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BOLT Mobile Browser

Bitstream partners with xAD to deliver localized search content to millions of BOLT browser users

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – MobilityWire® – April 25, 2011

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today it has selected location-aware mobile search expert, xAD (www.xad.com), as its local search partner for the award winning BOLT mobile browser. Through this partnership, locally relevant user searches from within BOLT will now be provided with xAD results, specific to the user’s location search terms.

“Local searches account for a huge portion of the searches from mobile handsets,” says Bitstream director of product management, Ritu Varma. “By leveraging the local search results provided by xAD, the BOLT browser becomes an even more useful tool for our users.”

BOLT users don’t have to do a thing to start benefiting from the enhanced local search results provided through xAD. A BOLT user simply types a search term into the existing BOLT search bar, and if the search term contains something locally relevant, for example “San Diego restaurant,” then BOLT will automatically serve the user the enhanced local xAD search results.

Bitstream has rolled out local search powered by xAD to its users in the U.S. initially, with plans to expand the localized search capabilities out to Germany, U.K. and France in the near term.

xAD delivers locally relevant search results  all over the country, and with a network of over one million advertisers has become the second largest source of mobile local search traffic in the U.S. Thanks to xAD’s LocalAdXchange, the company’s network returns highly relevant local targeted results 80 percent of the time – more than double any other provider.  xAD local search results deliver additional value by providing more than just a sponsored listing; xAD local results include reviews, offers, maps, directions, and more.

The award winning BOLT browser has been installed more than 20 million times in over 200 countries around the world, and leads the industry as the most advanced and fully featured mobile browser available for phones of all types.  BOLT is a free download for people using mobile phones that run Java ME (also known as J2ME) applications – approximately 75 percent of the world’s estimated 4 billion mobile phones – as well as BlackBerry smartphones.

BOLT is available to download for free at http://boltbrowser.com.

About BOLT®

The acclaimed BOLT mobile browser has the most faithful rendering of Web pages of any browser in its class. This fast mobile browser quickly and accurately displays Web pages on mobile phones just as they would appear on desktop computers. BOLT is the only browser for mobile phones of all types to support streaming video from popular media sharing sites such as YouTube and MySpace. Based on the same WebKit rendering engine used by the iPhone’s Safari and Android’s Chrome browsers, BOLT is compatible with the majority of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones. BOLT features a patented split-screen viewing mode, intuitive keystroke shortcuts and copy/paste functionality, and offers a user-friendly, feature-rich mobile browsing experience for even entry-level mobile phones. Download BOLT for free at http://boltbrowser.com – the mobile Internet has never looked this good on your phone.

About Bitstream

Bitstream Inc. develops software technologies and applications for the graphic art and mobile communications industries. Bitstream’s award-winning fonts and font technologies enable device manufacturers and application developers to render the highest quality text in any language, on any device, at any resolution. The company’s MyFonts brand is the world’s leading provider of fonts to consumers. Bitstream’s Pageflex brand enables marketers to easily produce customized communications in print, email and online. The company’s latest offering is the BOLT mobile browser, which has been installed by millions of users worldwide since its release in February 2009.  For more information visit www.bitstream.com.

About xAD, Inc.

xAD connects local businesses to mobile consumers. xAD is the largest local mobile search and advertising network in the United States. The company’s patented mobile optimization technology identifies who, what, and where an end user is, and serves the most relevant click, call and check in based advertising. The xAD team has years of experience in developing mobile search algorithms, and has successfully applied this knowledge to unlock the potential of the local mobile market. xAD publishers and advertisers benefit from the scale and reach of the LocalAdXchangeTM platform that manages billions of search and ad requests with the largest combined network of more than one million local and national performance-based advertisers. For more information on xAD, visit www.xAD.com.

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BOLT Mobile Browser

SINGAPORE and MARLBOROUGH, Massachusetts – MobilityWire® – August 16, 2010

BuzzCity, one of the world’s leading mobile advertising networks with over 2,500 publishers across the globe, and Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced an agreement to deliver mobile advertising via the acclaimed BOLT™ mobile browser. Using the BuzzCity Mobile Advertising Network, Bitstream plans to introduce a new revenue stream via strategically placed, relevant advertising.

