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Revealing research by the UK’s leading mobile phone comparison website has shown that on average, Brits will send at least 282,000 text messages in a lifetime and spend nearly 8 whole months talking on their phone. The number of texts sent cost the equivalent of a top sports car for pay as you go users.

A nationwide study of 2,038 people in the UK by www.rightmobilephone.co.uk has revealed statistics detailing the amount of time people spend using their mobile on average in a whole lifetime. It was revealed that the average number of texts sent in a month was 500, whilst minutes used totalled 600 in a regular month.

Whilst some children are as young as eight years old when they receive their first mobile phone, the study by rightmobilephone.co.uk found that most believed 13 to be the age at which young people started using their handset properly and regularly, whilst the age at which usage considerably slowed was thought to be 60.

This means that in the 47 years over which the average person actively uses their mobile phone, almost two thirds of a year, 235 days, are spent talking on the phone and 282,000 text messages are sent.

68% of respondents felt they spent more time texting and calling their friends than actually spending time with them and 41% of them felt the same when it came to their partner or love interest. For over half, 54%, their mobile phone was the main means of communication, whilst just under a third, 31%, were more used to staying in touch via Facebook. Only 4% said their main way of communication was face-to-face.

For the 52% of mobile phone owners on pay as you go in the UK, they will spend an average of 0.10p on every text they send, totalling £28,200 over the years in which they actively use their handset; the same amount of money that could pay for a Lotus Elise, 76,216 Mars bars or 61 iPhones.

Neil McHugh, co-founder of rightmobilephone.co.uk, commented on the findings;

“Our latest study really highlights how much time and money we spend communicating; I’m sure it will surprise people and I’m sure most would rather be spending 8 months of their lifetime doing something a little more exciting.

He continued, “I think it can be easy to spend more time on your mobile phone than you need to, especially if you are on contract and have a good deal on texts and minutes, but even so, perhaps 8 months of your lifetime and £28,200 is a little extreme when you consider what that could buy you, a sports car, a round the world trip etc, it’s amazing many of us will be spending that on text messaging instead”

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For further information or to set up interviews with Neil McHugh or James Zielinski please contact Shannon Haigh , 10 Yetis PR Agency, shannon@10yetis.co.uk, 01452 348211.

Notes to editors

Rightmobilephone.co.uk was launched in November 2007 to help consumers save time and money by providing a trusted comparison platform for customers to purchase from.

The site has become the UK’s most comprehensive and user friendly mobile phone comparison engine, with 600,000+ mobile phone offers combined with user friendly consumer reviews, ratings and video.

Users can review and compare over 800 handsets with images, specifications and video with unique users reviews, opinions and ratings provided by handset owners and compare over 2000 + pay as you go offers and tariffs from all major networks.

Stuttgart, Germany and Manila, Philippines — According to one of InfoCom’s latest studies on the mobile market, the management of software updates for mobile phones not only bring value to the user, providing faster and improved software on its mobile phone, but may reveal as an additional revenue stream for the mobile carrier as well as produce positive effects on brand loyalty. Yet, this also applies to phone vendors, especially those targeting professional consumers (prosumers) and multimedia-oriented users. Especially Apple’s iPhone smartphone has set the benchmark on the marketing of updates.

“Carriers report some conflicts with phone manufacturers, related to the development of software upgrades or as regards the contact to end users”, an InfoCom’s Analyst located in Manila pointed out. InfoCom’s research shows that traditional end-device manufacturers have been reluctant, generally speaking, to promote firmware upgrade, as they prefer investing in the development of new phone models rather then devote resources in the further development of existing ones. But they are now increasingly using updates to get closer to their users.

The market is indeed changing: customers tend to keep their mobile phones longer and therefore, are more willing to run updates in order, for instance, to benefit from the latest innovation. “In Japan, mobile operators are quite advanced as regards software update management and use it effectively to generate new revenue streams”, the Analyst, who closely follows the Asian mobile markets since years, commented.

“In fact, in the next couple of years, vendors and carriers will compete more directly on customer loyalty. Many carriers and vendors have launched, or about to, mobile application stores. The next logical step is the update management”, the Analyst continued. “They have just started to understand the potential of efficient update management and they discover that the opportunities go far beyond simply fixing a security hole. Update management is soon to become a very exciting topic.”

InfoCom’s research investigates how market players use software updates to gain proximity to the end-user and helps to decipher how mobile carriers and vendors manage to create value with software update management.

About this research: This research investigates best and bad practices in the field of software update management and identifies how software update management can increase revenues and/or brand loyalty. InfoCom identifies the best software update management practices, how carriers benefit from them and how end-users react. InfoCom’s research activities go far beyond what is traditionally intended by telecom consultancy, covering also new telecom services and applications. If you wish to know more about it, do not hesitate to contact us.

About InfoCom: InfoCom is a market research and consultancy company with over 20 years experience providing strategic analyses and planning assistance to stakeholders in the telecommunications, IT and multimedia industries. InfoCom GmbH’s independent and fact-based analyses highlight trends and opportunities, supporting decision makers to understand market dynamics in order to improve their competitive advantage.

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77% of smartphone owners won’t get a proper break from work this Christmas, research by the UK’s leading mobile phone price comparison website has shown.

