jqMobi (www.jqmobi.com), a new open source mobile development framework makes its public debut today.  jqMobi is a mobile-optimized, HTML5 rewrite of the ubiquitous jQuery framework which is used on over 50% of all desktop websites.  jqMobi provides stunning speed improvement (2.5X faster than desktop jQuery), size reduction (only 3K vs. 36K) and code efficiency, with a particular focus on delivering an identically high quality user experience to both iOS and Android devices. Mobile developers can join the community and download the code at www.jqmobi.com.

JavaScript frameworks like jqMobi provide common user interface and programming functions, reducing development effort and time. jqMobi includes a query selector engine, a user interface (UI) library, and a collection of plugins. On mobile devices, existing JavaScript UI frameworks like jQuery Mobile, JQTouch and Sencha Touch are all hampered by their roots in desktop Web browsers and HTML 4. Under these legacy UI frameworks, the user experience on Android-based smartphones is particularly poor.  Android devices now represent nearly 50% of the world smartphone market.

“It’s great to finally see a lightweight JS library specifically tailored for smartphone performance and inspired by the popular APIs that made jQuery famous,” said Paul Bakaus, Zynga Germany CTO and creator of jQuery UI. “To me, this is the hopeful prediction of the future of jQuery 2.0, today.”

jqMobi was contributed to the open mobile Web community by the developers at appMobi.

“With jqMobi we’ve given the mobile development world an HTML5-ready jQuery,” said Sam Abadir, appMobi CTO and founder. “The truth is, the single biggest issue facing mobile HTML5 developers is the lack of good user interfaces. There is nothing more critical to the success of mobile HTML5 in general. Apple set the bar high with its Cocoa Touch mobile interface and until now, similar quality UX tools haven’t existed for Web-based mobile developers, and that is why we’ve put this project into play. We’ve started this project with high expectations, focused around delivering speed, size advantages, and cross platform uniformity, and we look forward to seeing where the open source development community takes it from here.”

Speed

jqMobi outperforms jQuery by 3X on Android and 2.2X on iOs. The JSPERF.COM test suite enables comparison of raw engine performance by testing the three most common functions: single query selector, create element and append element.

Tests were performed on various Android and iOS versions revealing that jqMobi outperforms jQuery by 292% on Android and 223% on iOS. Improvement over Zepto was 5.5X on Android and 4X on iOs. Complete details of the tests and results can be viewed at www.jqmobi.com.

Size

The jqMobi engine weighs only 3741 bytes, just 1/10^th of jQuery, and less than half of Zepto. Code size is important for user interactivity in mobile because heavier pages take longer to load and to initialize. The full jqMobi library with UI code is also tiny, at just 15K gZipped. By comparison, jQuery Mobile is 62K, and Sencha Touch weighs in at 99K.

Cross Platform Uniformity

jqMobi was designed and tested specifically to provide identical experiences to users on both dominant smartphone platforms. Android has been a particular point of failure for desktop frameworks. A short video contrasting common UI functions on both platforms using each of the frameworks is available at www.jqmobi.com.

jqMobi is offered free of charge as an open source asset under the MIT X11 license, starting with a short private beta testing period which begins today. appMobi encourages interested developers to stay up to date with jqMobi development by joining the email list at www.jqmobi.com. The development of jqMobi and maintenance of the JQMOBI.COM site are sponsored by appMobi.

About appMobi
A bold proponent of the open Web, appMobi’s development tools and cloud-based services build on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, creating a unified, open ecosystem that competes favorably with “walled gardens” offered by Apple and Google.  In 2011, the company released several of its core technologies as open source, including its cross platform mobile device API, mobiUs Web browser, and directCanvas HTML5 game acceleration. In December, appMobi was named “Most Promising Tech Company for 2012” by ReadWriteWeb.  appMobi’s technology allows mobile app developers to support HTML5 and native app platforms with just one code base, and to deploy and service their apps on multiple platforms, including the open Web. For more information visit http://www.appmobi.com.

appMobi is a registered trademark of appMobi Inc. iOS and related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Apple Computer Corp.  All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners including: Amazon, Adobe, Flash, Android, Google, Chrome, Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Sencha.