“Advertising is a strong complement to many of the features offered within BOLT, allowing Bitstream to create a new revenue stream without interfering with the browsing experience or charging for downloads,” said Anna Magliocco-Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream. “Bitstream has been seeking the right partner for adding advertising to BOLT, and found that regions in which BOLT has its largest numbers of users align perfectly with where BuzzCity’s ad inventories are also strongest. In particular, India and Indonesia, two of BOLT’s largest markets, are countries where BuzzCity delivers the largest number of paid advertisements.”

The BOLT mobile browser has been downloaded by millions of people in over 200 countries and territories around the world. Since BOLT was first introduced in February 2009 its users have viewed more than 1.6 billion Web pages and are now exceeding a rate of 300 million page views each month.

“Advertisers are constantly seeking more channels to reach the right consumer, and a mobile browser such as BOLT is the perfect fit,” said KF Lai, CEO of BuzzCity. “BOLT is finding large numbers of users in both developed and developing markets, and thus has wide appeal for advertisers. In many instances, particularly in developing markets, BOLT is the primary medium by which a person can browse the Internet, making BOLT the only online platform many advertisers can use to reach consumers.”

About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. develops software technologies and applications for the graphic art and mobile communications industries. Bitstream’s award-winning fonts and font technologies enable device manufacturers and application developers to render the highest quality text in any language, on any device, at any resolution. The company’s MyFonts brand is the world’s leading provider of fonts to consumers. Bitstream’s Pageflex brand enables marketers to easily produce customized communications in print, email, and online. The company’s latest offering is the BOLT mobile browser, which has been installed by millions of users worldwide since its release in February 2009. For more information visit www.bitstream.com.

About BuzzCity
BuzzCity is a mobile media company offering brand owners and agencies access to a global advertising network on the mobile internet. The network is made up of publishers from across the world and BuzzCity’s own mobile media properties. As a leading international player, BuzzCity has developed in-depth knowledge of the mobile consumer and provides marketers with clear opportunities to reach this audience via its advertising and publisher programs. Additional information can be found at www.buzzcity.com.

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]]> http://www.mobilitywire.com/bitstream/2010/08/16/2829/feed 1 Talkster Wins TMC’s 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award http://www.mobilitywire.com/talkster/2009/05/27/728 http://www.mobilitywire.com/talkster/2009/05/27/728#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 15:17:22 +0000 Talkster http://www.mobilitywire.com/?p=728


talki™ Mobile Application Honored for Innovation in Consumer Communications Services

Talkster

TORONTO, ONT – MobilityWire® – May 27, 2009

Alternative mobile communications company, Talkster (www.talki.me), today announced its mobile application, talki™, won Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC) 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. Talkster’s talki™ mobile application gives consumers affordable alternatives to traditional long distance and international calling, plus text and picture messaging without the hefty SMS and MMS charges. Since introducing its award-winning consumer communications services in 2007, Talkster has saved callers millions in international calling fees.

The Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes Talkster’s vision, leadership and attention to detail which are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. Talkster has been awarded TMC’s Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for the last three years; having won for its innovation in voice over instant messaging (VoIM) technologies in 2006 and for its innovative Free World Dialing™ ad-supported calling service in 2007.

“Talkster has been recognized with our 2008 Product of the Year Award for its excellence in the advancement of voice and data communications,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief. “Talkster has proven it is a company committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit consumers worldwide. Especially key in this trying economy are solutions like talki that leverage mobile technology to save consumers money. With this award TMC is honoring the innovations of Talkster’s team for the third year running as the company continues to successfully evolve its alternative communications offerings to meet the needs of consumers and VNOs around the globe.”

talki is a new lightweight software application from Talkster, available as a download or accessible through a mobile browser. It offers free or low-cost international calling, plus text and picture messaging, all in one convenient and easy to use mobile app. Talkster incorporated its award-winning Free World Dialing service into talki so people in 37 countries can place long distance calls at the same rate they pay for local calls, meaning no more expensive international mobile phone charges. For calling to countries where Free World Dialing is not yet supported, calling can still be done at rates 80 percent to 90 percent less than typical mobile calling rates. What’s more, the talki mobile app offers consumers unlimited global text messaging without SMS charges and global picture messaging without MMS charges.