New research of 1,053 smartphone owners by the UK’s leading mobile phone price comparison website has shown that more than 3 in 4 people claim they will not be able to take a proper break from the office this Christmas, as their Blackberry or iPhone handsets will prevent them from being able to relax completely.

www.rightmobilephone.co.uk discovered that of the 77% who said they will be checking their smartphones over the festive period, two thirds would do it on a daily basis. Other findings of the study included the top reasons why people felt they had to check their emails whilst on holiday.

The most common reason was dedication, with 45% claiming they will keep their smartphone on them at all times in case something important crops up. 26% said checking emails is a habit they are unable to break, while 11% admitted they will be more concerned about impressing their boss in the hope of a New Year promotion or bonus.

Just under half of the respondents, 49%, are predicting that their obsessive smartphone checking will cause a row with family members this Christmas and 58% will be packing their phone charger before taking trips to see friends and relatives.

Rightmobilephone.co.uk has come up with the top five tips for switching off this Christmas;

1. Leave it at home – If you know that you aren’t going to be needed for anything, leave your Smartphone at home when visiting family and friends. If you don’t have it on you, it won’t interfere with your plans.
2. Switch it off – If only for an hour or two, switch your smartphone off to avoid arguments and to have a bit of time to totally relax.
3. Out of office – Set up an auto-response to let people know you’re out of the office. If you don’t get back to them straight away, they won’t start chasing you.
4. Make your absence known – Let colleagues and clients know what days you will not be working, so they are less likely to contact you during your leave.
5. Silence is Golden – Switch your handset to silent, not vibrate or loud mode. If you get a call or an email, you won’t know and won’t be tempted to answer or read it. You might even find you forget that your Blackberry exists… for a minute or two!

Speaking about these latest findings, Neil McHugh, co-founder of rightmobilephone.co.uk commented;

“I wasn’t surprised by the number of people who said they will be checking their smartphones this Christmas. Checking emails is a hard habit to break, especially in the case of the Blackberry when that flashing red light catches your eye!

“Our top five tips will hopefully help people to have a more relaxed Christmas that allows more quality time for family and not clients. I know how difficult it can be to switch off from work when you have a constant reminder in your pocket or bag all day, but for one day of the year at least, people should be able to switch off.”

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For further information or to set up interviews with Neil McHugh or James Zielinski please contact Shannon Haigh , 10 Yetis PR Agency, shannon@10yetis.co.uk, 01452 348211.

Notes to editors

Rightmobilephone.co.uk was launched in November 2007 to help consumers save time and money by providing a trusted comparison platform for customers to purchase from.

The site has become the UK’s most comprehensive and user friendly mobile phone comparison engine, with 600,000+ mobile phone offers combined with user friendly consumer reviews, ratings and video.

Users can review and compare over 800 handsets with images, specifications and video with unique users reviews, opinions and ratings provided by handset owners and compare over 2000 + pay as you go offers and tariffs from all major networks.

This autumn, InfomatiX Ltd. (Budapest, Hungary) is presenting its products and solutions in Dubai at the GITEX Technology Week 2009. As major highlight, InfomatiX is launching MobiAccess 3.1 during the conference which is held on 18-22 October at Dubai Exhibition and Convention centre.

The release of the new 3.1 version of MobiAccess™multi-platform mobile development framework is expected to be a main attraction as it will be first available at GITEX. InfomatiX Ltd. and MobiAccess visits Dubai to build international partnerships with mobile solution providers and to showcase its unique mobile development framework, FFA and SFA products and professional service offerings to potential clients.

Some new benefits of the new MobiAccess 3.1 framework will be:

• Google Android and Blackberry Storm support (iPhone supported from MA3.0)
• Brand new plug-ins: Benchmark (to test the mobile device database performance), HTML viewer, image viewer etc.
• More DB connectors, new Oracle DB support in 3.1
• New online data exchange capability and faster SyncServer connection

Visitors will have first-hand experience with new features will be presented at GITEX on all supported platforms (iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Google Android, Symbian, Java) and of course our ‘off-the shelf’ products line with full scale support for Field Force Automation (FFA) and Sales Force Automation (SFA) will also be available for user trial at the conference.

The presence of our company at both of the exhibitions are organized by ITD Hungary, the Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency, which helps the Hungarian SMEs to penetrate new markets all around the world.

CONTACT

InfomatiX Ltd.

11 Klapka Street,

H-1134 Budapest, HUNGARY

Phone: +36 (1) 32 77 550

www.infomatix.com | www.mobiaccess.com

info@infomatix.com | info@mobiaccess.com

Stuttgart, Germany – Telecom spending in Brazil amounted to €31.2bn in 2008, equivalent to about 3% of the country’s GDP, and it is expected to rise to €35.6bn in 2014 at a CAAGR (compounded annual average growth rate) of 2.2%. Revenues from fixed telephony will continue to decrease despite fixed telephony carriers’ efforts to attract customers by decreasing service pricing and increasing geographical coverage.

