May 12, 2008 by The Pen Group
StudioNow Partners with Clear Channel To Offer Sales Solutions for Local Merchants Featuring Online Video Production Services
Radio Stations Bring Local Businesses Additional Online Advertising Opportunities
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 12 – StudioNow, the premier online source for creating professional-quality video sales solutions at affordable prices, today announced a partnership with Clear Channel Radio to create engaging video and display advertising that allows online listeners to connect with local merchants in communities across the U.S. The agreement enables local Clear Channel stations to offer customized online ad solutions to local advertisers and further monetize the company’s vast array of on-demand content, from music videos to exclusive artist performances to locally-created webisodic station content.
Clear Channel provides local businesses with access to growing online communities via its network of more than 800 radio station websites, encompassing a monthly online audience of approximately 11 million unique visitors according to comScore / Media Metrix. Clear Channel is also the number one at-work streaming radio network according to comScore/Arbitron, and its listeners stream upwards of 10 million pieces of on-demand content across Clear Channel’s online network each week. StudioNow, since its inception last year, has created thousands of online videos for local businesses, including restaurants, hotels, day spas, retail shops, auto mechanics and others. >> Read full release at PRNewswire …
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May 7, 2008 by The Pen Group
Nokia and Ikivo Bring Designers and Developers Together to Improve the Productivity and Creativity of Mobile Java Development
Nokia introduces complete development environment with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to reduce costs, time to market for graphic UI design in mobile application projects
JAVAONE 2008, San Francisco, CA, May 7, 2008 – Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and Ikivo, a leading supplier of rich media application enabling solutions based on open standards, today announced the joint creation of a complete tool chain that simplifies and allows efficient collaboration between graphic designers and software engineers in the development of Java applications for mobile devices.
The new tool set integrates Nokia’s Platform SDKs for Java, Adobe Illustrator, Ikivo Animator and Sun’s NetBeans to enable user interface designers to add their GUI designs directly to an application project and avoid the time-consuming process of “translating” those designs into Java code. Utilizing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to capture visual designs for optimized integration into software development projects, the new solution dramatically improves the productivity of mobile Java development, and reinforces the attractiveness of Java as an environment for creating compelling mobile applications with rich graphics and interactivity. >> Read full release on PRNewswire
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April 29, 2008 by The Pen Group
Avanquest Introduces PC Performance Optimization Tools for Broadband Service Providers and PC OEMS
System Suite Essentials Enables Broadband Service Providers and PC Hardware Manufacturers to Shrink Tech Support Costs, Increase Customer Satisfaction and Reduce Churn
Denver, CO, April 29, 2008 - Avanquest Software, a world leading developer and publisher of business and consumer software for the global PC market, today introduced System Suite Essentials, a PC diagnostics and maintenance solution for the OEM systems and broadband services market. System Suite Essentials, based on Avanquest’s award-winning retail solution, System Suite 8, contains innovative, easy-to-use tools for OEMs and broadband services companies to offer to their customers to ensure the high-speed PC performance and system reliability broadband subscribers expect. >> Read full release at Business Wire
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April 17, 2008 by The Pen Group
2008 Florida Community Association Mortgage Foreclosure Survey Shows Rising Vacancies, Falling Revenue As Lenders Ignore Maintenance and Assessments
Negative Budget Impact Spurs Concern over Maintenance and Security Issues, Increased Fees and Assessments for Remaining Owners
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, Apr. 17, 2008 — A new survey of property owners in Florida’s condominium, homeowner and other community associations shows rising mortgage foreclosures are causing revenue shortfalls that pose significant threats to operating and maintenance budgets and to the health and security of many communities.
The 2008 Florida Community Association Mortgage Foreclosure Survey, conducted online statewide from March 26-April 8 under the auspices of the Community Association Leadership Lobby (CALL), shows a direct correlation between rising mortgage foreclosures and corresponding decline in revenues from maintenance fees and other assessments in the state’s condo and homeowner (HOA) communities. >> Read full release
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April 14, 2008 by The Pen Group
Becker & Poliakoff Attorneys Say Rising Tide of Condo Lawsuits May Swamp Florida Real Estate
Sun-Sentinel Opinion Article By Alan Becker & Allen M. Levine Urges U.S. Congress, HUD Action to Resolve Problem
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, April 14, 2008 — Individuals who purchased Florida condo units in good faith in recent years face yet another threat to their property’s value from a rising tide of lawsuits by speculative investors seeking to exploit loopholes in the 40-year old federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, say two prominent South Florida attorneys.
In an Opinion piece published Saturday in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, attorneys Alan Becker and Allen Levine of the law firm Becker & Poliakoff write that the mushrooming litigation, based on perceived loopholes in the federal legislation, known as ILSA, and governing regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), represents a serious problem for the residential real estate market, particularly in Florida and potentially nationwide. >> Read full release
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April 9, 2008 by The Pen Group
Nokia Mobile Games Innovation Challenge Dares Developers to ‘Rock’ Mobile Games World
Three Most Innovative Concepts Offered Nokia Publishing Pre-Production Contracts and Cash Prizes
Espoo, Finland, April 9, 2008 – Nokia (NYSE:NOK) today launched the worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a unique global competition with EUR70,000 in prizes, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future.
