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Raptr Releases Version 1.0, the Ultimate App for Your Gaming Life

For the first time, users can now see when friends are playing, chat, and compare achievements across the PC, Xbox 360, PS3, and social games from single app

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 20 -- Raptr, the free service for gamers that makes it easy to see when friends are playing, chat, and compare achievements, today unveiled Version 1.0 of its service, the first application that brings together gaming friends from all the popular gaming platforms -- Xbox, PS3, PC (Steam and Xfire), and social games -- into one place.  With hundreds of millions of people playing games on a variety of platforms, only Raptr enables users to see when friends are playing on any platform, chat with them live while in-game, and track their gameplay and achievements without having to log-in to multiple services.  No other service enables real-time friend tracking, communication, and discovery among the entire universe of gamers ranging from the most casual player of social games to the most hardcore console gamer.  Raptr is the gamer's ultimate app.  Over a million users participated in the Raptr beta, and Raptr is attracting 15,000-20,000 new users each day.

Highlights of Raptr 1.0 include:

-The ultimate gaming buddy list: Raptr serves as the ultimate gamer's buddy list, the only service in the world to bring your friends from the top gaming platforms together in one interface.  Raptr supports Xbox Live, PSN, Steam, and Xfire; just connect your services to Raptr and you can always know if one of your friends is playing on one of those platforms so you can join them in a game.

- In-game messaging on any IM network and cross-platform: Raptr is also the only service that allows you to chat in-game with your Facebook, AIM, and Yahoo Messenger buddies while playing popular PC games like World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and StarCraft 2.  In addition, Raptr supports Live Messenger, ICQ, Xfire, and Steam chat.

- Dynamically-generated profile based on the games you play: Raptr dynamically creates a single gaming profile for you based on the games you play and the achievements/ trophies you unlock.

Rapid user growth.  Raptr is currently adding over 500,000 new users per month and tracking over 250,000,000 minutes of gameplay per month.

"We learned from our experience with Guitar Hero that it's a lot more fun to play games with friends than alone," said Kai Huang, co-founder of Red Octane and co-creator of Guitar Hero.  "By making gaming more of a social experience, Raptr is doing for all games what Facebook did for social games."

"Over the last two years we have gotten great feedback from our users that has helped us create a service that meets the needs of a more connected gamer who plays games on multiple gaming platforms," said Dennis Fong, Founder and CEO of Raptr.  "With the release of Version 1.0 we hope that gamers will be able to connect with their friends easier and make gaming even more fun for everyone."

  Users can download Raptr for free at http://raptr.com/.

  About Raptr:

Raptr (http://raptr.com/) is a free service for gamers that makes it easy to see when friends are playing, communicate,  and compare achievements with friends in real-time across the PC, Xbox 360, PS3, and social games.  Raptr also allows gaming activity to be shared automatically with friends on popular social media and IM services like Facebook, Twitter, AIM, Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Steam, Xfire, and Facebook Chat.  Raptr is an important partner for the gaming industry, working with a variety of top game companies including Activision, THQ, Sony Online Entertainment, Aeria Games, Frogster, Gala-Net, GamesCampus, Gameforge, GamePro Media, GameSpot, Nexon, NHN, Ntreev, Outspark, and Perfect World.  Raptr is available on multiple platforms, with apps available for the PC and the iPhone in addition to the web at http://raptr.com/.

Raptr was founded in 2007 by Xfire co-founder and world champion gamer Dennis Fong. The company is made up of people who love to play games and has raised over $12 million in funding from investors that include Accel Partners and The Founders Fund.  For more information, please visit http://raptr.com/.

Raptr is a trademark and/or registered trademark of Raptr, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.  PS3 is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.  Steam is a registered trademark of Valve Corporation.  Xfire is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International, Inc.  All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Raptr
   

CONTACT:  Tricia Gray, +1-415-531-5704,
tricia@freeformcommunications.com, for Raptr

Web Site:  http://raptr.com/

Intel Capital and Limelight Networks Make Strategic Investments Into Gaikai

Technology Innovators Join Forces to Bring Cloud Based Game Streaming to the Masses

LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2010--     Gaikai Inc., the innovative cloud-based game streaming service, today
announced Intel Capital and Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW) as investors in
the company.

    "Intel's mind-blowingly fast CPUs have had a profound effect on our
business model, allowing us to stream more games simultaneously while
offering users a premium experience. Having Intel Capital buy into our vision
as much as we buy into their processors makes this a great deal for both
companies," said David Perry, CEO of Gaikai Inc.

    "Partnering with Limelight to leverage their globally distributed,
high-performance platform will help ensure that the fidelity of our
cloud-based gaming service is as graphically rich and responsive as a
traditional console experience," said David Perry, CEO of Gaikai Inc.

    "Innovations in both content delivery technologies and the supporting
data center architectures are transforming the future of gaming by enabling
the distribution of leading edge games on a wide variety of connected devices
to internet users worldwide," said Lisa Lambert, Vice-President, Intel
Capital. "Gaikai's innovative interactive content network positions the
company as a leading player in the emerging area of cloud-based gaming and we
look forward to working with Gaikai to provide new data center capabilities
to support their technologies."

    "We believe Gaikai is well-positioned to help innovative game publishers
capitalize on recent advancements in cloud computing to drive more rapid game
adoption across an expanding universe of game-capable devices. The
hyper-connected gamer will now have even more opportunities to enjoy their
favorite pastime. Limelight Networks is pleased to be serving as a key
strategic enablement partner that is helping Gaikai build their business and
capitalize on this substantial market opportunity," said Jeff Lunsford,
chairman and chief executive officer, Limelight Networks, Inc.

    Gaikai will launch in the summer of 2010, with servers powered by Intel's
Six-Core processors and Intel Solid State Drives, running through the key
nodes of the Limelight network.

    This investment announcement follows the recent announcement of a
partnership deal with Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) which will see a number
of EA's top franchises including The Sims, Mass Effect and Medal of Honor
streamed over Gaikai.

    Gaikai offers the ability to play any game instantly inside the web
browser with just one click, no big game download, no game install and no
patching. This frictionless server-based, cloud-gaming technology is designed
to dramatically increase both reach, and audience participation, while
bringing down acquisition costs dramatically. By playing games remotely from
Gaikai servers around the world, players simply play wherever they are
browsing, removing the need to pay for advertising clicks to move gamers
around on the Internet. This freedom to play anywhere opens up exciting
business models as you can play on any video game retailer site, any news
site, publisher sites, or even inside Facebook.

    About Gaikai Inc.

    Gaikai Inc, the new cloud based streaming service for video games and
applications headed by game industry veteran David Perry, is headquartered in
Southern California and funded by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital,
Rustic Canyon Partners and a fourth mystery investor. The underlying
technology for Gaikai was created by co-founders Andrew Gault and Rui Pereira
who met while working together in The Netherlands. For more information,
please visit: http://www.gaikai.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/gaikai_inc

    About Intel Capital

    Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes equity
investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel
Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software,
and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet,
semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has
invested more than US$9.5 billion in over 1,050 companies in 47 countries. In
that timeframe, 175 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges
around the world and 241 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2009,
Intel Capital invested US$327 million in 107 investments with approximately
50 percent of funds invested outside the United States and Canada. For more
information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit
http://www.intelcapital.com.

    About Limelight Networks, Inc.

    Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) provides on-demand software,
platform, and infrastructure services that help global businesses reach and
engage audiences online or on any mobile or connected device, enabling them
to enhance their brand presence, build stronger customer relationships,
optimize their advertising, and monetize their digital assets. For more
information, please visit http://www.limelightnetworks.com or follow us on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/llnw.

Source: Gaikai Inc.

Gaikai Media Contact: Alison Beasley, Lincoln Beasley PR, E: Alison@lincolnbeasley.co.uk, T: +44(0)160-864-5756, C: +44(0)796-644-9130

AutoTrader Trade-In Marketplace Partners with Executive Auto Group

HARTFORD, Conn., July 20 -- Now available for the first time to consumers, the Executive Auto Group has teamed up with AutoTrader to offer customers a Guaranteed Value to trade-in or sell their vehicles outright. With AutoTrader's Trade-In Marketplace the Executive Auto Group will either cut a check to the customer for a predetermined amount guaranteed by AutoTrader, or apply that value towards the purchase of a new or used vehicle of their choice.

"AutoTrader introduced 'Trade-In Marketplace' to simplify the buying process for our customers. Trade-In Marketplace gives an instant trade-in offer, backed by AutoTrader to help make the customer's car buying experience even more transparent," said Stacy Perry, District Sales Manager with AutoTrader in New England, adding, "We partner with dealerships that exemplify the character needed to ensure that our customers are completely satisfied and we are excited to announce that the Executive Auto Group has been selected as one of our key partners!"

"This is the easiest way for a consumer to sell or trade-in a vehicle," explained Scott Orsini, owner of the Connecticut based Executive Auto Group adding, "AutoTrader's Trade-In Marketplace is accessible from any computer. The offer for the vehicle is based on real data and prints a voucher with the guarantee. Most important, however, is the fact that it puts the consumer in control of the value they receive. This exclusive AutoTrader program was launched in our CT dealerships in June and is quickly becoming a tremendous success."

"You receive a fair offer to sell or trade in your vehicle from the comfort of your home or office for any vehicle," said Gary Ciesco, General Manager of Liberty Honda in Hartford CT, pointing to more details at AutoTrader's Frequently Asked Questions. "The value is based on actual sales data compiled by AutoTrader, now America's largest independent automotive buyer. The trade-in calculator offers sophisticated technology for estimating the value of a car, and takes into consideration vehicle details, supply and demand, historical trends, regional differences and local market differences."

"This new and easy way to trade in your car puts buyers' minds at ease before they get to the dealership because they know the dollar amount AutoTrader Guarantees before they get here," said Chris Wilkie of Liberty Mazda in Hartford, adding, "They don't have to worry about haggling to get the best deal because they've already got the voucher in their hands."

Consumers can redeem the AutoTrader voucher with the Guaranteed Offer at Liberty Mazda and Liberty Honda in Hartford, and Executive Jeep and Executive Nissan in North Haven, all CT dealerships. Consumers that want to sell their vehicles outright, but not purchase a replacement can do so at AutoTrader's official Buying Center at Executive Jeep Nissan in North Haven.

About Executive Auto Group:

The Executive Auto Group has been serving customers' automotive needs for more than 37 years. Starting as a single dealership in Wallingford, CT, the Executive Auto Group has grown to 8 dealerships in CT and believes in giving back to the communities where they do business. For more information or directions to other Executive Auto Group CT dealerships visit http://www.executiveautogroup.com/, http://www.acurasbyexecutive.com/, http://www.executivedodge.com/, http://www.executivehonda.com/, http://www.executivekia.com/, http://www.executiveautocenterct.com/.

Website: http://www.executiveautogroup.com/

Source: Executive Auto Group
   

CONTACT:  Michael J. Hastings, Executive Auto Group, Business:
+1-203-234-2111, Cell: +1-860-538-0697, hastingsm@executiveag.com

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

Precision Door Service Launches New Website

TITUSVILLE, Fla., July 20 -- Precision Door Service, one of the largest garage door service companies in the U.S., announced today the launch of its new website at http://www.precisiondoor.net.

The new precisiondoor.net design provides a more complete user experience for homeowners looking to repair or replace their garage doors and garage door openers. The intuitive menu makes it easy to find the nearest service professional, a video gallery provides troubleshooting tips, and a garage door designer lets the visitor visualize different styles and colors of garage doors. The new layout allows visitors looking for garage door related information to quickly find what they are looking for.

"We pride ourselves on providing professional garage door service at a time convenient for the homeowner," said Bill Walden, President of Precision Door Service. "Our new website promotes that goal and does a much better job at helping people quickly find the garage door service information they need."

Precision Door services over 1,000 garage doors a day nationwide and continues to set the standard for garage door service. Homeowners looking for garage door repair or replacement can visit the new Precision Door service site at http://www.precisiondoor.net.

About Precision Door Service

Beginning as a family business in the late 1980s, Precision Door Service was incorporated in 1999 with the aspiration of providing the best garage door service throughout the country. Today, with over 70 locations nationwide, Precision Door services over 1,000 garage doors a day. Its ongoing mission is complete customer satisfaction and setting a higher public standard for garage door service.

Source: Precision Door Service
   

CONTACT:  Tim Coleman, A Second Opinion, tim@a2opinion.com,
+1-888-842-1204, or Chris Keenan, A Second Opinion, chrisk@a2opinion.com,
+1-888-842-1204, both for Precision Door Service

Web Site:  http://precisiondoor.net/

Verizon Wireless Kiosks to Open in All hhgregg Florida Stores

TAMPA, Fla., July 20 -- Verizon Wireless kiosks will open in all 21 Florida locations of hhgregg, providing customers the latest wireless products, services and other technology within the large appliance and consumer electronics stores.