Mobile telephony will remain the main driver of the telecom sector. The growth in subscription will offset the decline in prices. Indeed, if ARPU (average revenue per user) is expected to decrease from currently €9.00 to €8.40 in 2014, the total subscriptions will increase to 185.9 millions by 2014, representing a penetration rate per inhabitant of nearly 90%. Growth opportunities will likely come from the prepaid market, particularly the low-income users and SME segment, and from Region I, where mobile penetration is still relatively low. Non-voice services should gain some momentum as soon as 3G based mobile broadband services become more geographically available. Furthermore, the launch of 4G (LTE) technologies in the first part of the next decade should further boost mobile broadband by allowing faster and enhanced mobile data services.

Brazilian telecom market trends reported by InfoCom also include:

– Broadband penetration continues to increase as at end-2008, over 17% of all Brazilian households had broadband Internet access, up from about 10% in 2006. xDSL is the leading broadband technology while 2.5 million are cable modem subscribers: Embratel’s subsidiary Net Serviços (formerly Globo Cabo) controlls more than 90% of the cable modem segment with 2.2 million subscriptions.

– Brazil is one of the fast-developing economies in the world along with China, India and Russia. Coupled with its large population and ongoing industrialisation, Brazil is expected to become one of the leading countries in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, service and telecommunication sectors.

About this research – This research is available in the Emerging Markets& Products module of InfoCom Knowledge Centre. This module – one of six – gathers InfoCom expertise in researching emerging markets, with a huge amount of indicators and strategic insights on a large number of markets, with the usual InfoCom reliability. Country dashboards for markets like Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam are inside. This module includes also strategic insights on innovative and new, emerging products, available from InfoCom research activities, such as mobile TV, eNewspapers, Cloud gaming as many others.

About InfoCom: InfoCom is a market research and consultancy company with over 20 years experience providing strategic analyses and planning assistance to stakeholders in the telecommunications, IT and multimedia industries. InfoCom’s independent and fact-based analyses highlight trends and opportunities, supporting decision makers to understand market dynamics in order to improve their competitive advantage

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As technology develops, the average British day gets longer, with 37% of Brits admitting to being a slave to their phone. 1 in 5 BlackBerry and iPhone users claim they spend a minimum of 10 extra unpaid hours per week making calls, responding to emails and sorting work problems in the evenings and at the weekends.

With continuous technological advancements, the human need to stay connected is now easier than ever but more than a third of Brits claims they have become a slave to their phone; feeling lost without it and 23% sleep with their mobile beside their bed, according to a study by Rightmobilephone.co.uk.

A study of 1,226 British workers commissioned by the UK’s leading mobile phone price comparison website, has found that 1 in 3 admit to working out of hours on a weekly basis; replying to emails via their BlackBerry and making urgent calls and 1 in 5 claims to spend a minimum of 10 additional hours of unpaid work per week, in the evenings and weekends.

Despite the fact that 43% consider their BlackBerry to have made their lives less stressful and 28% prefer to stay connected with the office and their emails, almost 20% of British workers now feel pressurised to respond to client and colleague emails out of office hours and 35% claim to have had their evening or weekend ruined because of reading an email from an annoyed or demanding client.

www.Rightmobilephone.co.uk found that for 53% of people, their mobile phone is one of the first things they see in the morning. 24% of people check their emails via their BlackBerry before they leave for the office and 14% have already read and replied to emails before they even officially start their working day.

Speaking about the results, co-Managing Director of Rightmobilephone.co.uk, Neil McHugh said;

“Mobile phone technology is now so advanced that we are able to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues around the clock. The problems start when clients and management expect emails to be dealt with at the weekends and when the phone is going off throughout the night with various problems that need to be sorted.

“As long as expectations are set with clients, this technology can really make your working life easier; a day out of the office no longer has to mean a day out of the loop, people can now work remotely and keep up to date with all emails, thus preventing a stressful and unexpected start to the day.

“Family time is however extremely important and even though I fully understand the instant urge to check my emails in the morning, perhaps our loved ones should be the first people to get our attention!”

The study also revealed that 18% of people do not put their Out of Office on when they are off work as they know they will still be contactable via their mobile phone throughout the duration of their holiday. Unsurprisingly, 38% admit that their family members would prefer them to leave their BlackBerry device off when they are not at work and devote time to them.

LINK http://www.rightmobilephone.co.uk/

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For further information or to set up interviews with Neil McHugh or James Zielinski please contact Andy Barr, 10 Yetis PR Agency, andy@10yetis.co.uk, 01452 348211.

Notes to editors

Rightmobilephone.co.uk was launched in November 2007 to help consumers save time and money by providing a trusted comparison platform for customers to purchase from.

The site has become the UK’s most comprehensive and user friendly mobile phone comparison engine, with over 350,000 + mobile phone offers combined with user friendly consumer reviews, ratings and video.

Users can review and compare over 800 handsets with images, specifications and video with unique users reviews, opinions and ratings provided by handset owners and compare over 2000 + pay as you go offers and tariffs from all major networks.

Star News, part of the MCCS group has partnered with One97 to launch a slew of services on the mobile platform.

Through this service Star News can now proactively reach its viewers with the latest news without having to wait to them to tune in. Increased interactivity with viewers will also enhance interest in programmes.