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Infinite Convergence (www.infinite-convergence.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Limited (BSE: 533154, NSE: INFINITE) today announced the appointment of Chee Leng Loy as its regional vice president for Asia Pacific and Middle East (APME). Loy joins Infinite Convergence to direct all sales, business development and channel partner engagements for both carrier and enterprise clients across the region. Based in Singapore, Loy will also influence product portfolio direction to meet the needs of emerging markets.

With its new leadership, technology pedigree and proven solutions, Infinite Convergence is well positioned to capitalize on the growth in mobile as subscribers grow from 4.6billion in 2009 to an estimated 6.3billion in 2014, and the mobile messaging market surges to $233 billion (US), growing at a compound annual growth rate of 9.1 percent.

“Loy’s technical expertise and proven sales track record of success makes him the perfect executive to grow Infinite Convergence’s presence in a region where mobile communication is engrained in every facet of daily life,” said Anurag Lal, chief executive officer of Infinite Convergence. “Our industry leading messaging solutions’ superior performance across legacy and emerging wireless technologies (LTE/4G, IMS, 3G, 2G) allows carriers to provide the integrated communication solutions the market is increasingly demanding.”

APME is a key region for Infinite Convergence. Because of the region’s size and diversity, and the need to develop telecom and enterprise channels, the company sought an expert to lead this important region. Loy brings in more than 15 years of sales, business development and operating experience in both the telecommunications industry and enterprise mobility. Loy joins Infinite Convergence from iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), where he served as managing director of Asia and Japan. Throughout his career – which also includes management positions at British Telecom Asia, KPN (Royal Dutch Telecom) Asia and The Strategis Group – Loy led regional teams in managing both direct and indirect channels in carrier and enterprise arenas. He has had direct sales engagements with most Tier 1 wireless carriers in Asia Pacific.

About Infinite Convergence
Infinite Convergence, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Limited (BSE: 533154, NSE: INFINITE), was formed in 2010 from an alliance between Infinite Computer Solutions and Nokia Siemens Networks (formerly Motorola). Infinite Convergence provides innovative messaging and wireless communication solutions to mobile operators and enterprises. Currently supporting more than 100 million subscribers globally, Infinite Convergence provides a complete range of scalable SMS, MMS and RCS messaging infrastructure and solutions to Tier 1 and Tier 2 wireless operators. The company’s cloud-based messaging centers add scalability to the rich product feature-set. Headquartered outside Chicago, Infinite Convergence employs 200 people in the USA and India. For more information visit www.infinite-convergence.com.

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In its continuous effort to improve life for consumers, the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) (NYSE: PG) is partnering with mobeam inc. to bring the first-ever fully mobile couponing system to market. The innovation, created by mobeam of California, makes electronic coupons presented on a phone or other mobile device scannable, so shoppers need only their phones/handhelds, not a stack of coupons, at check out.

Today, couponing represents a growing $3.7 billion segment of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) market in North America, with more than 300 billion coupons distributed every year and redemption on the increase as consumers strive for greater value and savings. And while smartphones are supporting users and simplifying life in a host of new ways, until now, phone couponing has not been an option because barcodes displayed on mobile phone screens are invisible to commonly used in-store laser scanners.

Mobeam technology converts – or mobeams – the barcode data into a beam of light that can be read by barcode scanners already found at store checkout counters. No additional point of sale (POS) equipment is needed.

“As impossible as it seems, even to technologists in the mobile industry, a vividly displayed barcode cannot be read by the typical barcode scanner,” said Nick Holland, senior analyst with Yankee Group. “The inability for a red laser scanner to read information displayed on a smartphone is not a small problem. This limiting factor is stalling important innovation as the retail industry is stuck waiting for next generation mobile technology to go mainstream. The mobeam beaming solution eloquently fixes this problem, enabling current generation mobile devices to interface with legacy red laser barcode scanners.”

P&G, one of the world’s leading coupon distributors, developed a partnership with mobeam through P&G’s open innovation Connect+Develop program, designed to bring leading innovation into P&G and share P&G innovation with others.

The P&G and mobeam partnership is aimed at exploring and testing a new, highly efficient method for consumers to redeem – and retailers to accept – coupons at the point of sale.

“Our vision with P&G is for the mobeam technology to be used and leveraged broadly by many leading CPG companies, with P&G and other key consumer goods partners as first adopters,” said mobeam CEO Christopher Sellers.

The next step in the partnership is to work with the mobile communications industry to add the mobeam application into handheld phones and then to test the application and process with shoppers and selected retailers.