The kiosks will operate like full-service Verizon Wireless stores, selling phones and accessories, as well as offering customers the ability to pay their Verizon Wireless bills or make changes to their current plans.

All 21 kiosks are scheduled to be open by the end of 2010.

"We're excited to be able to offer hhgregg customers the best in wireless technology," said Pam Tope, Florida region president for Verizon Wireless.  "hhgregg is a growing, dynamic company that provides an outstanding setting and service to customers. We're proud to team up in their stores."

Based in Indiana, hhgregg currently operates about 160 stores in 15 states.

The Verizon Wireless kiosks will feature technology such as the latest Android, Blackberry and various multi-media and smartphones, plus netbooks, wireless aircards and more.

These devices run thousands of cutting-edge "apps" such as Skype Mobile and V CAST; and the vast choices in voice and data services made possible by the Verizon Wireless 3G high-speed broadband network, the nation's largest and most reliable.

Verizon Wireless has invested about $240 million in the past year in network enhancements in Florida and more than $2 billion since the company was formed to achieve this network superiority.

This year, Verizon Wireless plans to launch its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless services in 25 to 30 markets nationally. LTE will offer customers significantly greater network capacity than even today's most advanced 3G coverage.

  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com.

  About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving nearly 93 million customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 81,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)(NASDAQ:VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com.  To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Source: Verizon Wireless
   

CONTACT:  Chuck Hamby, +1-813-404-6029, Chuck.Hamby@VerizonWireless.com

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

USA Network Launches 'CHARACTER APPROVED' Blog Site to Celebrate the People, Places & Things Making Cultural Waves

Leading Voices in Ten Fields Will Contribute Exclusive, Original Content to the USA Network Site at http://www.characterblog.com

NEW YORK, July 20 -- USA Network is expanding the scope of its CHARACTER APPROVED multimedia brand campaign with the digital launch of the new CHARACTER APPROVED BLOG, which will celebrate the people, places and ideas that are making a mark on the American cultural landscape. Inspired by USA's Characters Welcome brand and building on the success of the second annual Character Approved Awards held in February, the blog initiative is dedicated to identifying the trailblazers, innovations and ideas that are deserving of the USA Network "character seal of approval."  Ten leading writers in Art, Architecture, Design, Fashion, Film/TV, Food, Music, Social Good/Giving, Technology and Writing will contribute weekly CHARACTER APPROVED updates that will create a unique digital platform through which people can learn, share and voice their opinions 24/7, 365 days per year about the latest and greatest in cultural trends.  The site can be accessed at http://www.characterblog.com and will be syndicated to third parties via RSS feeds, Facebook, Twitter and more.  The announcement was made today by Alexandra Shapiro, USA's senior vice president, brand strategy and digital.

"The CHARACTER APPROVED BLOG is the next step in the evolution of the USA Network brand in the digital space.  We are providing a dynamic social platform for individuals and communities to discuss and debate those people, ideas, entities and innovations that embody the essence of 'character' and have an impact on everything culturally relevant from architecture and design to fashion and food," says Shapiro.

USA Network has assembled a team of some of the most respected and popular thought leaders on the scene to provide relevant and thought-provoking content in ten categories.  In an effort to create awareness and generate dialogue, the site will be devoted to showcasing products, trends, services and people that are deemed "CHARACTER APPROVED."  Each post will address the cultural impact, legacy, and persona of an entity from the author's point of view through the "CHARACTER APPROVED" lens and will invite feedback from users.

The writers, hand-picked by the network to provide timely and exclusive content, include:  Chad Smith (Architecture), the Wooster Collective (Art), Stefan Boublil (Design), Alyse Wax (Fashion), Bags Hooper (Film/TV), Terry Boyd (Food), Matt Jordan (Music), Jerri Chou (Social Good/Giving), Rohit Bhargava (Technology/New Media) and Ann Kingman (Writing).  While some authors publish their own blogs and others are contributors to larger sites or print publications, all of the CHARACTER APPROVED bloggers are well-versed in their respective fields and have dedicated followings.  Each post will be enhanced by video, music files and much more for an enriched user experience.  The CHARACTER APPROVED site will be updated regularly and the network will use its airwaves to generate awareness and promote audience participation in the new digital initiative.

  About the Contributors:

  Architecture: Chad Smith - Website: http://www.tropolism.com/

Chad Smith has more than 15 years experience designing innovative projects worldwide including unique, award-winning, and sustainable designs for buildings, master plans, public spaces, and landscapes.  He is the editor-in-chief of Tropolism.com, a contributor to Curbed.com and the Village Voice.

Art: Wooster Collective - Website: http://woostercollective.com/

Husband-and-wife team Marc and Sara Schiller's mission is to discover and document authentic street art experiences via salons, books, gallery shows and their renowned website.  They have celebrated over 2,000 artists worldwide and were the force behind the legendary 11 Spring Street exhibition in 2006, chosen as one of the top art shows of the year by the New York Times.

Design: Stefan Boublil - Website: http://theapt.com/

Born in France, Stefan Boublil became a New Yorker at the age of 20.  After studying philosophy, theology, photography, and filmmaking at, respectively, the Sorbonne, Parsons School of Design and NYU, and spending years dabbling in each, THE APARTMENT CREATIVE AGENCY was born.  Integrating what he cares about in his own life -- design, imagery, products, love, friendship, music, technology, art, and fashion -- Stefan's goal is to orchestrate a symphony that brings practical and emotional value to the life experience of the user.

Fashion: Alyse Wax - Website: http://www.sporkfashion.com/

Alyse Wax is both a television producer and writer.  Her TV credits include Big Brother, Hell's Kitchen, and Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End.  Her articles have appeared in Teen People Magazine, the Weekly World News, 100 Magazine in the Philippines, SporkFashion.com, FEARnet.com, and Hollywood.com. She can't choose between the two careers, so she simply doesn't sleep.

Film/TV: Bags Hooper - Website: http://www.buzzfocus.com/

Bags Hooper graduated from The University of Pennsylvania with a Computer Science degree and spent years working in financial software.  He has since left the software business to focus on writing and Voice Over.  Bags is now a Senior Editor and Producer at BuzzFocus.com as well as a contributing writer to The Clik on USA Network's Character Arcade.

Food: Terry Boyd - Website: http://www.blue-kitchen.com/

Terry Boyd is the author of Blue Kitchen, a Chicago-based food blog for home cooks.  An amateur who simply loves cooking, Terry's recipes have appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Red Eye (a Chicago Tribune publication) and on the Bon Appetit and Saveur websites.

Music: Matt Jordan - Website: http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/

Matt Jordan began writing about music in 2004 when he founded the blog You Ain't No Picasso.  Originally intended to chronicle his musical discoveries to a few close friends, the site quickly grew to thousands of music fans all across the globe.  Matt took up photography to liven up his concert reviews and has since had photos published in Rolling Stone, Spin and Pitchfork.

Social Good/Giving: Jerri Chou - Websites: http://feastongood.com/, http://ourfutureistbd.com/, http://itsalovelyday.com/

The managing partner of Lovely day and founder of TBD, Jerri is a social innovation strategist passionate about the future of business and creativity. She is also the co-founder of alldaybuffet and The Feast Social Innovation Conference.  In a past life, she worked in advertising at Grey Worldwide and development at several New York startups.

Technology: Rohit Bhargava - Website: http://www.influentialmarketingblog.com/

Rohit Bhargava is author of the bestseller, Personality Not Included, a guidebook for businesses on being more human and having a personality.  He also writes the award-winning blog, Influential Marketing, focusing on technology, new media, culture and marketing.  A tech industry veteran, Rohit teaches Global Trends & Communication at Georgetown University and has been a contributor to Fast Company, Digital Media Wire and American Express Open Forum.

Writing: Ann Kingman - Website: http://www.booksonthenightstand.com/

Ann Kingman is the co-publisher of Books on the Nightstand, a blog and weekly audio podcast offering conversation about books and reading.  Ann has worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years, and currently works for Random House, Inc.

The USA Network CHARACTER APPROVED BLOG (http://www.characterblog.com) celebrates the people, places and things that are transforming the American cultural landscape.  They're CHARACTER APPROVED -- worthy of USA Network's "character seal of approval." The blog site is updated regularly and features exclusive content in the following ten categories: Architecture, Art, Design, Fashion, Film/TV, Food, Music, Social Good/Giving, Technology/New Media, and Writing. The CHARACTER APPROVED BLOG is an outgrowth of USA Network's annual Character Approved Awards that pay tribute to the innovators who are influencing our opinions, our style, and our view of the world.

USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in 98.5 million U.S. homes.  A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and is home to the biggest hits in blockbuster films, acquired television and entertainment events. Viewers come to USA to find television's best in critically-acclaimed and award-winning original programming, such as BURN NOTICE, ROYAL PAINS, WHITE COLLAR, COVERT AFFAIRS, PSYCH, IN PLAIN SIGHT, LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT and WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW, as well as the highest-rated acquired originals, including HOUSE, NCIS and LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.  The award-winning USA website is located at http://www.usanetwork.com, which is home to the popular new casual gaming site, http://www.characterarcade.com.  Characters Welcome.

USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.

Source: USA Network
   

CONTACT:  Farrah Hersh, USA Network, +1-212-664-4731,
farrah.hersh@nbcuni.com

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

Thumbplay Music Launches on iPhone 4: Introduces Background Play

Leads the Way Among Cloud-Based, On-Demand Music Services in Delivering Multi-tasking for the iPhone

NEW YORK, July 20 -- Thumbplay®, the leading provider of mobile entertainment in the U.S., announced today that its cloud-based Thumbplay® Music(TM) service is available on iPhone® OS 4.  Thumbplay Music takes advantage of the iOS 4's long-awaited multi-tasking capabilities, allowing users to listen to their favorite tracks while performing other functions (checking e-mail, surfing the Web, etc.) as the service plays with a minimized screen in the background.  Thumbplay Music has featured background play on Android(TM) and BlackBerry® smartphones since launch (May 2010 and March 2010, respectively). Thumbplay Music is still the only cloud-based subscription music service available on all three major smartphone platforms -- iPhone, Android and BlackBerry -- making it the most widely available cloud-based music service in the U.S.*

Said Evan Schwartz, CEO and Co-Founder of Thumbplay: "Our number one objective is to deliver a great music experience for our customers.  Background play is the top-requested feature among Thumbplay Music's iPhone subscribers, and that demand has gone through the roof since the launch of the iPhone 4. We're proud to continue to set the bar for cloud-based music services."

With more than nine million tracks under license from all major labels and more than 35,000 independent labels, Thumbplay Music is a next generation music service.  Built by experts in mobile content delivery, Thumbplay serves the rapidly growing market of U.S. smartphone users which is forecasted to grow to 160 million people by 2013.**

Thumbplay Music includes its own in-app media player and boasts several compelling features, including:

  --  Unlimited, on-demand access to any artist or album; choose from
      millions of songs
  --  Build a personal music collection with Favorites and effortless
      Playlist creation; auto-sync between smartphone and PC/Mac
  --  Online and offline access: No connection? No problem!  Listen to music
      on the subway or in-flight.  Available anytime, anywhere. (Offline
      playback is currently available on BlackBerry smartphones. Android and
      iPhone coming soon.)
  --  Genie for music discovery: Instantly generate customized
      recommendations from select songs - it's a great way to quickly build
      playlists that you know you're going to love while discovering new
      music
  --  Music Sharing: Stream songs live on Facebook - select "Share" by
      right-clicking on any of the millions of songs within Thumbplay
      Music's desktop app.  Share music with specific friends or with
      everyone in your Facebook network - also coming soon for Twitter(TM)
  --  Search: Find music by artist, song, album or genre; includes free
      previews of all songs
  --  Import existing iTunes® playlists within Thumbplay Music's companion
      desktop app.  With a few clicks, recreate iTunes playlists and have
      them available on smartphone and PC/Mac.
  --  Free, "no strings attached" three-day trial; subscriptions are then
      available for $9.99/month.

Thumbplay, which enjoys sustained profitability, has built an award-winning service centered on delivering millions of pieces of mobile content to 95 percent of U.S. devices among every major carrier.  Thumbplay is leveraging its existing network of more than 8,000 distribution partners to promote Thumbplay Music. Click on the following link to watch a video demo of the app running on all platforms: http://bit.ly/b27GTY.