Managing Editor for MCCS, Milind Khandekar says “MCCS is the number one News Network in the country and we would like to extend this leadership by providing the best content on the mobile platform.”

L.Ramakrishnan, Head New Media Business says “ In keeping with our vision of Aap ko Rakhe Aagey we would like to keep our viewers updated with the latest news through all possible media and the mobile platform is a step in that direction. With One97 we have created a unique value proposition for a media house to establish a connect with our viewers. We are happy to associate with One97 Communications as our exclusive partner and believe that services like this would bring our channel more closely to the customers and enhance our branding and revenues.”

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Managing Director, One97 Communication said “We are excited to partner with Star News. Our service offering has endless potential and will further strengthen Star News connect with viewers more personally. It is extremely flexible and has been tried and tested to deliver services across all modes of services (SMS, Voice, Video, WAP, USSD)”.

The first service to launch is an sms subscription news service operational with 3 operators Airtel, BSNL and Reliance which is soon to be launched across other operators. To subscribe to this service one needs to send an sms “StarN” to 53030. MCCS will soon launch services for their other channels Star Majha and Star Ananda.

SMS GupShup, India’s largest social messaging platform today announced that it is working with Facebook, the world’s largest social network, to enable Indian Facebook users to go mobile. SMS GupShup’s messaging platform will enable Indian users to take Facebook with them, wherever they go, using SMS.

By working with SMS GupShup, Facebook is enabling its service on SMS, the most popular messaging platform in India. Facebook users can now update their status updates and message friends using SMS. They can also receive status updates, messages and wall posts instantly in their SMS inbox.

SMS GupShup will provide the underlying messaging infrastructure to rapidly and reliably deliver the high volume of incoming and outgoing messages between users and Facebook.

“SMS GupShup has built the largest SMS-based mobile community in India, on the foundation of a high-performance messaging platform that supports nearly 6% of India’s SMS traffic”, said Beerud Sheth, CEO, SMS GupShup. He added, “We are excited to enable mobilizing the Facebook service in India and look forward to delivering a great mobile experience to their users.”

“We are very excited to work with SMS GupShup, given their experience with both mobile messaging and social media in India”, said Henri Moissinac, Director of Mobile, Facebook. He added, “We realize how important it is to work with great companies in the mobile space in countries like India, and by enabling Facebook on SMS, users can now use it even when they’re not near a computer.”

Users can activate Facebook on their mobile devices by visiting www.facebook.com/mobile. Users can then update their status by sending a message to 92-FACEBOOK (9232232665). Users can reply to their friend’s messages by simply replying to the incoming SMS. The service will operate on longcodes (i.e. regular 10-digit phone number). Facebook does not charge anything for the mobile service, but regular carrier charges may apply for messages sent to Facebook.

About SMS GupShup

SMS GupShup is a social messaging platform that enables users to build mobile communities. Consumers use it to communicate and connect with family, friends and fans. Businesses use it to engage with their customers. Launched in Apr 2007, it is used by nearly 25 million users in over a million communities. Funded by Charles River Ventures and Helion Ventures, the company is founded by seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and incubated at the IIT Bombay Business Incubator.

For further details on this release, contact:

Toral Sanghavi

Clea Public Relations

+91-98210-45846

+91-22-40188669-79

toral@cleapublicrelations.com

In collaboration with Purple Daydream, As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa announces the launch of its Mobile web site which allows guests to book reservations and access information through any Web-enabled mobile device.

Guests may now easily download maps and turn-by-turn directions, view As Cascatas photos, and research resort promotions via a handheld device at their convenience. Visitors from a mobile device will automatically be directed to the new mobile version of the site where they may take advantage of such particularities as large button links, along with home and back buttons on every page to make using the site and finding relevant information as simple as possible. The Mobile Web is available at http://m.ascascatasvilamoura.com/.

This service will be compatible with iPhone, Windows Mobile and the Symbian Nokia browser. Special attention has also been given to the use of graphics and photography to ensure speed of download, and low bandwidth usage. Visitors can also pre-book a stay via the mobile site, with confirmation and payment made by telephone to ensure security.

“Our new Mobile functionality provides 24/7 access to all the tools and content our guests need to interact when they do not have access to a computer. Many of our guests live on-the-go lifestyles and are technologically on all the time. They are accustomed to being able to manage their schedules and travel using mobile devices so we wanted to provide them with another convenient way to interact with us” said Marc Sontag, Director of Residential Tourism of IMOCOM Hotels and Resorts. “This new functionality will allow our guests to quickly and easily book their next trip to As Cascatas, whether they plan it in advance or require a last minute reservation and we expect it a source of significant revenue. Our next step will be having this innovation also available for our sister resort Monte Santo, in Carvoeiro.”

The mobile website also includes features such as a call back request – visitors send their mobile phone number and receive a call back within 24 hours, from the hotel´s guest care agents; SMS promotion sign-up – upon providing their mobile number, visitors will be amongst the first to receive special resort offers via text message.

As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa is a five star property in Vilamoura managed by the IMOCOM Hotels and Resorts and incorporated in a unique resort with the service standards of a world renowned hotel chain.