Also available as a white labeled service, talki allows VNOs to deliver new voice, text and multimedia services to mobile subscribers without relying on carrier infrastructure. With talki, VNO’s can easily deliver new communications services, such as free or low-cost international calling or unlimited text and picture messaging, opening up new opportunities for revenue and marketing, independent of carrier capabilities and without the need for capex investments. The talki white label service includes a complete portal with tools for managing subscribers, subscription packages, advertising campaigns and monitoring usage statistics. Plus, Talkster’s mobile billing system gives VNOs an easy way to offer their customers the ability to purchase calling and messaging credits directly from their mobile phones via SMS or PayPal.

The 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award winners can be found on the INTERNET TELEPHONY and Customer Interaction Solutions Web site.

About Talkster
Talkster is revolutionizing communications with award-winning ad-supported and software-based technologies. Through its Free World DialingTM service and talkiTM mobile application Talkster is giving consumers highly affordable alternatives to long distance and international calling, plus text and picture messaging. Talkster’s talki white label application allows companies to create new opportunities for revenue and marketing by offering customers compelling services delivered through a branded mobile interface. From your mobile phone visit http://free.talkster.com to start using Free World Dialing, and http://m.talki.me to download talki. For more information visit Talkster at www.Talkster.com.

About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN Magazine. TMCnet, TMC’s Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two to three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet is ranked as 2,921 in Quantcast’s Top U.S. Sites placing TMCnet in the top .03% most visited Web sites in the US. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO, 4GWE Conference, Digium|Asterisk World and Communications Developer Conference.
TMC’s Green Blog has been ranked on the “100 Best Blogs for Those Who Want to Change the World”. TMC also recently launched new industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com. New services offered by TMCnet include the Tech Jobs site, TMCnet iPhone News and Facebook connections. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

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New mobile application from Talkster delivers cutting-edge voice, text and multimedia communications services, creating new revenue opportunities for brands and content publishers

Talkster

LUXEMBOURG and MALTA – MobilityWire® – April 24, 2009

Talkster (www.Talkster.com), the company delivering brands and publishers instant mobile content delivery services including text, video, calling and web, announced today it will be exhibiting and conducting business development meetings at World Telemedia 2009 (WT09), in Malta, April 26-28.

About World Telemedia 2009
Held on the beautiful island of Malta, World Telemedia 2009 is the only European event for premium content and services companies focused on linking the power of the media and marketing with network billing collection and delivery. As many markets enter a period of economic uncertainty, WT09 focuses on areas that represent a genuine opportunity for service providers and media groups alike and showcases the content, services and applications that consumers will continue to demand.

Talkster at World Telemedia 2009
Talkster executives will join leading telemedia players at WT09 to conduct business development meetings and demonstrate the ways brands and publishers can create new revenue streams using talki, Talkster’s mobile application.

With talki, companies can deliver mobile content and advertising to their customers’ existing phones with no SMS opt-in issues and zero cost to push new content updates, along with value added communications services such as texting, picture messaging and worldwide calling.

Talkster will be exhibiting at WT09. To schedule a meeting with Talkster executives at WT09 email partners@talkster.com or call +44 (0) 871 2400112.

About Talkster
Talkster is revolutionizing communications with award-winning ad-supported and software-based technologies. Through its Free World DialingTM service and talkiTM mobile application Talkster is giving consumers highly affordable alternatives to long distance and international calling, plus text and picture messaging. Talkster’s talki white label application allows companies to create new opportunities for revenue and marketing by offering customers compelling services delivered through a branded mobile interface. From your mobile phone visit http://free.talkster.com to start using Free World Dialing, and http://m.talki.me to download talki. For more information visit Talkster at www.Talkster.com.