“We are excited about the potential for this new technology and our partnership with mobeam to make shopping simpler and faster for consumers. Couponing is a great way for shoppers to try new products or save on the trusted brands their families have come to love. If that can be easier, faster and less costly for shoppers and retailers, we want to help bring it to life,” said Jeff Weedman, vice president of P&G Global Business Development.

Mobeam is working with handset manufacturers to engineer its light based communications (LBC) technology into new lines of handsets. P&G, mobeam and other partners expect to test the technology in market in 2012.

A mobeam-enabled couponing service would provide significant benefit to key stakeholders:

CONSUMERS:

Consumers would be able to collect and manage coupons received electronically and redeem them from their phones at the point of sale. Up to now, coupons received electronically either had to be printed to be redeemed, downloaded to a loyalty card or a checkout clerk would have to manually key in a coupon code. Not only will a shopper using the mobeam technology benefit, so will all the shoppers standing behind her in line.

RETAILERS:

The service aims to enable North American retailers to accelerate adoption of mobile coupons without hardware changes at POS. Because coupons will be submitted digitally, mobile coupons would increase efficiency and reduce costs.

CPG COMPANIES:

Digital coupons provide substantially deeper analytic capabilities, allowing better measurement of campaign effectiveness, as well as efficiencies in distribution, purchase validation and processing.

About mobeam
Mobeam, inc. is transforming mobile commerce with its unique and patented light based communications technology. Overcoming the technical barrier preventing mobile phones from interacting with laser scanners at checkout, mobeam’s technology provides universal access at point of sale (POS), enabling the transmission of coupons, gift cards, tickets and other barcode data at retailers worldwide. Mobeam’s technology powers new capabilities for existing mobile phone designs, and requires no changes to retailer POS infrastructure. Mobeam is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information visit www.mobeam.com.

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HTML5 development powerhouse and open Web proponent, appMobi (www.appmobi.com), today released a software development kit (SDK) and detailed performance specs of its directCanvas technology. The directCanvas technology includes rendering acceleration, multiSound multichannel sound playback and directBox2D physics acceleration. appMobi created these technologies to eliminate performance and capability barriers that have hampered the growth of HTML5 and the open Web as the ultimate platform for mobile games.

The iOS version of directCanvas was released as open source in November, and today’s SDK release supports the use of directCanvas for HTML5 game development. In the first quarter of 2012, appMobi will release directCanvas for Android, which will speed HTML5 games on a multitude of popular new Android devices like Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Droid Razr and the HTC EVO 3D.

“We’ve switched all of our iOS games over to use appMobi’s technologies,” said Henrik Dalsgaard, CEO of TweenSoft, a leading HTML5 game developer. “directCanvas really does allow HTML5 games to perform like native games, even on older devices. The other advantage to us is that with HTML5 and appMobi, we can use the same code and build for iOS, Android and for the open mobile Web.”

directCanvas Delivers 10x Speed Improvement in Frame Rate for HTML5 Games

An accepted “rule of thumb” in the gaming industry is that animated games must refresh the screen at least 25 times (frames) per second to create the illusion of smooth motion. To accurately characterize directCanvas acceleration on iOS-based devices, appMobi ran a comprehensive battery of tests on a variety of devices and OS versions. The test results dramatically exceeded the company’s previous claims of a 5X speed improvement.

• Using iOS Version 5, directCanvas provided an average 1800% acceleration on an iPhone 3GS.
• On the iPhone 4, 1124% improvement was noted.
• The dual core iPad 2 and iPhone 4S experienced slightly less acceleration, 728% and 1032%, respectively.
• DirectCanvas – enhanced graphic rendering for 2D games
• On older iOS versions, directCanvas provided up to 2000% frame rate acceleration.

Importantly, without directCanvas, none of Apple’s devices were able to deliver 25 frames per second using the unaccelerated Safari WebKit browser.