Offering 69 suites ranging from one to four bedrooms, As Cascatas Golf Resort & Spa is considered the largest most luxurious suites in Vilamoura. While staying at As Cascatas guests may enjoy the proximity to a world-class 18 hole golf course at their doorsteps, a unique golf simulator within the resort, tennis courts, countless pools indoor and outdoor, complimentary shuttle service to the beach and marina, a full service Beach Club on the Falésia beach, a children’s playground with 3.200 m2, free parking, gymnasium and the 7Seven Spa Vilamoura, one of the largest and most relaxing Spa in the Iberian Peninsula, all of this with ever-present welcoming smile by the entire staff.

Purple Daydream is the result of a fusion between the communication agency Purple and the web design and internet marketing company Daydream. With over 8 years of experience, a noteworthy cross-the-line branding and communications strategy this agency has contributed to the positioning of such names as Citibank, Herbal Essences, Tsunami, Procter & Gamble, Heinz and the British Council. Purple Daydream offers “affordable Premium” services ranging from branding, design, advertisement, to PPC/Google AdWords, search engine optimization, and direct emailing.

For more information please contact:

Jennifer Freire

PR & Communications Assistant

Tel.: +351 282 321 000, Fax: +351 282 321 001, e-mail: jennifer.freire@imocom-grupo.comSite: www.ascascatasvilamoura.com

20 Games Now Available for Feature Phones, More to Come Every Month

LOS ANGELES, CA and LONDON, UK: July 16, 2009 –King.com (www.king.com), the world’s leading online skill games company, today announced the release of 20 games – including Midas Miner, GoGo21, Jungle Bubble or Word Battle – for the most popular feature phones. Following the release of its first-ever games for the iPhone, these new releases make King.com’s award-winning skill games available to the vast majority of mobile consumers. Over 80% of all handsets sold daily are simple feature phones manufactured by Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and many more — King.com’s games are now available to these hundreds of millions of consumers.

All games are free to play, but King.com will deposit $5 for free in every new account, which can be used to participate in cash tournaments. King.com’s new games are available through a custom app that can be downloaded at www.king.com/mobile. The app currently contains all 20 games with new games being added every month.

“King.com’s games are now available to hundreds of millions of consumers to play wherever they are. Through the device that never leaves you, King.com now puts skill games directly into the hands of even more consumers worldwide,” said Riccardo Zacconi, CEO, King.com.

“Mobile has triggered an explosion in the growth of casual games. As one of the world’s leading games publishers, King.com is fuelling this growth by making its popular games available to a large and fast-growing consumer market,” commented Jessica Tams, founder and Managing Director of the Casual Games Association, the global industry organization for all gaming executives, publishers and developers.

About King.com

Launched in 2004, King.com offers more than 150 different skill and social games, with its premier gaming destinations King.com (www.King.com) and MyGame.com (www.mygame.com). The site is available in nine languages and promoted in 10 countries.

King.com is the exclusive provider of skill games for leading portals and websites such as Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Real Networks, Orange, NBC, freenet.de, RTL, Sat 1, Endemol, MTV3, Libero, Web.de and other leading media companies. The company is known for extending the brand of popular TV properties such as “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and “The Biggest Loser.”

King.com has offices in London, Hamburg, Stockholm, Rome and Los Angeles.

King.com’s digital press kit, including gamer profiles, photos and screenshots, is available at: http://consortpartners.com/clients/king.php.

10 ways to GupShup with your colleagues

SMS Gupshup offers colleagues and companies an effective and easy way to stay in touch with each other through the work day – be it people from the same office or across branches. Want to send an update to many colleagues, want to share a funny moment, do you need advice or suggestions, SMS Gupshup is your answer. All you need to do is to send sms to your SMS Gupshup community….

1. Schedule meetings
2. Activate instant polls for business decisions
3. Update on news and happenings in the organization
4. Tips on stock movements
5. Inspiring messages and quotes to motivate
6. Reminders for meetings and tasks
7. Post job openings
8. Share achievements and interesting job techniques
9. Share news on the industry and people movements

10.  Send jokes for a light moment during the day

Testimonials from Colleagues:

• SGS is awesome, Gupshupping on the latest topics with my colleagues keeps me updated with the daily
• Gupshupping helps me to keep in touch with my friends from different industries
• Sharing info on job vacancies has helped a lot of my colleagues, this is happened only bcoz of SGS, great job guys, Keep it up!
• We have managed any impending crisis efficiently, by alerting our colleagues through SGS!
• Gupshupping lifts my routine workday from monotony and makes it livelier.
• We work, we meet deadlines, we perform, we excel and we also GupShup.

To know more Visit: http://www.smsgupshup.com/

10 ways to stay connected with Friends using Gup Shup

Keeping in touch with all your friends has never been this easy. SMS GupShup lets you share all the latest updates and tidbits with your friends at one go. All you have to do is send a sms to one number and all your friends will get it at a go. Keep your friends in the loop about cancellation of any lectures, update on DJ nights, the most happening clubs and much more through a single message. Share information on the latest gossip, style trends, the best places to eat, the latest in music and so much more, all through SMS Gupshup.