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]]> http://www.mobilitywire.com/talkster/2009/04/24/630/feed 2 Under the Radar: Mobility Announces Call for Companies http://www.mobilitywire.com/under-the-radar/2008/07/24/45 http://www.mobilitywire.com/under-the-radar/2008/07/24/45#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:30:06 +0000 Under the Radar http://www.mobilitywire.com/consumer/under-the-radar-mobility-announces-call-for-companies


 

32 mobility startups to be selected to present to an expert panel and audience of industry influencers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — July 23, 2008

  • Dealmaker Media is announcing a CALL FOR COMPANIES for Under the Radar: Mobility
  • Under the Radar: Mobility is a one-day event featuring 32 emerging mobility technology startups held on November 12, 2008, at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA.
  • Companies that submit by July 30, 2008 will receive priority consideration for early acceptance.
  • Under the Radar: Mobility will uncover 32 vetted, test-driven startups that have launched within the year in hot sectors such as iPhone apps, location-based services, mobile gaming, mobile social networking, enabling technologies and mobile marketing/advertising.
  • Selected companies will receive expert advice and guidance on messaging and positioning along with assistance in preparing their presentations from Mobility Public Relations.
  • A panel of industry experts as well as audience members will vote to award companies believed to stand the best chance of success.  Awards will be given in each conference category as well as a best of show award, and presented at the end of the conference.

Who’s in the Audience

  •  Now in its 12th series, Under the Radar features an audience of media, business executives, venture capitalists and industry influencers seeking to discover tomorrow’s leading tech companies.
  • Presenting companies will also be in front executives from major carriers, including Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint.

Who Presents

  • Presenting companies have come from all over the globe.
  • Past Under the Radar successes include Flickr, Loopt, LinkedIn, MobiTV, Photobucket, Blinkx, Glu Mobile, Sling Media, Userplane, Zimbra and more.
  • Past mobile presenters have gone on to raise $430 million in financing, while others have been acquired or inked strategic partnerships.
  • To nominate a company to present, complete the online form at http://www.undertheradarblog.com/utr_nomination_form.html.
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Debbie Landa
CEO of Dealmaker Media

“While the perception may be that Under the Radar is a conduit to venture capital, the conference is really a conduit to making business deals.  When we put together the Under the Radar conference, we work to ensure that all of the pieces needed to make and close a deal are not only present in one room, but are also ready to make deals happen. So whether a company is trying to get a meeting to present your technology to carriers, is trying to raise money or find other business development partners, the right people are attending Under the Radar and looking to make deals happen.  After all, we are Dealmaker Media.”

Vipul Sawhney
CEO of Hovr, 2007 winner of the Under the Radar Judges Choice Award for Mobile Advertising

“The Judges Choice honor that Hovr was awarded validates the growing scope of ad-supported content, along with the value that the social networking elements of our site bring to users. Hovr aims to continue to innovate within the social gaming arena and bring to market new value added services to enhance our customers’ mobile gaming experiences. Participating in UTR allowed us to share that mission with the mobile community.”

About Dealmaker Media
Dealmaker Media operates at the intersection of business, technology, venture capital, and the future. Our conferences, roundtables, blogs, and research are designed to inter-connect CEOs, technology executives, investors, analysts and press. Dealmaker Media brings dealmakers together with one ultimate goal: to get the deal done.  For more information visit www.undertheradarblog.com.

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Free Calls Year-Round From Any Phone

TORONTO, ONT – May 2, 2008

  • Talkster (www.Talkster.com) announced today it will launch its award-winning Free World Dialing™ service across the 14 most populous regions in Mexico, allowing people there and in over 30 other countries to place free long distance, international and group conference calls from any phone, using any network.  
  • Talkster is launching this new service availability in Mexico just in time for Cinco de Mayo, the largest Mexican holiday celebration in the United States and Canada.   
  • Now people all over the world can celebrate this Cinco de Mayo holiday by making unlimited calls to family and friends in Mexico using Talkster’s free, ad-supported calling service. With Talkster, callers listen to a brief 10-second audio advertisement and then can talk as long as they like without interruptions – all for the cost of a single local call.
  • People around the world are already using Talkster’s Free World Dialing service today by visiting
  • From any one of these sites, callers simply enter their name and phone number, along with the names and phone numbers of the person or persons they want to call.  Talkster assigns free local Talkster numbers for each person or group of people a user wants to call.  These new phone numbers can be saved in any address book or contact list and used every time a Talkster user wants to talk for free.
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James Wanless, Co-founder and COO

“Talkster is continuously expanding our service area to cover the globe and to meet the demand for cheaper international, group and long distance calls.  We have received thousands of email requests expand our coverage area in Mexico, and we responded by covering nearly all of Mexico with our free calling services in advance of this year’s Cinco de Mayo holiday.”