The first competition of its kind to encourage unique concepts in mobile gaming from developers of all backgrounds and all levels, the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge seeks the best in groundbreaking ideas and game concepts from the brightest and most creative minds in mobile gaming today. >> Read full release on PRNewswire
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April 1, 2008 by The Pen Group
Blue Dasher Technologies Street-Level Photography Captures Images with Unparalleled Clarity and Speed
Completes Every Street in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Las Vegas and South Florida in Record Time
CTIA 2008 Las Vegas, April 1, 2008 – Blue Dasher Technologies today announced the completion of comprehensive high-density photography of every public street in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, South Florida and Las Vegas, all captured in record time with industry-leading clarity and accuracy. Unlike other approaches, when viewed online the 360° images from Blue Dasher Technologies are seamless, creating an experience similar to driving down the street.
Designed by a 20-year GIS industry veteran, this new solution uses software built from the ground up to account for the problems inherent in relying on GPS signals to determine the location of each picture. Viewing these images online is much more like video, providing a stark contrast to today’s point-click-wait experience of viewing street-level photography. >> Read full release
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March 31, 2008 by The Pen Group
AppRiver Launches Secure Email Storage Solution for Microsoft Exchange Customers
Strategic Partnership with Global Relay Provides Long-Term Email Archiving and Compliance for Businesses of All Sizes
Gulf Breeze, FL, Mar. 31, 2008 — AppRiver, a leader in managed email security and messaging collaboration services, today announced the availability of a secure, easy-to-use, email archiving solution as part of its complete managed service for Microsoft Exchange. The Email storage solution was developed in partnership with Global Relay Communications, a leading provider of enterprise-class email archiving and compliance solutions.
Working together AppRiver and Global Relay will enable organizations of all sizes to address the following challenges of regulatory compliance, legal eDiscovery, storage optimization and backup associated with the escalating use of email in business. >> Read full release
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March 25, 2008 by The Pen Group
Becker & Poliakoff Co-Founder Alan Becker Assumes Law Firm’s Managing Shareholder Role & Responsibilities
Co-Founder Gary A. Poliakoff Remains with Firm as Shareholder, Will Shift Focus from Management Obligations to Law Practice and Related Activities
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, March 25, 2008 — Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., a diversified commercial law firm with fourteen offices and more than 125 attorneys throughout Florida, today announced that co-founding shareholder Alan S. Becker has assumed the Managing Shareholder role and responsibilities at the law firm.
Mr. Becker takes up the firm’s lead management responsibilities from co-founder Gary A. Poliakoff, who remains an active shareholder in the law firm and will shift from a management role in order to concentrate more closely on law practice and related activities. >> Read full release
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March 20, 2008 by The Pen Group
The Pen Group Communications Launches Social Media Client Newsroom
Social Media Optimized Newsroom Gives Greater Online Visibility to Agency Clients, Helping them Achieve Important Communications & Business Objectives
MIAMI, FL, March 20, 2008 — The Pen Group Communications, the leading independent public relations agency in South Florida serving technology, telecommunications and other business clients worldwide, today announced the launch of its new social media newsroom, presenting link-rich news releases, information and multimedia content about Pen Group client news online.
Designed to provide journalists, bloggers, agency clients, their partners and customers with easy access to Pen Group client news and information, the agency’s social media newsroom presents client press releases in encapsulated form, with links to full version releases available at major news release distribution sites. Postings at the Pen Group social media client newsroom also provides direct online links to client websites, downloadable corporate logos, product information, executive bios and multimedia content.
Relying on the advanced functionality of Web 2.0 software, the Pen Group social media client newsroom utilizes popular social bookmarking links and quick e-mail sharing functionality of each posted client news item to enable rapid and broad online distribution of news and accompanying multimedia content, serving to boost search engine rankings and greater client visibility across the Internet. >> Read full release
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March 20, 2008 by The Pen Group
Nokia Announces ‘Mobile Rules! 08′ Competition Winners
Excellence and Innovation Recognized in Competitions for Best Mobile Application, Best Technoloby Innovation and Best Business Plan Awards
SAN JOSE, CA, March 20, 2008 — Nokia today announced the winners in the annual ‘Mobile Rules!’ competition, the world’s leading awards for innovative mobile business plans and cutting-edge applications, services and technologies from developers and entrepreneurs from around the globe.
The annual Mobile Rules! Awards recognize initiatives from emerging application and technology developers and business startups worldwide. The rapid convergence of mobile and other technologies and functionalities has lead to a wide-range of entries creating new value and exciting services and applications for the mobile workforce and the mobile lifestyle.
Announced at a ceremony in the heart of Silicon Valley at San Jose City Hall, the Mobile Rules! 08 Awards were the climax to an eight-month selection process in which winners were chosen from hundreds of entries in three main competition tracks: Best Business Plan, Mobile Application and Technology Innovation. >> Read full release
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