1. Update on Course reviews and Admission details
2. Send alerts on lecture timings, seminars
3. Special messages to friends on occasions such as Friendship Day, Rose Daye etc
4. Invite friends for DJ nights, Karaoke nights, parties etc
5. Update on the latest hang out, shopping outlets, discounts etc
6. Send alerts during Inter-College fest – Results, Schedule, Winners etc
7. Chatting about the latest campus trends (fashion, fitness)
8. Greeting on various occasions like anniversary celebrations, birthdays, good scores in exams, and much more
9. Share study centric trivia

10.  Gossip (Girl!!)

Testimonials from Friends:

• This service is super duper; I can now GupShup all day long with my pals, yoo-hoo!!
• SGS rocks, I can now use my Shayari and send it across to all my loved ones.
• Getting info on the latest clubs is so cool, I love SGS, way to go!!!
• I was able to check out the latest DJ act at the last minute, thanks to SGS!
• Gupshupping helps us communicate so easily during fests, competition, etc.

Gup Shup with your Family

Bring your families closer with SMS Gupshup. Keep in touch with your chacha, kaki, cousin, mum, dadi no matter which part of the country they are in. Simply start a group for your family and keep each other updated on the trivial and important as it happens. All you have to do is send a single sms to a number and everyone in your family will be instantly updated.

1. Spiritual quotes
2. Status on family members safety during curfew, riots
3. Share family recipes
4. Greeting on various occasions like anniversary celebrations, birthdays, good scores in exams, baby shower and much more
5. Send links of family photo albums
6. Update on ‘Saas Bahu’ soaps
7. Updates on latest price hikes/cuts like petrol, daily consumption commodities
8. Family gossip
9. Play games with your cousin

10.  Share information on holiday packages and deals

Testimonials from Family members:

• The regular spiritual quotes keep me motivated during the day, all thanks to SGS.
• It’s only bcoz of SGS that I have been able to keep a track of my serials.
• I love GupShupping; it’s so simple and can send my greetings to all my family members at 1 go.
• All thanks to Gupshupping, now I feel I am always close to my family, even when I am away from them.

About SMS GupShup:

SMS GupShup is the world’s largest and fastest growing social messaging platform. Launched in April 2007, it is used by twenty million users in nine hundred thousand communities. Users create communities on SMS GupShup in a wide range of categories such as finance, entertainment, lifestyle, health, sports, technology etc. Users join communities that they are interested in and engage and interact with each other.  SMS GupShup has grown virally as users create communities, join them and invite their friends.

Consumer brands, sports teams, celebrities, politicians and others use the GupShup platform to build mobile communities and engage their customers, fans and voters through messaging and interactivity. The company has been founded by successful Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs who have created path-breaking companies including Junglee.com and Elance.com. Visit: http://www.smsgupshup.com/

For more information on this release please contact: Toral Sanghavi, Clea Public Relations

Tel: 4018 8669, Email: toral@cleapublicrelations.com.

King.com (www.king.com), the world’s largest online skill games company, today announced the release of its first-ever games for the iPhone and Facebook.  Kalorie King and Mars Lives are the first in a series of games for Facebook users and Amazon Survival is the first iPhone game. These launch games mark the first in a series of new games and business models designed exclusively for social networks and the iPhone.

“With more than 350 million games played globally each month, King.com is proud to drive skill games as one of the fastest-growing games sectors. Now, we are excited to bring our games to the fastest-growing consumer audiences – iPhone owners and Facebook users,” said Riccardo Zacconi, CEO, King.com. “King.com’s global skill games platform continues to reach more consumers and engage them with more games than any other skill games company in the world.”

According to mobile analytics company Mobclix, of the 50,000 programs available through Apple’s App Store, games are the largest category, at about 20 percent of all offerings.

King.com already provides more than 150 different skill and social games to over 17.5 million unique users per month. By making its games available through these new distribution channels, King.com will significantly extend its reach and market lead, as well as bring high quality games to these new platforms.

About the new games:

• Amazon Survival is a puzzle game where you save the Amazon forest. In attack mode, you must match as many blocks as you can before the time expires.  In survival mode, you must match as many blocks as you can before spending all your energy. Amazon Survival is available at Apple’s iTunes store.

• Kalorie King helps you and your friends get in shape. The object is to burn as many calories as you can in the time allotted by catching falling vegetables, fruits and vitamins to increase your score. You can challenge friends to a “weight loss” tournament, and find out who can burn the most calories the quickest. Winner can show off their score and write comments to their Facebook newsfeed. Kalorie King is available on Facebook at:  http://apps.facebook.com/kalorie-king/.

• Mars Lives is King.com’s premier MMOG game about the first human settlers on Mars and the challenges and adventures they face. From flying mushroom to robot sports leagues, this episodic game contains all the fun, excitement and tension faced when inhabiting a brave new world. Mars Lives is available for free on Facebook at: http://apps.facebook.com/mars-lives/game3.

About King.com

Launched in 2004, King.com offers more than 150 different skill and social games, with its premier gaming destinations King.com (www.King.com) and MyGame.com (www.mygame.com). The site is available in nine languages and promoted in 10 countries.

King.com is the exclusive provider of skill games for leading portals and websites such as Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Real Networks, Orange, NBC, freenet.de, RTL, Sat 1, Endemol, MTV3, Libero, Web.de and other leading media companies. The company is known for extending the brand of popular TV properties such as “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and “The Biggest Loser.”