“Today in the United States, calling card services have been addressing an ever-increasing need for affordable calling to and from Mexico. But the Talkster service differs from using a calling card in two important ways: first, our service is far easier to use from any phone without having to go out and buy a card, and second, Talkster’s Free World Dialing is always free, with no hidden charges. We don’t ever ask for a credit card number.”

About Talkster
Talkster’s award winning voice technologies are revolutionizing ad-supported telephony with a fully sustainable mobile advertising supported business model that benefits both callers and advertisers. Talkster’s Free World Dialing™ is the only service for making long distance, international, and group conference calls from any type of phone, on any network, for the cost of a local call. For more information visit Talkster on the Web at www.Talkster.com.

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Celebrate Chinese New Year with Free Calls Year-Round from any Phone

TORONTO, ONT – February 4, 2008

  • Celebrate this Chinese New Year by connecting with family and friends in China using the award-winning Talkster Free World Dialing, a free ad-supported calling service offering unlimited group and person-to-person calls.
  • Talkster announced today the immediate availability of country-wide coverage for Talkster’s Free World Dialing™ in China.
  • With this expansion into China Talkster is meeting the demands of callers making long distance, international and group conference calls to or from any fixed or mobile phone in China; all for the cost of a single local call.
  • One-fifth of the world’s population residing in China, innovative Voice 2.0 company.
  • With Talkster, callers listen to a brief 10-second audio advertisement, and then can talk as long as they like in more than 30 countries around the globe.
  • To complement this new service coverage, Talkster has also translated its service into Simple Chines, the form of written Chinese read in Mainland China.
  • Consumers wanting to use the Talkster service in Chinese can visit www.Talkster.cn.

How it Works:

  • People around the world are already using Talkster’s Free World Dialing service today by visiting
  • From any one of these sites, callers simply enter their name and phone number, along with the names and phone numbers of the person or persons they want to call.
  • Talkster assigns free local Talkster numbers for each person or group of people a user wants to call.
  • These new phone numbers can be saved in any address book or contact list and used every time a Talkster user wants to talk for free.

Win-Win for Advertisers:

  • Callers receive a valuable service for free while Talkster offers advertisers a unique way to access and target emerging markets with unique messages based on where users are calling from or calling to. 
  • By adding service in China, Talkster is opening an important advertising channel to the world’s largest population. 
  • Being able to target ads to callers based on singular or combined demographic data means advertisers reach the right people with their marketing messages, and callers receive valuable offers designed specifically for them.
  • When ads are targeted and relevant, consumers are more apt to view them as offers rather than intrusions.
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James Wanless, Talkster co-founder and COO

“Talkster is continuously expanding our service area to cover the globe and to meet the demand of the thousands of people who contact us each week looking for us to add access to their country. Talkster worked hard to blanket all of China with our service and get it up, tested and operational in advance of the Chinese New Year.  Starting today Talkster can be used from any phone in China, mobile or fixed.”

“This is not some limited time promotional offer, or bait and switch deal for callers where it’s free now but will cost them later. This announcement means that with Talkster all international, long distance and group calls are always just the cost of a local call, and will remain this way with no strings attached.”

About Talkster
Talkster’s award winning voice technologies are revolutionizing ad-supported telephony with a fully sustainable mobile advertising supported business model which benefits both callers and advertisers. Talkster’s Free World Dialing™ is the only service for making long distance, international, and group conference calls from any type of phone, on any network, for the cost of a local call. For more information visit Talkster on the Web at www.Talkster.com, from your mobile phone at http://free.talkster.com, or from your iPhone at http://i.talkster.com. 

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]]> http://www.mobilitywire.com/talkster/2008/02/03/37/feed 0 Free Talkster International and Group Conference Calls Just One Click Away with New iPhone Firmware Update http://www.mobilitywire.com/talkster/2008/01/24/20 http://www.mobilitywire.com/talkster/2008/01/24/20#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:15:25 +0000 Talkster http://www.mobilitywire.com/consumer/free-talkster-international-and-group-conference-calls-just-one-click-away-with-new-iphone-firmware-update


 

Talkster’s iPhone-optimized service is now even easier to use with recent enhancements that let callers place the Talkster service icon on the main screen of their phones.