* NPD's wireless market research of smartphone unit sales to consumers: As of the first quarter of 2010, RIM (BlackBerry), Google (Android) and Apple (iPhone) collectively address 85% of smartphone users in the U.S.

  ** Yankee Group (2009)

  ABOUT THUMBPLAY

Thumbplay, Inc. is the leading mobile entertainment provider in the U.S.  Thumbplay Music, the company's cloud-based, streaming music service for smartphones and PCs/Macs, was launched in January 2010 with more than 9 million songs under license. Thumbplay.com features licensed music, video and games from some of the world's largest entertainment companies, including: EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, as well as several independent labels and artists and video game companies. Headquartered in New York City, Thumbplay was founded in September 2004. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech, Brookside Capital Partners and Cross Creek Capital. More information can be found at http://www.thumbplay.com or at m.thumbplay.com from a mobile phone.

For a complete list of iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smartphones supported by Thumbplay: http://www.thumbplay.com/devices.

All trademarks property of their respective owners. No partnerships implied.

  Contact:
  Susan Lietz
  Susan.Lietz@thumbplay.com
  (+1) 917.499.5053

Source: Thumbplay
   

CONTACT:  Susan Lietz, +1-917-499-5053, Susan.Lietz@thumbplay.com

Web Site:  http://www.thumbplay.com/

E-Commerce Vendor ShopSite Announces Version 10 SP2 of Leading Shopping Cart System

-Popular software adds mobile order management, dashboard, and Braintree integration

OREM, Utah, July 20 -- ShopSite, Inc., a leading provider of e-commerce shopping cart and catalog software for small to medium-sized businesses, announced the release of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for ShopSite version 10. ShopSite® is an industry leading e-commerce software option for web hosting providers, for new or existing Internet merchants, and for Web designers.

"We are excited that ShopSite has integrated with our payment gateway," said Bryan Johnson, CEO of Braintree. "ShopSite merchants now have an easy way to accept credit cards and still be PCI compliant.  With our transparent redirect it appears that the shopper never leaves the merchant site to enter their payment information even though it is being entered on our PCI compliant server."

"New features such as the Braintree integration, mobile order management and the dashboard are available in all product levels - Starter, Manager, and Pro," said ShopSite CEO David Hills.

  New Features

  Dashboard (Pro, Manager, Starter)

The dashboard displays key store information at a glance.  Some of the information the merchant can view includes:

  --  Recent Orders
  --  Sales totals for the day, week, or month
  --  Popular Products
  --  Store statistics - number of products, pages, orders, customers, etc.
  --  RSS feed for blogs, Facebook, and Twitter
  --  Popular Searches (Pro and Manager)

The merchant can configure what information is displayed on the dashboard as well as drag and drop to organize the dashboard as they prefer to view it.  Deborah J. LaBrake of LaBrake's Garden Path & Pond LLC says, "The dashboard is a great addition to ShopSite. This in itself would be worth the upgrade! With the ability to custom configure [the dashboard], one can see all pertinent info at a quick glance. The dashboard support for mobile browsers allows me to check on my store anytime and from almost anywhere."

Mobile merchant interface (Pro, Manager, Starter)

Key parts of the ShopSite merchant interface will detect the use of mobile web browsers and optimize the display for a better mobile experience.  Mobile aware sections of the merchant interface include the new dashboard and the order management screens, where merchants can view and fill orders.  Steve Gerencser of Animal Charms states, "I love the new mobile interface for ShopSite. I can actually run my shopping site from the comfort of my fishing boat with my cell phone. No more missed sales opportunities or fish!!"

Inventory Tracking for Ordering Options (Pro)

Inventory Tracking can now be extended to ordering options (e.g. shirt sizes such as small, medium, large).  In addition, when using multiple order options (style, color, size) at the same time, any out-of-stock options can be noted or hidden.  Also, the appropriate image for the combination of selected options will be displayed to the shopper.  Gary Bisonett of Freebears.com says, "the ability to track inventory order options (e.g. in our case multiple colors of the same stuffed animal) will streamline our site management process."

Follow on Facebook/Twitter (Pro, Manager, Starter)

Merchants can have ShopSite insert Facebook and Twitter logos to allow their shoppers to follow them on either social media service.

Share on Facebook/Twitter (Pro, Manager)

Merchants can have ShopSite insert Facebook 'share' and Twitter 'tweet' logos on their pages, so their customers can share what they find on the site with their own social networks on Facebook and Twitter.

  The full list of new features can be found here:

  http://www.shopsite.com/help/10.2/en-US/new-features.html

Current users of ShopSite version 10 can upgrade to service pack 2 for free!

About ShopSite

ShopSite is sold by hundreds of reseller partners, including hosting companies such as NTT/Verio, IPOWER, PowWeb, FatCow, LexiConn, pair Networks, and YourHost.com. The thousands of merchant Web sites using ShopSite include the Getty Trust Foundation, Avia, Maidenform UK, e-Wedding Bands and many others.

ShopSite, Inc., is a private company based in Orem, Utah, and has provided electronic commerce software for the small to medium-sized business since 1996. The company's software is an online catalog and shopping cart system that is extremely powerful and easy to learn. With ShopSite software, merchants can manage their online stores entirely, regardless of their technical background--there's no HTML coding required.

  The ShopSite family includes three products:
  --  ShopSite Starter(TM) for merchants just starting out or stores that
      don't have many products.
  --  ShopSite Manager(TM) offers an unlimited number of products and pages,
      Custom Templates, data upload and download, Store Search, and more.
  --  ShopSite Pro(TM) for stores that need advanced features such as
      Coupons, Digital Downloads, Gift Certificates, Customer Registration,
      Inventory Tracking, Volume Discounts, and Associates.

A comprehensive list of features in all ShopSite products can be found at http://www.shopsite.com/scchecklist.html.

ShopSite is server-based software that works with existing Web browsers, which means that merchants do not need to download or install anything on their desktop in order to create and manage a ShopSite store. Merchants can preview a demo version of ShopSite and obtain pricing information by visiting http://www.shopsite.com.

Follow ShopSite on Twitter: http://twitter.com/shopsite

Or become a Facebook fan: http://www.facebook.com/ShopSiteInc

Source: ShopSite, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Guy Pribyl, +1-801-705-4119, for ShopSite, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.shopsite.com/

WildTangent Unveils Preview of New Online Games Service Poised to Deliver Social and Entertainment Features to Its Fans

REDMOND, Wash., July 20 -- WildTangent is unveiling today the preview of WildTangent Games, (http://www.wildtangent.com/), a new online games service and unique games app, that will soon feature social games and premium flash games along with its current catalog.  The new games app also allows its players to simultaneously engage with other types of popular entertainment, such as TV, music and Facebook, without leaving the app.

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"Our new games service will be an entirely new arena for both game players and the game developers who create great experiences for our consumers," said Sean Vanderdasson, senior vice president at WildTangent.  "We'll continue to offer games tailored for all members of the household as well as our unique free/rent/own model. Now, however, developers of all types, including social developers and those whose games include digital items, can benefit from inclusion within our service."

The preview of WildTangent Games sports a clean, uncluttered look that puts games front and center and makes it easy for game players to find games they like, whether they are casual, enthusiast or kids games.  The Games App features a tabbing system for easy navigation around the service including convenient tabs to other media such as movies, music and social networking sites.

"We've been conducting focus groups and researching the game play behavior of our consumers, and believe we've created a service that will be enjoyable for our consumers as well as fruitful for game developers," Vanderdasson said. "Some new game formats like social games and flash games with digital items can be challenging to monetize. We're bringing our digital currency and top advertising partners into the mix so our game players can now choose whether they'd like to receive a digital item as a "gift" from a relevant brand, purchase digital items with WildCoins or choose other options. We believe we've created a great experience for everyone."

Vanderdasson added that the company is eagerly looking forward to feedback via its survey located on the front page of its new service.  The service is in "preview" mode and WildTangent plans to incorporate feedback into the release version of the game service.

About WildTangent

WildTangent is an interactive entertainment and media company with two business segments:  WildTangent Games and WildTangent Media.  WildTangent Games offers a diverse portfolio of premium gaming content to millions of casual, family and hardcore gamers around the world.  WildTangent Media connects brand advertisers with targeted gaming audiences across WildTangent Games, Facebook, and many other popular online game destinations.

WildTangent Games features more than 1,000 games in its ever-growing catalog of premium games from developers such as Disney, Popcap and Ubisoft.  The WildTangent games app is the games service of choice for all major PC and device manufacturers and is shipped in ten languages throughout the world.

Media Contact:

Carol Rogalski, mobile: 425-890-4747, carol.rogalski@wildtangent.com

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CONTACT:  Carol Rogalski of WildTangent, +1-425-890-4747,
carol.rogalski@wildtangent.com

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

Xplana Announces a Major Innovation in Student Learning

COLUMBIA, Mo., July 20 -- This August, Xplana, a division of MBS Service Company, Inc., will launch the first ever platform that bridges social networking and traditional elements of student learning to transform the way students manage their academic lives.

"Xplana is best described as the social network for learning," Dennis Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer of Xplana, said. "It's the first ever 'social learning' platform designed to bring the entire student learning life into a single location."

Xplana is completely free to any learner and contains a number of embedded tools that allow students to create study guides, upload documents and media, and connect with other students to help focus and organize their studies. Xplana also provides students access to their purchased e-textbooks and enables them to synchronize their notes and annotations.

In addition, Xplana delivers open academic resources that are collected from across the Web directly to students, further simplifying the learning experience.

"Xplana removes difficulty and complexity from the studying equation by giving students the resources they're looking for," Rob Reynolds, Director of Product Design and Research, said. "No longer will they be punished for not being able to find the needle in the haystack."

According to its corporate office, Xplana has already indexed more than 200,000 resources and is expected to have more than a million in the coming year.

The initial Xplana launch will also offer a mobile application for the iPhone and Android devices. With the mobile application, students can access their materials, take notes, and make annotations anywhere, anytime. Any updates they make will automatically sync up with the online version the next time they log in.

Flanagan said another benefit of the Xplana platform is that students will have access to their resources long after they've completed their coursework.

"We've designed this platform to encourage lifelong learning among students," Flanagan said. "That's why student content never expires, so they can reference materials days, months, or years down the road."

Xplana also plans to expand its platform to offer full integration with popular Learning Management System (LMS) platforms and institutional information systems later this fall.

"It is our goal to help revitalize the learning experience for students," Reynolds said. "Students will learn more efficiently, stay connected to their peers more easily, and have new avenues for collaboration at their finger tips."

About Xplana

Xplana is an online social learning platform that connects learners to content and communities. The platform is free to students and features an open, modular architecture that provides an organized learning context for useful learning content and tools scattered about the Web. It simplifies the learning process by connecting students' informal learning outside of the classroom with the formal platforms and structures of schools and institutions. Additionally, Xplana serves as an access and distribution point for premium content from educational publishers and other premium content providers, targeted to the specific academic subject need of the student.

For more information about Xplana, contact Rob Reynolds at RReynolds@xplana.com or 573-239-9025.

Source: Xplana
   

CONTACT:  Rob Reynolds of Xplana, +1-573-239-9025, RReynolds@xplana.com

Web Site:  http://www.xplana.com/

MovieTickets.com to Provide Online Movie Ticketing Through Xbox 360

New service allows purchase of movie tickets through movie studio's ads on Xbox LIVE

LOS ANGELES, July 20 -- MovieTickets.com, the worldwide leader in advance movie ticketing, today announced that the company has been selected as the first to provide an online movie ticketing solution through the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system by integrating new technology into movie studio experiences on Xbox LIVE. The agreement marks another major entertainment brand joining MovieTickets.com and further increasing the company's consumer brand awareness.

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Xbox LIVE members in the U.S. are now able to make mobile movie ticket purchases through a text-in or a Microsoft Tag viewed in movie studio advertisements. By clicking on a feature film's advertisement on Xbox LIVE, a user can download and interact with relevant movie content. In addition, they can now activate a Microsoft Tag via their mobile phone which will direct the consumer to a co-branded website to purchase tickets through all domestic MovieTickets.com theater partners, which includes several of the largest exhibitors in the U.S.

"Working with Microsoft and the Xbox brand exposes MovieTickets.com to an entertainment-driven audience, providing the perfect opportunity to engage like-minded users with our online movie ticketing solutions," said Joel Cohen, CEO, MovieTickets.com. "We're excited to be the first company allowing users the opportunity to interact with a movie advertising experience on Xbox LIVE and easily convert it into an online ticket purchase via their mobile device."

"The agreement with MovieTickets.com provides Microsoft and movie studios another unique way to drive awareness and ticket sales through Xbox LIVE," said Mark Kroese, general manager for the Advertising Business Group at Microsoft. "Not only that, it provides for a great consumer experience."