King.com has offices in London, Hamburg, Stockholm, Rome and Los Angeles.

King.com’s digital press kit, including gamer profiles, photos and screenshots, is available at: http://consortpartners.com/clients/king.php.

Kathy Johnson

king@consortpartners.com

30th Jun 2009, Mumbai

Indialinks.com, one of the India’s largest web hosting provider & foremost player in Reseller Hosting and Hosting Business Automation, today announced launch of SMS Domain Registration Service

IndiaLinks & DomainSRS customers can now search their desired domain names, check domain availibilty, register and renew domain names instantly from their mobile phone by simply sending a SMS.

“We are proud to be the first and only company to offer SMS Domain Registration Service” says Mr Bhavin Chandarana, CEO of IndiaLinks.

“World wide Hundreds of domain names are registered every minute. Our Customers can now register their domain names instantly while on move without waiting for computer and internet access. This eliminates risk of losing desired domain name while you are away”, says Mr.Alpesh Shinde, Marketing Head of IndiaLinks.

SMS Domain Registration Service is compatible with all mobile phones and does not require GPRS or Internet access on mobile phones. Currently service is available across all mobile networks within India and will soon be expanded to other countries.

DomainSRS also offers one of the most rewarding Domain Reseller Program with slab based pricing, lowest domain registration rates, Reseller APIs, WebReward Points, brandable control panel and white labelled store front.

For more information regarding DomainSRS Reseller Program, visit http://www.domainsrs.net

About IndiaLinks

Founded in 1997, IndiaLinks ( www.indialinks.com ) is one of the leading Managed Hosting Provider in India & official .IN Domain Registrar.

Indialinks’ current service portfolio includes Managed Hosting, Domain Registration, Managed DNS, Domain Forwarding, Spam filtering and various other services.

IndiaLinks provides Complete Web Business Automation & tools required for running a World-Class Web Hosting Business including Automated Account Provisioning, Domain Registrations, Real Time Account Management, Multi-tier Resellers & Administrators, Sales & Marketing Automation, Billing Automation and complete Branding of various control panels.

Effective immediately, ResQ Track & Trace will be known and carry on business internationally as ResQ Mobile Services, according to Chad Hughes, ResQ founder and president. After operating in Canada for four years, and establishing many critical strategic relationships, the company recently began an expansion plan to acquire marketshare in the US. “When we launched in 2005, we were tracking vehicles exclusively,” Hughes explains. “The company has grown a lot since then and, based on demand in the marketplace, we thought it was the right time for a name change and one that reflected the realities of our evolving customer base.”

ResQ currently offers an end-to-end asset management and communication system for the transportation and logistics industries, and last month introduced a new product called Trackberry™ for smartphone users. Historically, ResQ has sold an integrated system to fleet managers to effectively monitor their assets in real-time and access numerous reports online. “We’ve been asked to track temperature changes within refrigerated containers, media screens within transit shelters and lightbulbs within industrial developments,” Hughes continues. “We can do all those things, and more, but people still think we only track trucks.”

ResQ introduced Trackberry™, which is downloaded and installed onto any GPS-enabled device, to track mobile employees. The application relays at regular intervals its location that is conveyed to users through a secure web portal. This is currently an enterprise solution enabling employers to track sales and service personnel in the field and acquire automatically a record of their activities. A stripped-down version for consumers, Findr™, will be released shortly to enable parents to track their wandering teenagers, young children and in fact parents of parents.

ResQ offers real-time asset management systems using GPS technology to enhance mobile communications and wireless business processes. After deploying a ResQ system, our clients obtain the tools they need to attain measurable results and the necessary data for efficient management of their resources and customers. ResQ delivers industry leading applications for location tracking, identification, security and workforce management. With a national footprint and expanding offices servicing markets across North America, ResQ mobile asset management systems support the transportation, logistics and service industries.

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Please feel free to call Carol Wood (cwood@resqgps.com) in the ResQ Mobile Services office in Toronto: 905-910-0477, or visit ResQ online at www.resqgps.com, for more information.

The MobiForms Advanced Edition has now been released as a complete suite of tools for creating mobile apps and synchronizing data from any central database to any kind of wireless PDA. The MobiForms Advanced Edition consists of the globally successful MobiForms Developer and the new complementary MobiForms Sync Server. MobiForms uses Java, but the Java layer is totally hidden behind an intuitive drag and drop interface enabling any novice or expert programmer alike to create mobile business applications in minutes.

With the MobiForms Advanced Edition it is now possible to build a sophisticated mobile application synchronised from just about any master database server with bi-directional data replication. This gives MobiForms a true offline store and forward capability with sophisticated online synchronisation, replication and offline data buffering. Supported database servers include Oracle, SQL Server, Access, Sybase, IBM DB2, SQLite, HSQLDB and MySQL.

The MobiForms Advance Edition supports the full mobile development lifecycle including:

- Definition of database replication rules from the master database
- Creation and definition of mobile users
- Building a seed mobile database based on a subset of the master database
- Creation of a mobile application using the seed mobile database
- Deployment of the mobile application and seed mobile database
- Bi-directional data replication and status updates between the master database and the mobile client database

Unlike most competing products, the MobiForms Advanced Edition offers a total solution for a once off licence fee. The licence includes an unlimited number of MobiForms clients.

