Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Airbiquity Continues "Driving" Its Mobile Integration With The Announcement of Choreo 5.0 -- The Auto Industry's Most Advanced Scalable Cloud-Based Platform Worldwide --- SEATTLE, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:58 PM
  Airbiquity, Inc., a global leader in connected vehicle services today released the latest version of its global cloud-based mobile integration solution - Choreo 5.0. Airbiquity's Choreo Service Delivery Platform has been significantly enhanced for 2013 with Choreo 5.0 now able to integrate practically any application into the vehicle, whether it comes from a smartphone or cloud-based streaming service. "The scalability of this solution is unmatched in this industry, and a paradigm shift," said David Jumpa, Chief Revenue Officer, Airbiquity. "Previous automotive ... read more
• Sprint to Waive Voice, Data and Text Messaging Overage Charges for Oklahoma Residents Affected by Recent Tornado --- OVERLAND PARK, Kan.
  Posted at 12:54 PM
  

  As residents and businesses in the surrounding areas of Oklahoma City recover from the damage and devastation caused by yesterday’s tornado, Sprint (NYSE:S) is proactively waiving overage charges for voice, text and data for Sprint services between now and June 30, 2013. Impacted customers utilizing Virgin ... read more
• AT&T Digital Life and Parks Associates Address Home Security, IP Connected Home Services in Keynotes at CONNECTIONS(TM) at CTIA 2013 --- DALLAS, TX
  Posted at 12:47 PM
  

  DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates, presents today on the growing presence of IP-enabled solutions in the home management and security markets as part of her keynote address "Emerging Markets for IP Home Management" at CONNECTIONS™. New research from Parks Associates finds 5% of U.S. broadband households (representing more than 4 million households) report they are very likely to purchase a home security system within the next 12 months. A majority of these ... read more
• AT&T Assists Victims Of Oklahoma Tornado --- OKLAHOMA CITY, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:47 PM
  AT&T is taking several steps to assist those in need in Moore and the Oklahoma City area after the community was struck by a tornado Monday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) As part of the support, AT&T is making a $100,000 contribution to the American Red Cross to assist its relief and recovery efforts. We will also be staying in close touch with the Red Cross and local authorities as they continue to assess community needs during this emergency. Other initiatives include: ... read more
• Star Micronics Names BlueStar as 2012 Distributor of the Year --- EDISON, NJ
  Posted at 12:41 PM
  EDISON, NJ -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Star Micronics America, a leading worldwide manufacturer of point of service printers, has announced BlueStar, Inc. as their 2012 Distributor of the Year. BlueStar, the leading innovator in solutions-based distribution for auto ID, point-of-sale, mobility, RFID and security products has now won the award for nine consecutive years. The Distributor of the Year award is given in recognition of distributors who demonstrate continued year-over-year growth in sales and perform best practices in ... read more
• iNvolved Media Announces Video StoryEngine --- NEW YORK
  Posted at 12:39 PM
  

  iNvolved Media, a global leader and innovator of paid social, mobile and Web advertising, introduces Video StoryEngine, a proprietary interactive video engagement layer seamlessly operating across Social, Mobile and Premium Web content. Interactive and gamified video content appears across the company’s unique distribution of premium media ... read more
• NASA Calls For Phase II Visionary Advanced Concepts --- WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:34 PM
  NASA is looking for far-out ideas. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the visionary program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The NIAC program funds cutting-edge concepts with the potential to transform future aerospace missions, enable new capabilities, or significantly alter current approaches to launching, building, and operating aerospace systems. "Creating the technologies needed to keep our explorers -- robotic and human -- alive and well is a ... read more
• Microwave Vision Launches a Test System Designed for 4G Mobile Devices --- LAS VEGAS, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:33 PM
  The new SG 24 measurement system offers a measurement speed up to 3 times faster and a considerably higher dynamic range in passive antenna measurement mode than its predecessor. Its singularity, however, is found in its Over The Air (OTA) measurement capabilities. With the development of new high speed protocols, wireless signals have become increasingly complex and the challenge to measure these signals has intensified. MVG has taken on the challenge and engineered a new system with increased ... read more
• Vesta Introduces New Mobile Wallet for Prepaid Operators featuring Integrated Suite of Financial Services --- LAS VEGAS
  Posted at 12:25 PM
  Vesta Corporation, a leader in mobile payment solutions, announces the availability of the Vesta PayMobile™ wallet, a smartphone application that enables mobile operators to offer core financial services to their prepaid customers. Powered by partnerships with leading consumer brands Xoom, PreCash and Prepaid.com, the app builds ... read more
• UANI Calls on Facebook to Suspend Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s Account as Iranian Election Approaches --- NEW YORK
  Posted at 12:22 PM
  On Tuesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) launched its Social Media Campaign, by calling on Facebook, Inc. to suspend the account of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (https://www.facebook.com/www.Khamenei.ir) ahead of the June 14, 2013 presidential election in Iran. Today, the ... read more
• Techno Security Cements Position as the Premier Digital Investigations Conference with More Than 1450 Registrants --- SAN FRANCISCO
  Posted at 12:19 PM
  

  Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, and conference organizers TheTrainingCo are pleased to announce that more than 1,450 representatives from 31 countries have registered for the upcoming Techno Security & Forensics Investigations Conference and Mobile Forensics World. This ... read more
• Barry Frey Named President And CEO Of Digital Place-based Advertising Association --- NEW YORK, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:18 PM
  The Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA) announced today that Barry Frey has been hired as the organization's new president and chief executive officer. Frey is a long-time media and marketing visionary with extensive leadership credibility in building interactive, television and other and cross-platform media businesses for marketers. He succeeds Susan Danaher, who resigned from the DPAA to accept a position at Adspace Digital Mall Network. Mike DiFranza, president of Captivate Network and DPAA chairman, said, "Barry Frey is a very strong ... read more
• SCRA Slated to Win American Business Award --- COLUMBIA, S.C.
  Posted at 12:18 PM
  

  SCRA today announced that the company has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 American Business Awards in three different categories. This national award, known as The Stevie Award, recognizes exceptional achievements and contributions of businesses worldwide. Finalists were determined in preliminary judging during April ... read more
• MovieTickets.com Signs Carmike Cinemas - One Of The Nation's Largest Exhibitors --- BOCA RATON, Fla., May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:16 PM
  MovieTickets.com, a leading destination for the purchase of advance movie tickets, has added Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ: CKEC), one of the nation's leading digital cinema and 3-D motion picture exhibitors. MovieTickets.com is currently providing ticketing services for Carmike's newly acquired Rave locations, and has launched the process of rolling out the additional 2,200 screens in the Carmike circuit. The announcement was made today by Joel Cohen, Chief Executive Officer of MovieTickets.com, and David Passman, Carmike Cinemas President and Chief Executive Officer. (Logo: ... read more
• Father To Medical Association: Apologize, Our Children's Death Is Not A "Publicity Stunt" --- DANVILLE, Calif., May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:11 PM
  The following is being released by Consumer Watchdog: The father of a seven and ten year old killed by a drug addicted driver who received thousands of pills she should never have had called on the California Medical Association to apologize for calling the effort by families injured by medical negligence to tell their stories and seek stronger patient safety laws "an ill-fated publicity stunt." Bob Pack, president of the Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Foundation, and Jamie Court, president of ... read more
• CORRECTING and REPLACING GRAPHIC New Index of 5,000 U.S. Physicians Reveals Downward Trend In Profitability For The Year Ahead, With Healthcare Reform Fueling Top Operational Challenges --- SAN FRANCISCO
  Posted at 12:09 PM
  

  Please replace the first graphic with the accompanying graphic. The release reads: NEW INDEX OF 5,000 U.S. PHYSICIANS REVEALS DOWNWARD TREND IN PROFITABILITY FOR THE YEAR AHEAD, WITH HEALTHCARE REFORM FUELING TOP ... read more
• Delphix CEO Jedidiah Yueh Selected CEO of the Year by San Francisco Business Times --- MENLO PARK, CA
  Posted at 12:06 PM
  

  MENLO PARK, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Delphix, the leader in agile data management, today announced CEO Jedidiah Yueh was chosen as a winner in the CEO of the Year category of the 2013 San Francisco Business Times Tech & Innovation Awards. "Delphix has seen tremendous growth recently, including major new partnerships with SAP and In-Q-Tel and over 200 percent sales growth in 2012," said Yueh. "This award recognizes the impact our company is making for customers worldwide." The Tech ... read more
• Top Tech Growth CEOs to Take Main Stage at Capital Connection 2013 --- MCLEAN, Va.
  Posted at 12:04 PM
  

  Today, MAVA announced the sixteen companies selected to take the Main Stage of this year’s Capital Connection 2013 conference. Each year, Capital Connection brings together leading investors and top performing technology executives for an intense series of company presentations showcasing technology ... read more
• MSB and Weather Fusion Form Strategic Partnership to Help Property Insurance Carriers Identify Roofs with Pre-existing Hail Damage --- MILWAUKEE, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 12:00 PM
  Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (MSB), the leading provider of building cost data and analytics to the Property Insurance Industry and Weather Fusion, the leading provider of weather verification services to the insurance and construction industries, announced today that they are forming a strategic partnership aimed at helping insurance carriers proactively identify pre-existing hail damage on new business and renewal portfolio. The MSB and Weather Fusion collaboration will offer advanced analytics and portfolio reviews to optimize underwriting performance and mitigate roof-related ... read more
• Coalition For The Advancement Of Medical Research Transfers Mission And Assets To Alliance For Regenerative Medicine --- WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013
  Posted at 11:55 AM
  The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) announced today it is transferring its mission and its assets to the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM). "Human embryonic stem cell research has grown and evolved to a point where it's time for CAMR to hand off its mission to an organization that can advance policy initiatives to support where the science is now, and where it is headed," said CAMR president Amy Comstock Rick, J.D. "Following President Obama's March 2009 ... read more