For a complete list of the MovieTickets.com Exhibitors, please visit: http://www.movietickets.com/200strong.

For more information or to speak with a MovieTickets.com representative, contact Formula at (310) 578-7050 or via e-mail at casey@formulapr.com.

About MovieTickets.com

MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com), the worldwide leader in advance movie ticketing, offers moviegoers a destination for movie news, reviews and trailers as well as a convenient way to buy movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at MovieTickets.ie; in Argentina at MovieTickets.com.ar; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ:HOLL), National Amusements, Cineplex Entertainment, Marcus Theatres (NYSE:MCS), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and Time Warner, and leverages the collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 200 theater chains, is about ten times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.

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Source: MovieTickets.com
   

CONTACT:  Katie Casey, Formula, +1-310-578-7050, casey@formulapr.com

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

Wondershare Releases New Rapid E-Learning Authoring Tool With Seamless Integration With Quiz & Demo

SHENZHEN, China, July 20 -- Wondershare, one of the leading consumer software providers, has released their new version of rapid E-Learning software -- Wondershare Rapid E-Learning Suite (RES) Deluxe V5.6, a powerful and easy-to-use suite of E-Learning authoring tools for teachers, trainers, designers, researchers and evaluators to make stunning E-Learning course content with quizzes, screencasts, and videos rapidly.

Rapid E-Learning Suite Deluxe V5.6 significantly upgrades its previous version, though remains consisting of PPT2Flash Professional, QuizCreator, DemoCreator and WebVideo Author.

"RES Deluxe V5.6 is what we are proud of after we've adopted quite a few requests from our loyal users, and it embodies our people-oriented concept," said James Hui, product manager of Wondershare E-Learning software. "One thing that our users can rest assured on is that they'll have much more power than ever before with this suite."

  New feature highlights:
  --  Big upgrade with the latest QuizCreator 3 and DemoCreator 3 for
      seamless courseware integration with quiz & demo
  --  Brand-new Office 2007 ribbon style interface for a better user
      experience
  --  Better output quality with more dazzling animation effect by upgrading
      Flash ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0
  --  Branching quiz to direct the learners through a pre-set path in course
      testing
  --  Customizable quiz feedback with rich media
  --  Multiple hotspots and arbitrary shapes in Click Map quiz for flexible
      Geography testing
  --  Carefully designed objects to decorate your video demos for software
      tutorials

As an integrated E-Learning authoring tool, the content development package -- Wondershare Rapid E-Learning Suite Deluxe 5.6 is AICC or SCORM compliant. It means that users can take it as an external authoring tool to create content and then upload it to any popular LMS like Blackboard and Moodle.

Pricing and Availability

RES Deluxe is priced at $399.95. For more details, such as system requirements information and trial download, please check the following link: http://www.sameshow.com/e-learning-suite.html.

About Wondershare

Wondershare Software Co., Ltd. is an innovative consumer software player dedicated to bringing users software products and services in terms of multimedia, business and other ranges. Due to its persistent innovation, Wondershare has been honored by ranking 41st in the Deloitte Technology 2009 Fast 500. For more details, please visit: http://www.wondershare.com/.

  Press Contact
  Eric Xiong (pr@wondershare.com)
  Tel: +86-755-8611-7717
  Fax: +86-755-8611-7737
  http://www.wondershare.com

Tags: Wondershare, e-learning software, rapid e-learning suite, software, e-learning authoring tool, training software

Source: Wondershare Software Co., Ltd.
   

CONTACT:  Eric Xiong of Wondershare Software, +86-755-8611-7717, or fax,
+86-755-8611-7737, pr@wondershare.com

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

Shopping Cart Provider 3DCart Unveils Social Media Options for Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, Mobile Devices

Four New Setup/Design Packages Help Online Merchants Dramatically Increase Traffic and Conversions; Retailers Report Increased Traffic from Social Networks

TAMARAC, Fla., July 20 -- Shopping cart software leader 3DCart today announced the inclusion of four new social media packages to their line of ecommerce web design services, in order to help online merchants take advantage of the widespread growth in social networking.  Each of the four affordably-priced packages can significantly enhance 3DCart's existing Social Commerce suite, which is already included at no extra charge to over 6,000 current 3DCart merchants.

With a social media package, users of 3DCart Version 3.2 can bring their online stores, as well as individual products or promotions, to their social media communities in just minutes.  Platform integration is also included at no additional cost.

3DCart's social packages help online merchants make the most of the social media revolution and expand their e-Commerce reach.  Specifics on each program include:

  --  Facebook Package -- Add an Online Store tab to your Facebook profile
      page that includes custom profile graphics, store header/footer
      graphics, and product layout templates.  Also add a Facebook icon to
      your online store for instant shopping links.
  --  Twitter Package -- Instantly create and send Twitter promotion updates
      from your 3DCart interface.  Includes color scheme customization and
      Twitter icon for your store.
  --  Blog Package -- Create your own blog and post entries from 3DCart
      without the need for Wordpress or Blogger.  Includes head banner
      graphic, navigation banner, unique colors and fonts, footer graphics,
      and a link button to drive customers to your blog from your online
      store.
  --  Mobile Package -- Design services help you open a mobile-optimized
      store that is accessible from any iPhone or similar smartphone.
      Mobile Package includes customized mCommerce template design, mobile
      store logo, mobile banner graphics, proprietary look and feel (color,
      fonts, etc.), and an auto-detect script that automatically routes
      mobile customers to your mobile store.

"Most merchants today realize the opportunity social media represents for their business -- but very few understand how to harness that potential," said Jimmy Rodriguez, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for 3DCart.  "Our new packages include not only complete setup and design, but also consulting services that show how to increase social media traffic and convert those visitors into buyers."

"3DCart's newest release was widely anticipated, and Rungreen.com was among those at the front of the line to have a look.  It has not been a disappointment," said Paul Bondsfield, e-Commerce Manager for Rungreen.com.  "Social media, by any industry metric, is the future along with mobile commerce.  We feel 3DCart has gone far and above any other cart and given us a head start with intuitive integration and brilliant design.  We've used this advantage to drive 10% more traffic to our site since the update."

3DCart's Social Packages are now available for users of 3DCart 3.2.  For complete information and including pricing and package demos, go to http://store.3dcart.com/social-commerce-packages.html.

About 3DCart:

3DCart (http://www.3DCart.com) is a complete e-commerce solution for new or existing websites.  The company's services include the tools, advice, support, and technology to manage an entire online operation, so clients can focus on managing their orders.  3DCart is able to design and implement innovative web solutions to meet a company's specific requirements.  Whether clients are looking to update their existing web store or develop a completely new design, 3DCart maintains a flexible approach to ensure they provide the right solution for the company.  One monthly fee pays for the store setup, security, design, and maintenance.

Source: 3DCart
   

CONTACT:  Molly Antos of S&S Public Relations, Inc., +1-847-415-9327,
mantos@sspr.com, for 3DCart

Web Site:  http://www.3dcart.com/

M5 Networks Unveils Plug-Ins for Call Conductor Platform Enabling Click-to-Dial From Any Web Page

M5Connect for Internet Explorer and M5Connect for Firefox Extend Capabilities Of Industry's First Fully-Integrated, Smart Business VoIP Phone System

NEW YORK, July 20 -- M5 Networks, Inc. today announced the debut of M5Connect for IE (Internet Explorer) and M5Connect for Firefox, two browser plug-ins for its hosted Call Conductor VoIP smart business phone platform.  The plug-ins, available immediately to Call Conductor clients, give users click-to-dial capability for any phone number on any Web page and bring even greater productivity and ease to users who make frequent outbound calls.

For telesales or inside sales reps who continually place calls using lists from Web-based applications or databases, M5Connect for IE and M5Connect for Firefox will increase efficiencies while saving both time and money.  Click-to-dial can easily save 15 seconds over manual dialing.  For workers who typically make 150 calls per day, that adds up to a savings of 37 minutes per day, three hours per week, or 12 hours per month.

"M5 is committed to building a suite of voice-based applications that extend the capabilities of the smart business phone system," said Dan Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of M5 Networks.  "Most knowledge workers use a browser to access their work.  Building a browser-based plug-in that allows our customers to dial from their browser-based applications was a logical choice."

"A knowledge economy such as ours can greatly benefit from technology-based efficiencies," said Jamie Schwartz, President & COO of the Haley Stuart Group, a national staffing firm.  "M5's click-to-dial enhancement is a classic example of how leveraging technology, in this case in a unified-desk setting, can greatly increase productivity and enhance efficiency."

As a cloud application connected to Call Conductor, M5 Networks' award-winning, cloud-based computing system installation and use couldn't be easier.  Firefox users simply drag-and-drop a single file onto the Firefox window, enter their M5 phone number and password, then start clicking and dialing right away.  No local TAPI drivers or libraries are needed.  Users have the option to selectively block and unblock their caller ID by left-clicking on the click-to-dial number to show their caller ID, or right-clicking to block it.

"M5 Call Conductor customers sought the same kind of convenience provided by consumer VoIP products like Skype, and now they have it on their business-class platform," said Brent Barbara, VP of Client Solutions for M5 Networks.  "M5Connect for IE and Firefox gives our clients a tool that measurably improves service and drives more sales."

Together, M5Connect for IE and M5Connect for Firefox accommodate nearly 85 percent of total market share for the Web browser market.  Future development plans for M5Connect will include solutions for Google's Chrome and Safari.

To learn more about M5 Networks' M5Connect for IE and M5Connect for Firefox, or to obtain either plug-in, go to http://support.m5net.com/index.php/M5Connect_for_Browsers.  Additional information about M5 Network's range of hosted VoIP business services can be found at http://www.m5net.com.

About M5 Networks:

M5 Networks is redefining the capabilities of the business phone system.  As the market leader in hosted business Voice over IP (VoIP), M5 Networks allows companies to work the way they want to while connecting them to their customers, applications and businesses.  M5's Smart Business Phone System converges the industry's most flexible and reliable phone software, ActiveService(TM) tools, and the ability to integrate with business-critical applications.  The result is a cloud-based voice service that currently enables more than 1,200 companies to enjoy all the business impact of an enterprise-class phone system without the expense of buying and managing an on-premise solution.  Headquartered in New York City, M5 Networks has won numerous industry awards and recognitions, including Internet Telephony's Product of the Year Award in 2009, and has most recently been named a finalist in four categories of the nationally acclaimed Stevie Awards for 2010.  To learn more, please visit http://www.m5net.com.

Source: M5 Networks, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Lisa Kornblatt of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9330, lkornblatt@sspr.com,
for M5 Networks, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.m5net.com/

Sysmex America Begins Distribution of CellaVision® DM1200

Cell Image Analysis Instrument to Help Laboratories Save Time and Money

MUNDELEIN, Ill., July 20 -- Sysmex, a global leader in medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology, today announced the addition of the CellaVision® DM1200 cell image analysis analyzer to the Sysmex hematology product offering.  The DM1200 enables Sysmex America to meet the growing demand for automated cell image analysis, which improves both the quality of results and the productivity of laboratories performing mid-volume testing.

The CellaVision® DM1200 opens up new ways of handling manual differentials traditionally performed on a microscope by automatically performing a preliminary differential count on peripheral blood. The analyzer pre-classifies the white blood cells, pre-characterizes parts of the red morphology and provides functionality for platelet estimation. By automating the manual differential, laboratories can experience enhanced turnaround times without sacrificing quality.  Its high degree of automation allows for an escalating workload without increasing labor.

"The CellaVision DM1200, which locates, identifies, and pre-classifies blood cells by means of automatic microscopy and advanced image processing, greatly enhances Sysmex America's hematology product offering.  We trust this addition to our hematology portfolio will serve our customers well as they continue to navigate through a challenging health care environment," said John Kershaw, President & CEO, Sysmex America, Inc.

Sysmex America and CellaVision first initiated their working relationship in 2004.  Today, Sysmex Corporation and CellaVision have an extended and broadened working relationship via the completion of a recent global distribution agreement.  The agreement gives Sysmex a non-exclusive right to sell CellaVision's products in hematology laboratories worldwide.  As of April 1, 2010, the non-exclusive agreement comprises all international markets but Canada.

About CellaVision

CellaVision AB develops, markets, and sells market leading image analysis based systems for routine analysis of blood and other body fluids. The company has a core competence in development of software and hardware for automatic image analysis of cells and cell changes for applications in health and medical care. The company develops and markets systems for automatic differentials of white blood cells and red morphology, and software for education and quality assurance of differentials. The company's associates have expertise in advanced imaging analysis, artificial intelligence, and automated microscopy.  The company headquarters are in Lund, Sweden. The company also has subsidiaries in Florida, USA, Toronto, Canada and Yokohama, Japan. For more information, visit http://www.cellavision.com.  CellaVision's share is listed on First North Premier at the OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange. The company's Certified Advisor is Remium AB.