TORONTO, ONT — JANUARY 24, 2007

Now iPhone users have an even easier way to make free international, long-distance and group conference calls. With just a single click of an icon from the iPhone’s main screen, you can launch the Talkster service and begin making free calls to friends and family around the world. As always, once you’ve created a Talkster number for a friend or group of friends and saved it in your address book, you need only select them directly from your phone book to place the call.

Follow these easy steps to place the Talkster icon on your iPhone’s main screen:

Step One:
Connect your iPhone to iTunes and update the phone’s firmware to version 1.1.3 (or later).

Step Two:
Open the Safari web browser and surf to http://i.talkster.com.

Step Three:
Click on the new “+” symbol at the bottom of the screen. Once you do, you’ll be presented with three options:

  • Add Bookmark
  • Add to Home Screen
  • Mail Link to this Page

Step Four:
Click on “Add to Home Screen.” You’ll be shown the new Talkster iPhone icon and be able to give it a title (such as “Talkster”) to add to your iPhone’s main screen.

The new 1.1.3 firmware also lets you move the icon around the screen to place it in an order you like. You can find instructions on how to rearrange icons and use more of the new features now available for the iPhone by clicking here and here.

Step Five:
You can repeat steps two and three, but this time select “Mail Link to this Page” to share Talkster with your friends!

iPhone conference calls with Talkster
With traditional iPhone conference calling, the process can be tedious, increasing minute usage and frustration. Conference calls also require iPhone users to pay even higher costs for an international and long-distance connection. With Talkster, users can create a group of up to 5 people, generating a local number each participant in the call. This process is one-time only, and with the new Talkster icon for the iPhone, an easy way to keep in touch.

Ads foot the bill for free calls
Calls with Talkster are free because the service is ad-supported, meaning all calls are subsidized by advertising, much like television and radio. In order to access free long-distance, international, and group conference calling, users listen to a 10-second ad and then are free to talk as long as they like with no talk time limits.

Sign up now

Talkster has several sign-up options for users:

  1. Visit www.Talkster.com from your computer
  2. Visit http://free.talkster.com from any mobile phone browser, or
  3. Visit Talkster’s iPhone optimized site at http://i.talkster.com
  4. Add Talkster’s Free World Dialing Application on social networking site, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=5439812969&ref=s
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Talkster COO James Wanless

“It doesn’t get any easier than click and talk. Placing the Talkster icon on your phone’s main screen gives you an even faster way to setup cost-free and hassle-free long distance, international and group conference calls.”

About Talkster
Talkster’s award winning voice technologies are changing international and long distance calling with a fully sustainable mobile advertising supported business model which benefits both callers and advertisers. Talkster’s Free World Dialing™ is the only service for making completely free long distance, international, and conference calls from any phone, on any network. With FREE international, long distance, and conference calling, who will you call? For more information on Talkster please visit www.Talkster.com.

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Ad-supported mobile gaming and social networking features are a winning combination

NEW YORK, NY & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – NOVEMBER 26, 2007

 

Under the Radar Conference judges announced mobile gaming company Hovr won the “Judges Choice” award in the advertising category of the mobility-focused event organized by Dealmaker Media. The Under the Radar Conference took place on November 15 in Mountain View, California; showcasing applications and business practices at the forefront of the growing mobile technology market.

  • Hovr was selected as one of 40 hot emerging mobile companies to participate in the Under the Radar conference.
  • Each presenting company at the conference was given six minutes to sell their company’s value statement to the over 400 venture capitalists, media, executives, content developers and other industry leaders in attendance.
  • Awards were distributed in eight categories, including social networking, infrastructure and Hovr’s winning sector, advertising.
  • The sole criterion on which companies were evaluated by the panel of judges is which of the presenting companies in each sector stood the best chance of succeeding.
  • The three conference judges for the advertising category were:
  • To win the “Judges Choice” award, Hovr showcased its free mobile gaming service which offers millions of users from over 190 countries access to hundreds of ad-supported games for mobile phones; along with its MobileSpace social network.
  • Judges had positive feedback on the Hovr ad-supported model, and specifically liked the way the Hovr service is leveraging compelling content with social networking elements to keep game players returning to the Website again and again.
  • Hovr launched a new white label service earlier this month, allowing Web sites, portals and carriers worldwide to offer their users direct access to hundreds of free, ad-supported mobile games, all under their own brand.
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Vipul Sawhney, CEO of Hovr