The MobiForms Advanced Edition Architecture:

http://www.mobiforms.com/mobile_sync_server.htm

For more information about MobiForms Advanced Edition please go to http://www.mobiforms.com.

Spec India has bagged the Corporate Website development project from Checkmate Services, Vadodara, India. Checkmate Services is one of the largest companies in India, having a pan India presence and involved in a multitude of Security related services for the Domestic, Commercial and Industrial customers.

Checkmate operates in a multitude of services such as:-

• Guarding
• Cash Management
• Security Audits & Consultancy
• Antecedent Verification
• Facility Management
• Executive Protection
• Electronic Security Solutions
• Event Security Management

Their Core Area of Operations is in:-

• Petroleum / Hydrocarbon / Pipeline
• Chemical & Petrochemical

• Power Plants
• Ports
• Telecom
• Retail
• Finance, Banking & Insurance
• Information Technology
• Health Care Facilities

• Manufacturing & Warehousing
• Entertainment
• Hotel Industry

The primary objective of this project is to address the target audiences viz. customers, Vendors / contractors (existing and prospective), employees (existing and prospective) and public at large.

Checkmate Services & SPEC would concentrate on brand building and sharing the business content relevant to the target audience. The primary reasons, for creating the corporate website, of which a few are highlighted below:

• Provides detailed information about company and its operations
• Use of current Technology
• Comprehensive security evaluation is done
• Company’s Brand Building has been upheld
• Provide an efficient mechanism to make public announcements to public at large
• Provides an efficient mechanism for website visitors to reach to the relevant information is few clicks

This project involves the creation of a new static website to aid and enhance the corporate brand equity and keeping in mind future requirements of hosting and integrating web applications pertinent to their business on their corporate website. The project for CS has been successfully kicked off and the Content Requirement Gathering phase is currently in progress.

The technologies being used are – W3C compliant HTML

Visit Us at: Spec-India.com

On the 17th of April John George took 16 JAG employees on the PalmerSport Day at Bedford Autodrome in Northamptonshire. The day comprised of a full briefing, followed by colleagues and co-workers racing each other in a series of seven different high-performance vehicles.

John managed to win the Palmer Jaguar JP1, Porsche 911 JP3 and Caterham 7 Sprint races; making him the overall winner of the day. To his dismay, Andy Whitaker beat John over the line in the Renault Clio Cup session; despite John’s previous racing experience in the Clio Cup.

One highlight of the day included Business Manager Hayley Luxton being “blue-flagged” (a warning given to drivers to move away from the racing line when they are about to be overtaken). Hayley complied with the warning at first and pulled her car over, before changing her mind and re-entering the racing line, pushing Group Operations Manager Scott Fulfitt into a “brake here” sign in the process.

Despite his little accident, Scott had a good time, finishing in 7th overall for the day. He said: “The day was excellent and a huge amount of thought was put into it, from signing in, the food, travel… it was good to see that everyone, including people who were not that sure about driving too fast had a good day. It was great to meet everyone in such a great atmosphere.”

The event was made possible by Orange, who also sent five of their own staff to the event to mingle with JAG’s employees and compete against them in the racing. JAG’s ongoing Preferred Partner status with the network comes as a result of the company connecting so many users to Orange; the PalmerSport Day was a further incentive, and a thank-you from the network to JAG.

JAG invited five of its branch staff to the event, for selling high volumes of various different Orange products. Although the incentive was open to all JAG branch staff, it was only Branch Managers who made the mark. Andy Macey, Manager of JAG’s Shirley branch, Lee McBride (Manager, Gosport) Steve Turner (Manager, Falmouth) and Maxine Ryl (Manager, Belper) all attended the racing day.

Maxine said: “It was a very competitive day and we all had a great time. Working for JAG is like being part of one big team, and the Palmer Day really showed that.”

Andy Whitaker, JAG Group Manager who has raced rally cars competitively in the past said: “This wasn’t the first time I’ve been on one of these days, but whenever I get the chance to go, I go. It’s so well organised, the cars are well-kept and the instructors are brilliant. It’s a fantastic place.”

Area Manager Joanne Whyman said: “It was an incredible experience. I feel really lucky to have had the opportunity to race seven different super cars in one day. We had professional racing drivers in the cars with us showing us how to do it all and they really pushed us to the limit. I liked the Land Rover bit best –it was more skill than speed.”

John George, the most experienced racer present on the day said: “It’s terrific to share my hobby with my friends and colleagues –the day was good for teambuilding and getting to know some JAG staff a bit better. Everyone got into the spirit of the day and I’m delighted by how much they all enjoyed it.”

The Palmer Day was another example of the wide range of perks and incentives available to JAG’s employees across the board, from Sales Executives to Senior Management.

Branch Manager of JAG’s Falmouth branch, Steve Turner said: “I’ve known most of these people for years, but it was great to get to know some of the new staff JAG has taken on, in such a relaxed and enjoyable environment. It was the day of a lifetime.”

ENDS