About Sysmex America, Inc.

Sysmex America, Inc., the U.S. headquarters of Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan), is a world leader in clinical laboratory systemization and solutions, including clinical diagnostics, automation and information systems.  Serving customers for over 40 years, Sysmex focuses on extending the boundaries of diagnostic science while providing the management information tools that make a real difference in clinical and operational results for people worldwide.  For more information about Sysmex, please visit http://www.sysmex.com/usa.

Source: Sysmex America, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Tammy Kutz, Manager, Media & Events of Sysmex America, Inc.,
+1-847-996-4531, communications@sysmex.com

Web Site:  http://www.sysmex.com/

Offerpal Media Launches New Cross-Platform User Acquisition and Re-engagement Channel for Social Game Developers

SocialKast provides reach to more than one billion users across major media sites

SEATTLE, July 20 -- At the Casual Connect conference today in Seattle, Offerpal Media (http://www.offerpalmedia.com/) announced the launch of SocialKast, a powerful new user acquisition and re-engagement solution that makes it easy for game developers to connect with massive audiences across multiple social channels and major media platforms. Offerpal's SocialKast will provide access to more than one billion users in over 150 countries through integrations with open application platform providers such as Yahoo! and others.

"In the current environment, it has proven both costly and difficult for game developers to find new sources of distribution," said George Garrick, Chairman and CEO of Offerpal Media. "SocialKast solves this problem by boosting a game's K-factor to accelerate viral growth and lower the developer's cost of acquisition. It also enables gamers to exchange detailed and timely notifications with each other regardless of which platform they're on, while benefiting publishers, platforms, networks and advertisers by attracting new users, generating more page views and broadening the social graph."

Offerpal's SocialKast allows game developers and social platforms to write once in order to interact with multiple platforms using a set of lightweight REST messaging APIs and javascript calls. Developers can distribute both user-to-user and application-to-user invites, gifts, notifications and other types of text-based or graphical messages directly into the activity streams, email inboxes and other key areas of Offerpal's partner sites. For example, messages from a game on any platform or web site using SocialKast will be distributed through Yahoo!'s Updates API, which will make it possible for those actions to be shared by users in a variety of formats across Yahoo!. By taking advantage of the open platforms and social sites linked together by Offerpal SocialKast, developers can further extend their reach and drive viral awareness and distribution of their games.

Access to SocialKast is available as a value-added service to select game developers and social platforms using Offerpal's full-service monetization platform, which allows gamers to earn virtual currency by taking part in alternative payment options such as advertising offers, surveys, shopping rewards and other brand engagements.

"We have long trusted Offerpal as a strategic monetization partner, and we are extremely enthusiastic about this new distribution service as well," said Jason Loia, chief operating officer of Digital Chocolate, one of the fastest-growing publishers of social games with such titles as Millionaire City and MMA Pro Fighter. "SocialKast promises to give our viral distribution efforts an enormous boost, lower our acquisition costs, drive user engagement and retention, and access new graphs of social gamers - all with very little integration effort."

Added Offerpal's George Garrick, "The launch of SocialKast represents one of the many exciting new rollouts we have planned throughout the rest of the year to support our expansion into new areas. By focusing our efforts on Yahoo and mobile platforms and other large containers and vertical markets, we're in a position for a strong fourth quarter and continued high-growth throughout 2011."

About Offerpal Media

Offerpal Media is the leader in virtual currency monetization for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. The company's turnkey payment platform gives consumers the opportunity to earn virtual currency for free by taking part in targeted advertising offers, shopping at big-brand retailers, completing online surveys, watching videos or otherwise engaging with brands.  Since its launch in 2007, Offerpal has engaged with more than 225 million consumers across 2,000 publishers, issuing a total of more than 1 trillion virtual points. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California. Investors include Interwest Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, and D. E. Shaw Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.offerpalmedia.com.

Source: Offerpal Media
   

CONTACT:  Matt McAllister of Offerpal Media, +1-510-403-7319,
matt.mcallister@offerpal.com, or Jennifer Parson of Atomic PR,
+1-415-593-1400, jennifer.parson@atomicpr.com

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

IHG Launches Priority Club® Rewards App for Android(TM)

This new app for Android follows IHG's highly successful iPhone® app release in late April

ATLANTA, July 20 -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [Lon: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced the launch of the second phase of its mobile app strategy with the global launch of its Priority Club® Rewards app for the Android(TM).  This new app provides customers with the functionality to find and book hotel rooms, check rates and view or cancel reservations for all seven of IHG's brands ­ InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.  IHG is the first major hotel company to offer an app for the Android.

The Priority Club Rewards app for the Android follows the highly successful release of the Priority Club Rewards iPhone® app in late April that has been downloaded over 70,000 times globally and has generated nearly $3 million in revenue since it was launched.

Together with each of its enhanced mobile brand websites and the iPhone app, IHG hotels have eclipsed $2.5 million in monthly revenue from these channels only one year after the mobile platform was launched.

"Our mobile capabilities are an important part of our powerful system that brings guests into IHG hotels, which is a key driver for our owners.  With the launch of our app for the Android, we are continuing to build on the success of our global strategy of optimized mobile websites and our iPhone app," said Michael Menis, vice president, Global Interactive Marketing, IHG.  "The growth of our mobile capabilities and their success in the marketplace in just one year tells us that our customers want access to information wherever and whenever they want.  Our mobile strategy allows us to create the optimized websites and applications that provide that access for our customers."

The Priority Club Rewards app for Android contains booking and reservation management features for Priority Club Rewards members.  The features for the new app for the Android release include:

  --  Find and Book Hotel
      --  View photos and amenities for each hotel
      --  Click-to-call front desk for each hotel
      --  Use Priority Club Rewards account information to facilitate
          bookings
  --  View Priority Club Rewards member details (number, level, points
      balance)
  --  Manage account profile
  --  View and cancel upcoming reservations
  --  Redeem points for Priority Club Reward Nights
  --  Use Corporate IDs to get corporate rates
  --  Quick enrollment into Priority Club Rewards
  --  View special offers

As part of the new Priority Club Rewards app for Android launch, IHG is offering 1,000 Priority Club Rewards bonus points to members for each qualifying stay up to Sept. 30, 2010 that is booked using the Android app*.

The Priority Club Rewards app for Android is now available in English at the Android Market.

In addition, customers can visit the iPhone app store to download an enhanced version of the Priority Club Rewards iPhone app that is iOS 4 tested and includes two new features allowing customers to use corporate IDs to get corporate rates and to redeem Priority Club Reward Nights.

* Priority Club® Rewards Android App Offer:

Must be a Priority Club® Rewards member to participate. 1,000 bonus points will be awarded for any qualifying stay up to Sept. 30, 2010 that is booked using the Android application. A stay is defined as one night or consecutive nights at the same hotel, regardless of frequency of check-in/out. A stay is qualified when paying qualifying rates, which include most business and leisure rates.  Allow 4 weeks from stay for bonus points to be posted to your account. Miles earners will receive points. Rooms subject to availability. Offer valid on new bookings only, not applicable to groups and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers or special promotions. Only one room per member per stay will be awarded the applicable points. Rates may vary by date of booking. Subject to standard Priority Club Rewards terms and conditions found at http://www.priorityclub.com.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.  iPhone is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc.  The hotel brands are registered trademarks of companies in the InterContinental Hotels Group.

Notes to Editors:

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.  IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns, through various subsidiaries, over 4,400 hotels and more than 650,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world.  The Group owns a portfolio of well recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites® and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club® Rewards with 48 million members worldwide.

IHG has 1,300 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 160,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at http://www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards program at http://www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press Office at http://www.ihg.com/media

Source: IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)
   

CONTACT:  Stephen Boggs, IHG, stephen.boggs@ihg.com, +1-770-604-5793

Web Site:  http://www.ihg.com/

GameHouse Announces Winners of Second Annual Great Game Awards

SEATTLE, July 20 -- GameHouse®, a division of RealNetworks®, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK), announced the winners for the second annual GameHouse Great Game Awards(TM) (GG's) during an exclusive event held last night at Experience Music Project in Seattle. Media sponsors TechFlash and Gamezebo partnered with GameHouse to present the 2010 GG's, and the judging panel included representatives from leading independent developers across the casual games industry. GameHouse introduced the GG's in 2009 as a way to showcase the most talented and creative casual games developers in the industry.

This year, casual gamers had the opportunity to get involved and select the GG's first ever GAME OF THE YEAR - PLAYER'S CHOICE award by voting for their favorite game at GameHouse.com. An avid GameHouse fan presented the award onstage to the winner, game developer iWin, who took home the trophy for its popular hidden object and match-3 game, Jewel Quest Mysteries - Trail of the Midnight Heart.

"The key to the casual games industry's booming success is the creativity of game developers who are devoted to bringing fun games to players everywhere," said John Barbour, president of GameHouse.  "We're honored to work with talented developers from all over the world, and the winners of this year's Great Game Awards represent the top talent in the business."

  2010 GREAT GAME AWARDS WINNERS:
  -------------------------------

  GAME OF THE YEAR
  Zuma's Revenge!(TM) - Adventure by PopCap Games

  GAME OF THE YEAR - PLAYER'S CHOICE
  Jewel Quest Mysteries -Trail of the Midnight Heart by iWin

  BEST ART DESIGN
  Mystery Legends(TM) - Sleepy Hollow by pixelStorm

  BEST CHARACTER DESIGN
  Plants vs. Zombies(TM) by PopCap Games

  BEST NARRATIVE EXPERIENCE
  Cate West - The Velvet Keys(TM) by Gamenauts

  MOST INNOVATIVE GAME
  Plants vs. Zombies(TM) by PopCap Games

  MOST ADDICTIVE GAME
  Faerie Solitaire(TM) by Subsoap

  UP-AND-COMING DEVELOPER
  Youda Games: Youda Farmer, Youda Marina, Youda Sushi Chef

  TOP ADVENTURE GAME
  Princess Isabella - A Witch's Curse by Gogii Games

  TOP TIME MANAGEMENT GAME
  Delicious - Emily's Taste of Fame by GameHouse

  TOP HIDDEN OBJECT GAME
  Mystery P.I.(TM) - The New York Fortune by PopCap Games

  TOP MATCH-3
  Zuma's Revenge!(TM) - Adventure by PopCap Games

  TOP SIM / TYCOON
  My Kingdom for the Princess by Nevosoft

GameHouse is a leader in the digital games industry worldwide and develops content across multiple platforms, with a vertically integrated development, publishing, licensing, distribution and retail business.

About RealNetworks

RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers via PC, handheld device, home entertainment system or mobile phone. Real® created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to lead the market with pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer®, the first mainstream media player to enable one-click downloading and recording of Internet video; GameHouse, one of the largest casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of mobile entertainment services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/about-us/index.aspx.

Real, RealNetworks, GameHouse, RealPlayer and GameHouse Great Game Awards are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc.  All other trademarks, names of actual companies and products mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

RNWK-G

Source: RealNetworks, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Tiffany Dunning of RealNetworks, Inc., +1-206-892-6733,
tdunning@real.com

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

Apple to Open Retail Store in Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday, July 24

  Media Preview

  What:

A preview of the new Apple® Retail Store at Fayette Mall in Lexington for accredited media

  When:
  Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. EDT

  Where:
  Apple Store® Fayette Mall
  3401 Nicholasville Rd.
  Lexington, KY 40503

Accredited journalists may confirm their attendance by calling (408) 862-9300.

Grand Opening

The Apple Store Fayette Mall will open to the public on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

The Apple Store Fayette Mall is the best place to learn about all the latest products from Apple, including the new iPhone® 4 featuring FaceTime®, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple's stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone. Customers can experience Apple's entire product line hands-on including the magical new iPad(TM) that lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more. Visitors to the store can also try the updated MacBook® and MacBook Pro with the NVIDIA processor for up to 80 percent faster graphics, and the incredibly popular iPod touch® with access to more than 225,000 apps offered on the revolutionary App Store.

Every Apple Retail Store offers a range of free services designed to help customers get the most out of their Apple products, including face-to-face support and advice at the Genius Bar, hands-on workshops and special programs for kids. Customers who buy a Mac® at the Apple Retail Store or Apple's Online Store can also join the popular One to One program. For just $99, owners of a new Mac get Personal Setup to customize their computer and transfer files from their old Mac or PC, plus a year of Personal Training sessions and Personal Project support on a wide range of topics, from getting started on a Mac to advancing their digital photography or moviemaking skills.