“The Judges Choice honor that Hovr was awarded validates the growing scope of ad-supported content, along with the value that the social networking elements of our site bring to users. Hovr aims to continue to innovate within the social gaming arena and bring to market new value added services to enhance our customers’ mobile gaming experiences. Participating in UTR allowed us to share that mission with the mobile community.”

 

About Hovr Inc.
Hovr is a mobile media company that marries the needs of advertisers seeking to reach the important and growing mobile demographic with the desires of mobile users wanting entertaining content and applications on their mobile phones. Hovr provides users with free ad-supported mobile content such as high-quality, fun-to-play mobile games. The Hovr MobileSpace social network lets users connect, compete and interact with their friends and other players in a compelling community environment. For more information visit www.hovr.com.

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Hovr Inc.
Hovr Home Page

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Hovr Inc.

 

Increase brand loyalty and grow revenue with free ad-supported mobile games and social networking features

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 14, 2007

 

  • Hovr Inc. today announced the launch of Powered by Hovr, a white label mobile gaming service for mobile operators and online communities.
  • Through this service, consumer-oriented web sites, mobile portals and carriers worldwide can offer their users direct access to hundreds of free, highly entertaining, engaging, ad-supported mobile games, all under their own brand.
  • The Powered by Hovr service creates significant new revenue opportunities through enhanced entertainment choices for end users.
  • The Powered by Hovr white label service also offers cutting edge online and mobile social networking features.
  • Hovr’s social networking tools provide a whole new way for community members to connect and interact around mobile game play and the sharing of mobile content.
  • The value proposition is simple – users enjoy free mobile games that generate advertising revenue each time they are played.
  • Several Powered by Hovr communities have already begun service with excellent results.
  • Tanzanian-based Push Mobile and Indonesian-based mobile firm BuzzCity are providing Hovr’s free mobile games to their customers.
  • Push Mobile, the leading provider of mobile content in Africa, previously only offered ringtones and wallpapers to its user base but now offers customers free access to Hovr’s entire mobile games catalog, resulting in an order of magnitude increase in traffic and users.
  • Mobile community provider Buzzcity is also using the Powered by Hovr service for its myGamma mobile portal.
  • Both Hovr.com and Hovr’s MobileSpace community enjoy active participation by millions of gamers from more than 190 different countries as they download, play and enjoy Hovr’s fun, high quality, free mobile games.
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Vipul Sawhney, CEO of Hovr

“It’s a win-win solution for brands, portals, carriers and online communities of all sizes. With Powered by Hovr, our partners not only maintain control of their customer base, they protect, extend and even strengthen their brand through an expanded offering that includes free mobile games that drive new customers to their site and keep their existing customers even more engaged.”

Brian Waluchio, Marketing Manager of Push Mobile

“Offering mobile games on our own was just too complicated and cost prohibitive. We chose Hovr to provide us with its Powered by Hovr service based on the high quality gaming catalog as well as the excellent user experience gained by the use of the social networking features built around the games. The ability to grow and engage more effectively with our user base as well as generate an additional revenue stream really sets the Powered by Hovr service apart from other offerings in the mobile space.”

 

About Hovr Inc.
Hovr is a mobile media company that marries the needs of advertisers seeking to reach the important and growing mobile demographic with the desires of mobile users wanting entertaining content and applications on their mobile phones. Hovr provides users with free ad-supported mobile content such as high-quality, fun-to-play mobile games. The Hovr MobileSpace social network lets users connect, compete and interact with their friends and other players in a compelling community environment. For more information visit www.hovr.com.

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Hovr Inc.
Hovr Home Page

Hovr Press Kit
Hovr Online Press Kit

MobileSpace
Hovr’s Social Network

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