"More than a global branding effort, this change reflects work we've done in the past year to unify and align our global capabilities and refine operations to better serve the clients who entrust us with their vital business strategies and systems," said Ciber CEO Dave Peterschmidt. "It also describes how we engage with clients - with intellectual curiosity - really listening and learning about our clients' businesses, then collaborating with them to develop and implement technology that delivers the targeted results they expect."

Along with a new tagline, Ciber is rolling out a refreshed logo, new corporate marketing materials and significant changes to the company's biggest and most strategic brand vehicle, its corporate website, Ciber.com. The site has enhanced navigation and information that makes it easier for clients and others to find what they are seeking. It also provides a consistent global experience.

Additionally, Ciber and its employees understand that a brand is a promise that a business makes to its clients, and for Ciber's brand to come to life, its actions much match its words.  With the global brand comes a global commitment to deliver business value through exceptional care and to measure success in terms of results - the same way clients do.

"With our brand refresh we are building on our strengths - our people, and our solid, long-term client relationships," said Robin Caputo, vice president of global marketing and corporate communications. "Don't look for the Ciber brand in huge, expensive ads during golf tournaments. Look for it in the day-to-day actions of Ciber people who combine the experience and resources of a leading global consultancy with their personal service and commitment to help businesses get the most from IT investments."

For more information on Ciber, its new brand and its comprehensive portfolio of IT solutions including IT strategy, business intelligence, application development and management, quality assurance and testing, managed services and enterprise systems, visit its website at http://www.ciber.com.

About Ciber, Inc.

Ciber is a client-focused, results-driven IT consulting company.  Its 7,000 consultants provide the business acumen, technical skills and flexibility to help businesses and governments around the globe get the most from technology. Since 1974 Ciber has combined the stability and resources of a large consultancy with the agility and personal touch of a local firm. Ciber trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CBR) and earned approximately $1 billion in annual revenue during 2011. For more information, visit http://www.ciber.com.

SOURCE  Ciber, Inc.

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CONTACT: Jon Lentz, Media Relations of Ciber, Inc., +1-303-220-0100, jlentz@Ciber.com

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