Additional information about Apple's retail stores is available at http://www.apple.com/retail.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

  Press Contact:
  Amy Barney
  Apple
  abarney@apple.com
  (408) 974-2046

NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (http://www.apple.com/pr), or call Apple's Media Helpline at (408) 862-9300.

© 2010 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, Apple Store, iPhone, FaceTime, iPad, MacBook and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

/PRNewswire -- July 20/

Source: Apple
   

Web Site:  http://www.apple.com/

Pagos Announces Latest Version of SpreadsheetWEB Featuring Scripting Support and a New User Interface

FARMINGTON, Conn., July 20 -- Pagos, Inc., a leading developer of software solutions and IT consulting services, today announced the release of SpreadsheetWEB v3.0. Primary upgrades include scripting support and new Control Panel user interface.

SpreadsheetWEB is a web-based platform that enables spreadsheets to be published as fully-functional, database driven, browser accessible applications. SpreadsheetWEB supports most features in Microsoft Excel, including worksheet formulas, formatting, charts, pivot tables, validation, comments, filters and hyperlinks.

"We added scripting support in version 3.0, allowing users to develop custom code to interact with SpreadsheetWEB applications," said Ugur Kadakal, Ph.D., CEO of Pagos. "Scripting support is similar to what macros do for Excel; it allows users to expand the capabilities of SpreadsheetWEB. For example we have developed a sample script that integrates a SpreadsheetWEB form with PayPal. Our customers can develop their invoicing tools with SpreadsheetWEB and forward data to PayPal for completing the payment. One can write a script for any payment system as long as it has an api. Because we utilize javascript programming as the basis for our scripting support, users can integrate SpreadsheetWEB with various tools available on the internet."

Built on the knowledge that business users develop tools and applications in the Microsoft Excel platform, SpreadsheetWEB offers a cost effective and secure solution to web-enable them. Once those applications can be built in Excel, SpreadsheetWEB turns them into fully functional, database driven web applications or web enabled processes without requiring any IT resources.

Empowering business units to build and maintain business-owned web applications, SpreadsheetWEB eliminates the long and expensive process of rewriting business logic built in spreadsheets by business units. Because all spreadsheets are managed and accessed from one location, it allows IT departments to control the security of sensitive information contained in those spreadsheets and ensures a consistent data model across the organization.

Other new features in version 3.0 include 64bit and SQL 2008 support and a Connect to Workbook feature. For more information about SpreadsheetWEB 3.0, visit http://www.spreadsheetWEB.com.

About Pagos, Inc.:

Pagos is a leading technology and IT services provider, delivering software solutions and IT consulting services to clients in various industries. Pagos solutions empower companies to manage and control their business logic and enables business and IT units to focus on their core business roles to drive innovation. Pagos is located in Farmington, CT. For more information, visit http://www.pagos.com.

Source: Pagos, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Megan Parker of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9326, mparker@sspr.com for
Pagos, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.pagos.com/

AT&T Launches New Mobility Applications and Services for Companies, Government Customers

AT&T Helping to Make Business Simpler and More Productive by 'Mobilizing Everything' Company Also Expands Relationships with Software Developers and Providers to Accelerate Innovation, Delivery of Game Changing Mobility Solutions

DALLAS, July 20 -- AT&T* today announced three new advanced mobility services to help government organizations and companies of all sizes run their operations and serve customers globally using both traditional and emerging devices. AT&T's Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions Group is working across 14 industries to help enable business model transformation through mobile applications, machine-to-machine solutions and mobile services.

Less than 60 days after establishing the Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions group within its Business Solutions unit, AT&T today announced:

  --  Smart Grid Agreement with Petra Solar: a clean tech pioneer that
      combines solar generation and smart grid technology in a single
      system. AT&T will offer Petra Solar's innovative technology, which
      allows utility companies to simultaneously address Renewable Portfolio
      Standard requirements and invest in a smart grid technology.

In addition, AT&T recently achieved a significant milestone - today, AT&T enables two-way communication with over 7.5 million electric meters over AT&T's wireless network.

  --  AT&T Global Smart Messaging Suite to deliver a "best-in-breed"
      messaging application to companies and government organizations who
      want to use SMS technology to more efficiently communicate globally
      with mobile subscribers, be they employees, partners or customers.
  --  AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice will be the first mobile-to-mobile voice
      encryption solution using two-factor authentication to be offered by a
      U.S. carrier. The new service will provide high-level security for
      calls on the AT&T wireless network and is expected to be available
      later this quarter. It is targeted at government agencies, law
      enforcement organizations financial services institutions and
      international businesses.

In addition, AT&T has been ranked the leading provider of enterprise mobility services in the U.S. by Current Analysis. The advisory report 'U.S. Carrier Enterprise Mobility: Competitive Landscape and Best Practices' highlighted AT&T's combination of leading elements, including a solid set of core and value-added services, coupled with innovation around machine-to machine (M2M) solutions, smartphones and embedded devices, and enterprise applications.

AT&T provides thousands of business customers with mobile applications across 14 industries and has hundreds of customers using M2M applications.

For example, The University of South Florida is working with Pyxis Mobile and AT&T to provide a Mobile Enterprise Applications Platform on which the University of South Florida can develop and launch mobile applications specific to the many colleges, departments and research programs. An example of such a mobile application is UpperClass from AT&T, which delivers student, faculty and staff information to various smartphones.

Another customer example is the work AT&T is doing today with Interstate Batteries, the number one replacement brand battery in North America.

"Our long-term alliance with AT&T has prepared us for the highly anticipated rollout of the ED-18 Early Detection Battery & Electrical System Analyzer version 3," said Interstate Batteries Chief Information Officer Merv Tarde. "This has been a strategic process, and thanks to AT&T's networking capabilities, data will now be transmitted from coast-to-coast through their custom APN Network to our centralized database."

AT&T is also working with Hy-Vee, an employee-owned corporation operating 230 retail stores in eight Midwestern states.

"Hy-Vee has the ability to tell customers about hot deals and promotions by sending messages directly to their wireless phones," said Heather Mitchell, Hy-Vee Marketing Specialist. "Working with AT&T in the mobile marketing space, Hy-Vee is becoming a grocery leader in mobile-marketing communication tools, which gives us an opportunity to better serve our customers."

  AT&T also recently announced:

  --  AprivaPay from AT&T:  Earlier this month, AT&T joined forces with
      Apriva, a leader in the wireless payment industry, to deliver new
      mobile payment applications for small businesses that can enhance
      productivity and cash flow. AprivaPay(TM) and AprivaPay Professional
      turn smartphones into point-of-sale devices that accept credit and
      debit card transactions. AT&T is the first wireless carrier to provide
      mobile point-of-sale solutions from Apriva.
  --  Smart grid agreement with CURRENT Group:  Last month, AT&T announced a
      new agreement with CURRENT Group, a leading provider of distribution
      smart grid solutions. AT&T now offers CURRENT Smart Grid ®Distribution
      Solutions, which help utilities increase grid efficiency and system
      capacity by managing demand dynamically and reducing power delivery
      losses.

"We're helping organizations of all sizes mobilize their business, which is driving a huge shift in the way business is conducted and how work gets done," said Michael Antieri, President, Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions, AT&T Business Solutions. "Our team is focused on creating new applications in a network and cloud-based environment that easily allows businesses to deploy these services on any desired device."

AT&T's Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions group is collaborating with AT&T's product teams across hosting, application management and unified communications to help mobilize applications for business customers, developers and independent software providers. The group complements AT&T's Emerging Devices Organization which focuses on wirelessly enabling devices for consumers.

AT&T Business Solutions serves every Fortune 1000 company and has operations across 6 continents worldwide. ABS serves customers ranging from the largest and multinational companies to small businesses operating in multiple cities across the United States.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(SM) and AT&T | DIRECTV(SM) brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE® magazine.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.

© 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.

Source: AT&T Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Melissa Mirabile, +1-212-453-2327, mmirabil@attnews.us, or
Janet Wyles, +1-908-234-6067, wyles@att.com, both of AT&T

Web Site:  http://www.att.com/

Mixamo Debuts 'Custom Character Creator' Suite

Game Developers Get Fully Rigged 3D Models That Work Seamlessly With All Mixamo Animations

SEATTLE, July 20 -- Mixamo Inc. today announced at Casual Connect Seattle new customizable character creation features now available at http://www.mixamo.com.  3D animators and game developers can create fully rigged characters for their projects in a matter of minutes, according to their specific preferences.  Additionally, the entire Mixamo collection of animations can be applied to these characters in real-time for a powerful end-to-end character modeling and animation experience.

Cameron Petty, founder of JumpCore Productions and former CEO/Co-founder of Cryptic Studios, is delighted with this addition to the Mixamo service.  "Mixamo's Custom Character Creator should be a huge benefit to game developer studios of all sizes," he commented.  "From rapid prototyping and background character scenes all the way to playable and non-playable characters, game developers now have a powerful way to create fully rigged characters quickly."

"We extended the Mixamo concept of high-level controls to modeling, so that 3D professionals have an alternative to technical tasks like manually rigging their character and creating different levels of detail or resolutions," explains Mixamo Co-founder and CTO, Stefano Corazza. "With our Custom Character Creator suite, users now have a great complement to our character upload and mapping feature.  And any characters created work seamlessly with all of our motions using Mixamo's automatic, real-time retargeting system."

The new Mixamo customizable characters are geared toward 3D game developers and animators who need 3D rigged models for playable and non-playable characters, cut-scenes, animated shorts, or rapid-prototyping uses such as 3D storyboarding.  Users can choose between Standard or Pro characters, depending on the level of customization they require for body shape, hair, clothing styles, and technical settings such as geometry, poly resolutions, textures, and facial rigging.  Both Standard and Pro characters, fully rigged, can be created in less than ten minutes.

For specific information about these customizable character features, please visit http://www.mixamo.com/c/create-custom-characters.

About Mixamo

Mixamo Inc. is a Silicon Valley, VC-funded company founded by 3D pioneers Stefano Corazza, CTO, and Nazim Kareemi, CEO. Based on research from Stanford University's BioMotion lab, Mixamo offers the first online 3D character animation service that provides 3D game developers the power to customize and create professional-quality character animations at unprecedented speeds. Mixamo currently employs a team of outstanding computer vision experts, 3D animators, software engineers and serial entrepreneurs from around the world.

For more information, please visit http://www.mixamo.com/, or follow Mixamo on Twitter.

Copyright ©2010 Mixamo(TM). All trademarks are property of their respective owners and used with their permission.

Source: Mixamo Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Mixamo Inc., +1-415-255-7455, pr@mixamo.com

Web Site:  http://www.mixamo.com/

Exinda 10060 Breaks New Ground in WAN Optimization Performance

Scalable and flexible WAN Optimization appliance helps service providers and managed service providers provides customers an opportunity to take charge of non business critical traffic flooding their networks.

ANDOVER, Mass., July 20 -- Exinda, a global provider of WAN optimization solutions, today announced the availability of the 10060 the latest member of their next generation x60 WAN optimization appliance family.  Designed for medium to large offices and data centers, the 10060 model supports up to 20 Gbps worth of traffic and up to 250,000 users more than double the number of users supported by the next smaller 8060 platform, meaning customers get more bandwidth support for their investment dollar. When configured with ExOS 5.5 WAN optimization software the 10060 supports 2x the optimized bandwidth and 50% more optimized connections when compared to the 8060.

"Exinda is benefiting today from intelligent x86 server solutions that improve virtualization performance, speed resource consolidation and help support important business applications," said Chris Siakos, Exinda's Chief Technology Officer. "It is not necessary to rely on legacy RISC/UNIX investments for applications such as WAN Optimization we don't lock customers into a proprietary architecture. Exinda is enabling customers to do more with less helping them reap the benefits of powerful new server technologies that leverage Intel's new Nehalem-EX processors."

  Read more here (http://www1.exinda.com/cms__Main?name=PR2010).

  About Exinda®

Exinda is a proven global supplier of WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration products.  We have installed and maintained network deployments that exceed 1,000 devices.  The company has helped over 1,500 organizations in 55 countries worldwide to reduce network operating costs and ensure consistent application performance over the WAN.  The Exinda Unified Performance Management (UPM) solution encompasses application visibility, control, optimization, and intelligent acceleration - all within a single network appliance that is affordable and easy to manage.

Founded in 2002, Exinda is headquartered in Andover, MA and established regional offices in Canada and the United Kingdom to support the growing global demand for its products and services.  Exinda also invests heavily in ongoing Research and Development, which operates in our Melbourne, Australia facilities.

Exinda's products are distributed by a worldwide network of solution partners offering local support and services.  For more information, please visit: http://www.exinda.com/.

Exinda® and the Exinda logo are trademarks of Exinda.

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

Source: Exinda
   

CONTACT:  Kevin Suitor of Exinda, +1-416-840-5589,
kevin.suitor@exinda.com

Web Site:  http://www.exinda.com/

AT&T Customers Get More Mobile Broadband Coverage in Dinwiddie County

New 3G Cell Site Activated as Part of Ongoing AT&T Investment in Virginia Wireless Network

PETERSBURG, Va., July 20 -- As part of its continuing network investment to support growing demand for advanced mobile devices and applications, AT&T* today announced the activation of a new 3G cell site that will enhance coverage at Richard Bland Community College. The new site will also expand the network along Halifax and Johnson Roads south of Petersburg for consumers and local businesses. With 3G speeds now available in these areas, AT&T customers can surf the Web, download files faster, and enjoy the very latest interactive mobile applications.

"During the past several years, we've made substantial private investments to provide our customers across Virginia with access to the kind of technology that will stimulate economic growth, inspire innovation and create jobs," said J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid Atlantic. "We remain committed to working with our federal, state and local leaders to help create a positive economic environment that provides opportunities for companies to continue to invest aggressively in Virginia."

"Broadband connectivity is critically important to those who live in, work in, learn in and visit our region and is essential for the competitiveness of our Commonwealth," said Virginia State Senator Henry L. Marsh, III (D-District 16).  "AT&T's investment in its mobile broadband network is great news for our community."

The new cell site is part of AT&T's ongoing efforts to extend its 3G wireless network - the fastest in the nation, according to independent testing.  It is also part of AT&T's previously announced plans to drive innovation and expand its mobile network across the Commonwealth.  From 2007 through 2009, AT&T's total capital investment in its Virginia wireless and wireline networks was nearly $600 million.

"Our goal is pretty simple: we want you to have an extraordinary experience when you make a call, check e-mail, download a song or video, or surf the Internet on your AT&T device," said Erika K. Thompson-Kemp, vice president and general manager for AT&T in Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information about AT&T's 3G coverage in Virginia or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer.  The online tool can measure the quality of coverage based on a street address, intersection, ZIP code, or even a landmark.

For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit http://www.att.com/networknews.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE® magazine.

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CONTACT:  Ellen Webner, +1-973-775-1321, ellen.webner@att.com

Web Site:  http://www.att.com/

ChinaEdu Launches New Educational Online Community and Signs Partnership Agreement With Livemocha

BEIJING, July 20 -- ChinaEdu Corporation (NASDAQ:CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), a leading educational services provider in China, today announced that it has updated its corporate website, http://www.chinaedu.net/ , to incorporate its new online learning community for adult students, which will undergo continuous update and development. In the meantime, it has signed a partnership agreement with Livemocha.

ChinaEdu's online learning community for adult students currently serves the Company's students with a series of social network services centered around their online colleges, classes and academic disciplines. Other content such as skills training and test preparation will also be added in the future. ChinaEdu also intends to broaden its reach to all adult students. Under the Company's agreement with Livemocha, ChinaEdu will act as a sales representative for Livemocha in China through the learning community for a period of three years. Livemocha's award-winning online language learning course, Active English, will be promoted through http://www.chinaedu.net/ .

Julia Huang, Chairman and CEO of ChinaEdu, said: "We have seen a fundamental shift in English language learning, moving from traditional brick and mortar learning methods to innovative online courses. We are excited to be working with Livemocha, which provides a social approach to online English language learning. Its award-winning Active English course, combined with a learning community of over six million members, gives every student the ability to communicate with native English speakers to improve their English language skills."

Shirish Nadkarni, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Livemocha, said: "We are excited about the opportunity to work with ChinaEdu, a leader in online education in China. Both companies share similar visions in wanting to bring true innovation to online language learning in China. By working together, we bring an unrivaled English language learning solution to the Chinese market."

About Livemocha

Livemocha is a Seattle-based company that is redefining language learning by combining dynamic online courses in over 30 languages with the world's largest community of native language speakers. Since launching in September 2007, Livemocha has grown to more than six million members from over 200 countries, underscoring the strong demand for an engaging, collaborative approach to language learning. There are currently over 375 million people wanting to learn a language worldwide, and the market is currently estimated to be over $80 billion, fueled by rapid globalization, immigration and travel. For more information about Livemocha, please visit http://www.livemocha.com/ .

Livemocha Active English is an award winning series of 12 interactive online courses focused on real conversational English. The online courses range from beginner to advanced levels, and include interactions with a language community of over six million members worldwide. Each lesson includes interactions with English native speakers to provide a more engaging and effective learning experience. Active English was developed in partnership with Pearson Education, the global leader in educational publishing.

About ChinaEdu

ChinaEdu Corporation is an educational services provider in China, incorporated as an exempted limited liability company in the Cayman Islands. Established in 1999, the Company's primary business is to provide comprehensive services to the online degree programs of leading Chinese universities. These services include academic program development, technology services, enrollment marketing, student support services and finance operations. The Company's other lines of businesses include the operation of private primary and secondary schools, online interactive tutoring services and providing marketing, support for international curriculum programs and online learning community for adult students.

The Company believes it is the largest service provider to online degree programs in China in terms of the number of higher education institutions that are served and the number of student enrollments supported. The Company currently has 16 long-term contracts that generally vary from 10 to 50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs recruiting services for 18 universities through our nationwide learning center network.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including certain plans, expectations, goals, and projections, which are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control which may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to (and expressly disclaim any such obligation to) update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

  For more information, please contact:

  Company Contacts:

   Lily Liu, CFO
   ChinaEdu Corporation
   Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1002
   Email: ir@chinaedu.net

   S. Jimmy Xia, IR Manager
   ChinaEdu Corporation
   Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1150
   Email: ir@chinaedu.net

Source: ChinaEdu Corporation
   

CONTACT: Lily Liu, CFO, ChinaEdu Corporation at +86-10-8418-6655 x1002;
ir@chinaedu.net; S. Jimmy Xia, IR Manager, ChinaEdu Corporation at
+86-10-8418-6655 x1150 or ir@chinaedu.net

Web site: http://www.chinaedu.net/
http://www.livemocha.com/

MRIS Adds Value for Its Subscribers With MRISFax

MRISFax Enables Fast, Reliable Communication for MRIS Subscribers

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 20 -- MRIS has launched its new service, MRISFax. Included in the MRIS subscription at no additional cost, MRISFax was developed to improve day-to-day communication efforts between MRIS subscribers and their clients. Through a completely secure online transaction, both parties can send and receive hard copy faxes as email attachments.

"A primary goal of our MRIS360 degree mission is to seek out ways to provide added value for our customers by implementing technology and services that help them run their business and serve their customers more effectively," said John Heithaus, MRIS, CMO, "MRISFax will help agents not only increase the efficiency of their day-to-day transactions, but also provide modern customer service to their clients and help them to reduce operating costs."

MRIS customers can obtain the MRISFax service and view the online tutorial, by visiting our website.

Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS) is a leading provider of real estate information technology, and the largest multiple listing service in the nation. MRIS offers a portfolio of technology solutions, broker and agent software products and an industry-leading consumer portal, HomesDatabase.com. In addition, the CURE Solutions Group subsidiary of MRIS provides back-end technology to other MLS systems through CURE, a proprietary solution. MRIS serves more than 40,000 real estate professionals spanning the Mid-Atlantic region, including Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia. Visit http://www.mris.com.

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Source: Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Cassie Clancy of MRIS Public Relations, +1-301-838-4671; Cell,
+1-503-784-2547, cassie.clancy@mris.net

Web Site:  http://www.mris.com/

SRS Labs Announces HD Audio Lab -- The Most Advanced and Feature Rich Audio Enhancement Software Available for PCs

All New SRS HD Audio Lab (HAL) Creates the Ultimate Surround Sound Audio Experience for Music, Movies, Videos, and Games on the PC

SANTA ANA, Calif., July 20 -- SRS Labs (NASDAQ: SRSL), the industry leader in surround sound, audio, and voice technologies, announced today a brand-new addition to its line of consumer products called SRS HD Audio Lab(TM) (HAL). Compatible with all PC-based media players and loaded with a complete suite of fully customizable SRS audio enhancement solutions, HD Audio Lab allows consumers to turn any Windows-based computer into their own personal concert hall or home theater.

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HD Audio Lab optimizes the way sound is processed through PCs. HAL utilizes an intuitive graphical user interface and an advanced control panel, making it easy for users to adjust and customize the audio settings to their listening preference. Taking into account different playback environments, HAL is also compatible with any speaker configuration - headphones, laptop and desktop speakers, up to 7.1 systems.

"SRS HD Audio Labs was designed principally based on the fact that entertainment has become an integral part of the overall PC experience," said Allen H. Gharapetian, Vice President of Marketing for SRS Labs. "Gone are the days when the primary use of PCs was data crunching or word processing. Today, consumers regularly use the PC as their own personal jukebox and enjoy movies and other video/audio content from many sources streamed or downloaded online. Our all-new HD Audio Lab gives consumers the ability to completely customize and fine tune the sound settings for all their content, enabling them to experience remarkably more natural and higher quality audio with restored depth and clarity - the way the artist intended it to sound."

Audio purists, gamers and movie buffs alike will love how HAL restores clarity to vocals, detail to high frequency notes and overall fidelity to digital music, while at the same time improving speaker bass response and enhancing the overall quality of the audio. The end result corresponds to content sounding significantly more natural and notably closer to the original recording, making the overall entertainment experience more compelling and far more immersive.

The SRS HD Audio Lab is engineered to take advantage of the surround content regardless of the speaker arrangement and ensures that sound quality is not diminished by the physical limits of speakers or low-quality sound cards. For users that have a 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound configuration, HAL uses the built-in passive matrix surround sound decoder to create true multichannel surround sound from any audio source, including stereo and mono. Conversely, in addition to their audio sounding more dynamic and robust, users of stereo speaker systems and headphones will find themselves far more involved and immersed in their music, videos and games thanks to embedded surround sound technologies.

The all new HAL is available now as a download that will work with every major PC media player. Users can experience the remarkable difference HAL will bring to their content via a free, fully functional 30-day trial version at http://www.srslabs.com/store. The MSRP for SRS HD Audio Lab is $29.99 for download and $39.99 for box copies. Box copies will be available at various retailers nationwide soon.

About SRS Labs, Inc.

Founded in 1993, SRS Labs is the industry leader in audio signal processing for consumer electronics.  Beginning with the audio technologies originally developed at Hughes Aircraft, SRS Labs holds over 150 worldwide patents and is recognized by the industry as the foremost authority in research and application of audio post processing technologies based on the human auditory principles. Through partnerships with leading global CE companies, semiconductor manufacturers and software partners, SRS is recognized as the de facto standard in audio enhancement, surround sound, volume leveling and voice processing technologies. SRS solutions have been included in over one billion electronic products sold worldwide including flat panel HDTVs, STBs, mobile phones, portable media devices, PCs and automotive entertainment. SRS Labs supports its partners around the globe with a network of offices in regions including the U.S., China, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, visit http://www.srslabs.com. Visit SRS Labs' blog at soundingoff.srslabs.com, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/srslabs, YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/srslabs or on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/srslabs.

Except for historical information contained in this release, statements in this release, including those by Mr. Gharapetian, may constitute forward-looking statements regarding our assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or beliefs about future events that are based on management's belief, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management.  While the Company believes that its expectations are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurances that the Company's goals and strategy will be realized. Numerous factors, including risks and uncertainties, may affect the Company's actual results and may cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. Some of these factors include the acceptance of new SRS Labs' products and technologies, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the timely development and release of technologies by the Company, general business and economic conditions, especially in Asia, and other factors detailed in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the SEC.  SRS Labs specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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CONTACT:  Michael Bingham, PR Manager, SRS Labs, Inc., +1-949-442-5582,
michaelb@srslabs.com; Investor Relations, Matt Glover, Liolios Group, Inc.,
+1-949-574-3860, info@liolios.com

Web Site:  http://www.srslabs.com/

Introducing LightSquared: Revolutionizing the U.S. Wireless Industry

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: - Nokia Siemens Networks signs an 8-year agreement worth $7 billion to deploy, install, operate, and maintain LightSquared network - First-ever wholesale nationwide 4G-LTE wireless broadband network integrated with satellite coverage allows partners to offer terrestrial-only, satellite-only, or integrated satellite-terrestrial services to their end users - Telecommunications luminary Sanjiv Ahuja becomes Chairman and CEO, joined by a seasoned management team - First truly open and net neutral wireless network spurring the development of new wireless devices, applications, and services - Unique wholesale-only business model avoids conflict of interest with customers - LightSquared is announcing up to $1.75 billion in additional debt and equity financing - LightSquared network build-out anticipated to generate more than 100,000 direct and indirect private sector jobs within five years

NEW YORK, July 20 -- Today marks the launch of LightSquared(TM), a new nationwide 4G-LTE wireless broadband network integrated with satellite coverage that will revolutionize communications in the United States. As the nation's first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network, LightSquared will provide wireless broadband capacity to a diverse group of customers, including retailers; wireline and wireless communication service providers; cable operators; device manufacturers; web players; content providers; and many others. The LightSquared network will allow these partners to offer satellite-only, terrestrial-only, or integrated satellite-terrestrial services to their end users. This wholesale-only business model ensures LightSquared has no conflict of interest with its customers. LightSquared seeks to transform the wireless broadband industry to one that fosters innovation, creativity, and freedom of choice via the first truly open and net neutral wireless network.

The driving force behind LightSquared is Philip Falcone, founder and chief executive officer of Harbinger Capital Partners, who foresaw the explosive demand for wireless broadband connectivity generated by new devices and the mobile Internet. To meet this demand and make his plan a reality, Falcone made several investments through the Harbinger funds, including the acquisition of SkyTerra Communications, Inc., now part of LightSquared.

Falcone said, "The launch of LightSquared marks a significant milestone in the industry and for Harbinger. With a strong management team and a world-class partner to build and manage the network, the business is well positioned to capitalize on key trends; demand for wireless broadband is growing at a rapid pace and there is an increasing need for additional network capacity and reach. Importantly, LightSquared will also make a significant contribution to U.S. job growth and the economy."

Falcone has partnered with telecommunications visionary Sanjiv Ahuja, who will lead the LightSquared team as chairman and chief executive officer. Ahuja brings a successful track record to the new company and will lead the development and nationwide rollout of its network. Ahuja was chief executive officer of the global telecom giant Orange Group from 2004 through 2007, during which Orange's customer base grew from 48 million to more than 100 million subscribers globally.

"LightSquared will be a disruptive force in the U.S. wireless landscape by democratizing wireless broadband services," said Ahuja. "We're not only delivering exciting opportunities for manufacturers and retailers, but also real change for consumers, dealers, and service providers. We're providing everyone, including underserved communities, with a fast, reliable experience regardless of where they are located in the United States. This network will return our country to its rightful position as a leader in wireless broadband technology and solidify its reputation as the center of global innovation."

Partner Selected to Manage Network Deployment

Nokia Siemens Networks, a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment and services, has signed an 8-year agreement with LightSquared, subject to final approval by both the Nokia Siemens Networks and the LightSquared boards. The agreement represents more than $7 billion over 8 years, and includes network design, equipment manufacturing and installation, and network operations and maintenance. The nationwide LightSquared network, consisting of approximately 40,000 cellular base stations, will cover 92 percent of the U.S. population by 2015.

"Nokia Siemens Networks is proud to have been selected for the largest-ever outsourced deployment of a wireless network in the United States," said Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer of Nokia Siemens Networks. "Our organization is prepared and ready to harness our global expertise to enable LightSquared to meet its aggressive rollout schedule."

Spectrum Assets and Financing

LightSquared controls valuable high quality spectrum assets of 59 Mhz of nationwide spectrum in an advantageous frequency position.

In addition to the $2.9 billion of assets already contributed by Harbinger Capital Partners and affiliates, LightSquared is announcing additional debt and equity financing of up to $1.75 billion.

Management Team

Joining Ahuja on the LightSquared management team are several telecommunications industry veterans.

Frank Boulben joins as LightSquared's chief marketing officer and will oversee strategy, marketing, and partner development. Boulben was previously group commercial director at Vodafone and group chief marketing officer at Orange. He also served on the Board of the GSMA from 2004 to 2006 and was chairman of the Board Strategy Committee.

Serving as LightSquared's general counsel is Curtis Lu, former senior vice president, deputy general counsel, and chief ethics and compliance officer for Time Warner.

Drew Caplan, formerly SkyTerra's chief network officer, will continue to serve in this capacity for LightSquared. A 25-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Caplan founded and led Nextel Communications' national engineering organization, where he was responsible for development, engineering, planning, and deployment of new technologies, products, and services.

Jeff Carlisle will serve as LightSquared's executive vice president for Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy. Carlisle, who previously served as vice president of Regulatory Affairs for SkyTerra, is responsible for all domestic and international regulatory and policy matters including those at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, the Executive Branch, the ITU, and in foreign markets.

With official appointment set to commence in fall of 2010, LightSquared's executive management team will also include Martin Harriman as executive vice president of Ecosystem Development and Satellite Business. Harriman will oversee satellite engineering, devices, chipset development, service applications, and partner solutions. Harriman has previously served in senior management positions with Ericsson and was the chief marketing officer of Marconi. Since the first quarter of 2010, Harriman has been acting as an advisor to Harbinger Global Wireless.

Steve Olive will serve as the chief administrative officer and will be responsible for LightSquared's human resources, procurement, facility management, and internal communications functions. Olive previously served in senior executive positions with France Telecom and for Orange. Since the first quarter of 2010, Olive has been acting as an advisor to Harbinger Global Wireless. Olive's appointment is also slated to begin in fall of 2010.

Doug Smith will serve as senior vice president, Engineering and Operations for LightSquared and will be responsible for the company's network design, deployment, and operations. Before joining LightSquared, Smith was senior vice president, Engineering and Operations for Clearwire and has also held senior technical and operations positions at Sprint Nextel and Nextel.

Jeff Snyder will serve as LightSquared's senior vice president, Satellite Engineering and Operations.  Snyder, who previously served as group vice president, Satellite Engineering and Operations for SkyTerra Communications, will be responsible for the management of the procurement, construction, launch, testing, and operation of LightSquared's next generation satellite network and spacecraft. He previously served as senior vice president for Space and Ground Systems at XM Satellite Radio and prior to that as vice president of Space Systems for Worldspace Corporation.

Dion Oglesby will serve as interim chief financial officer for LightSquared. Oglesby has more than 15 years of experience in restructuring, investment banking, and lending, including as vice president in the High Yield Capital Markets Group of Credit Suisse First Boston.

Impact on Economy and Society

The LightSquared network build-out is anticipated to generate more than 100,000 direct and indirect private sector jobs over the next five years through the build-out, administration, and utilization of the network. As stated in the FCC's National Broadband Plan, "Broadband can and must serve as a foundation for long-term economic growth, ongoing investment, and enduring job creation." The LightSquared network will demonstrate the reality of that policy goal.

Building on SkyTerra's record of public safety services support, LightSquared will continue developing reliable and affordable solutions using its integrated 4G-LTE satellite network.

"LightSquared will help solve some of the communications and public safety issues we've seen during recent national disasters, as well as provide connectivity in rural markets where there is currently no reliable wireless communication," said Ahuja. "By using satellite coverage, we can ensure constant connectivity, even if the terrestrial network is not available."

About LightSquared

LightSquared's mission is to revolutionize the U.S. wireless industry. Through the creation of the first-ever wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network complemented by satellite coverage, LightSquared offers people the speed, value, and reliability of universal broadband connectivity, wherever they are in the United States. Through its wholesale-only business model, those without their own wireless network or who have limited geographic coverage or spectrum can develop and sell their own devices, applications, and services using LightSquared's open 4G network--at a competitive cost and without retail competition from LightSquared.

For further information about LightSquared, please go to http://www.LightSquared.com.

Forward Looking Statement:

This release contains forward-looking statements and information regarding LightSquared and its business. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of LightSquared's management and are, therefore, subject to certain risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements expressed herein relate only to information as of the date of this release. LightSquared has no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release, nor is there any assurance that the plans or strategies discussed in this release will not change.

Source: LightSquared
   

CONTACT:  Amy Rosenberg, Burson-Marsteller, +1-212-614-4558; Tom Surface,
LightSquared, +1-703-390-1579

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

With Summer Jobs Scarce, Entrepreneurial Students Turn to New Internet Game DevHub.com to Make Money

Internet Upstart, the EVO Media Group, Combines Free Social Game with Website Builder that Earns Players Real Revenue, Respect among Peers

SEATTLE, July 20 -- With social online games all the craze these days, the EVO Media Group has combined the best of these gaming elements with its free website builder to make the perfect online summer destination for teens looking to make some scratch during their long break.

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Students who sign up on DevHub are guided through an empire-building game with points, levels, and coins to build full-fledged websites such as a news blog or a storefront. To make the whole process easier to understand, websites are actually represented as actual buildings, which grow and are populated by DevHub's resident characters, the Devatars. As students accumulate coins and unlock Devatars, they are able to upgrade their site with tools and templates in the DevHub marketplace. All the while, players are actually building out websites that contain ads and promotional products that can earn real money.

"DevHub.com is a totally unique experience," says EVO Media Group's CEO and GameMaster, Geoffrey Nuval, "We're enabling students to build Internet properties that make real money while letting them do what they do best... play a game. Can we really scold our kids when they are actually spending their time online creating real value?"

By the looks of the activity on Facebook and Twitter, DevHub users are leveraging the game's social features to the max to recruit even more players. To date, users have already built over 500,000 sites on DevHub.

"The days of kids mowing lawns and painting houses for summer jobs are fading," says Mark Michael, Co-founder and Chief Business Officer at DevHub. "Now students can turn their personal passion into an online business. Whether your kids are into sports or art or music, DevHub provides the tools and guidance for them to create a real, valuable property online.  The best part is that they'll have fun doing it!"

About DevHub.com

DevHub is your place to create anything on the Web with no hosting hassle, guided site-editing, money-making tools, social features integrated, and a whole lot of fun mixed in! Forget run of the mill site-builders, DevHub is an online brand builder. In addition to its editing tools, DevHub's drag-and-drop modules pull in content, video, products, ads, and more from various top-tier partners around the Web. You have the power to do it, and we provide you with a guided site editor to make it happen.

About Evo Media Group

The EVO Media Group, Inc. ("EVO") is a venture-backed company that is dually headquartered in Seattle, WA (engineering) & San Francisco, CA (business development). EVO's main purpose is to apply the newest Internet technologies and gaming mechanics to previously mundane and daunting platforms. The result is a lower barrier to entry, users being incentivized to complete tasks on time, and a sense of fun.

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CONTACT:  Mark Michael, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of EVO
Media Group, Inc., +1-206-441-4399, mark@evomediagroup.com

Web Site:  http://www.devhub.com/

Entrepreneur First to Offer Full-Issue App for iPhone and iPad

5 Issues Available FREE on Both Devices in Limited Launch Promotion

IRVINE, Calif., July 20 -- Just weeks after the launch of its full-issue app for the iPhone, Entrepreneur announces an all-new iPad app as well. Entrepreneur is the only business title to offer full issues of the magazine on either device, let alone both.

"Our audience is easily one of the most mobile and tech-savvy," says Ryan Shea, president/corporate publisher at Entrepreneur. "Being ahead of the curve with not just our content but also accessibility and delivery is how we remain part of the daily decision-making process for millions of business owners."

Entrepreneur's iPad app helps company owners discover ideas and solutions no matter where they are and what they're doing, whether it's traveling between offices; entertaining clients, colleagues and friends; or pitching to new customers across the nation and globe. Anyone who purchases the app will receive full content from each issue as well as daily bonus content available only with the app. The app also makes sharing favorite insights and ideas easy among staff and colleagues.

Early results show Entrepreneur users are spending, on average, 33 minutes per session with their app and coming back more than three times per month, adding up to 100 minutes of engagement per user. The numbers are tremendous validation of Entrepreneur's content and support of reader mobility.

To download five issues of Entrepreneur to your own iPad for free in a limited launch promotion, visit the iTunes store here.

About Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Entrepreneur Media Inc. is the premier content provider for and about entrepreneurs. Our products engage and inspire every day with the advice, solutions and resources that fuel the bold and independent way entrepreneurs think.

After 33 years, nobody reaches more growing businesses. As the original magazine for the small and midsize business community, Entrepreneur continues to be the definitive guide to all the diverse challenges of business ownership. Entrepreneur.com is the most widely used website by entrepreneurs and emerging businesses worldwide. Entrepreneur Press publishes the books that turn entrepreneurial skills into business success.

To learn more, visit http://www.entrepreneur.com.

To advertise, please contact us at http://www.entrepreneur.com/mediakit.

Source: Entrepreneur Magazine
   

CONTACT:  Lisa Murray of Entrepreneur Media Inc., +1-949-622-5220,
lmurray@entrepreneur.com

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