With appMobi’s directCanvas acceleration, iPhone 4S and iPad2 delivered 35-40 frames per second, while displaying up to 70 animated entities. directCanvas allowed the older iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 to deliver over 25 frames per second while animating 50 entities. Full details of the tests and results are available at http://www.appmobi.com/directCanvasTest.

multiSound Provides Low Latency, Multichannel Sound for HTML5 Games

The HTML5 specification was not created as a game delivery platform, and it has a key limitation that has vexed mobile game developers – it can only play one sound at a time. appMobi’s multiSound API gives HTML5 game developers the ability to play as many simultaneous sounds as they wish, limited only by available memory. Designed for ultra-low latency, multiSound caches sound data in memory for instant, lag-free playback.

directBox2D Dramatically Accelerates Physics Calculations

Physics-based games perform many calculations to simulate gravity, inertia and perform collision detection. HTML5 games use JavaScript physics engines such as Box2D to perform these calculations. Because JavaScript is an interpreted language (rather than a compiled language), the extra interpretive processing slows frame rate and reduces the number of possible entities in a game. directBox2D accelerates these calculations 20X by using a high performance compiled physics engine in place of the interpreted one.

These three technologies work together to allow HTML5-based games to deliver the same immersive game experience that users expect from native apps: smooth physics animations, high frame rates and multichannel sound. To download the directCanvas iOS SDK or to get more information on high performance HTML5 game development, please visit http://www.appmobi.com/gamedev.

About appMobi

A bold proponent of the open Web, appMobi’s development tools and cloud-based services build on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, creating a unified, open ecosystem that competes favorably with “walled gardens” offered by Apple and Google. In December, appMobi was named “Most Promising Tech Company for 2012” by ReadWriteWeb. appMobi’s technology allows mobile app developers to support HTML5 and native app platforms with just one code base, and to deploy and service their apps on multiple platforms, including the open Web. For more information visit http://www.appmobi.com.

Editors: High resolution graphics and charts comparing directCanvas acceleration vs. native Safari are available at www.appmobi.mobilitypr.com

appMobi is a registered trademark of appMobi Inc. iOS and related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Apple Computer Corp. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners including: Amazon, Adobe, Flash, Android, Google, Chrome, Samsung, Motorola, HTC, TweenSoft.

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TrustSphere, a pioneer of next-generation solutions for ensuring the security, integrity and reliability of the messaging systems that organisations rely upon, has expanded its staff with the appointment of Sydney-based Mark Padginton as its Sales Director for Australia and New Zealand.

Padginton’s responsibilities will include selling TrustSphere’s next-generation solutions throughout the region, establishing relationships with value added resellers (VAR) and partnering with companies with complementary products or technologies.

“Businesses, non-profit organizations and government departments throughout Australia and New Zealand face a variety of email-borne threats, from spear phishers targeting key individuals to steal sensitive data or introduce crimeware, to distributed denial of service attacks to emerging threats that effectively shut down executives’ email,” said Padginton. “I’ve been monitoring the rise of these threats for some time and have joined TrustSphere because it is the right company with the right solution at the right time to combat these threats that comprise the messaging systems which are so vital for organisations to conduct their business.”

Padginton comes to TrustSphere with nearly 20 years’ experience in sales and business development in the IT industry, with a particular emphasis on secure messaging solutions. Before joining TrustSphere he was with Redman Solutions, where he held senior roles in business development and product management. Prior to this, Padginton performed a variety of sales and business development roles as a partner with several IT vendors in Australia and New Zealand, including Actiance, Iron Mountain and Exalead.

“Mark’s proven ability and experience make him ideal for expanding TrustSphere’s presence throughout Australia and New Zealand – two key markets for our security solutions,” said Manish Goel, CEO of TrustSphere. “Organizations worldwide must combat spear phishing and other emerging email-based threats that compromise their messaging systems and impact their ability to do business, and our solutions provide these organizations with the actionable intelligence to restore trust in communication.”

About TrustSphere
TrustSphere is a pioneer in ‘Messaging Intelligence” a next-generation approach to ensuring the security, integrity and reliability of the messaging systems that organizations rely upon. The company has been recognized as a “Cool Vendor” for 2011 by Gartner and its award-winning solutions have been successfully deployed by both large corporations and major government organizations, proving their industry-leading capabilities. TrustSphere’s solutions are available directly from the company and a growing number of value-added resellers and systems integrators. The company has offices throughout the world, including New York City, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

For more information on TrustSphere and its solutions visit the company’s website at www.trustsphere.com

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In the first ever Black Friday promotion specifically for mobile application developers, HTML5 powerhouse and open Web proponent, appMobi (www.appmobi.com), today made available a host of open source code at http://www.appmobi.com/opensource for the development of mobile applications. appMobi aims to accelerate the industry’s move to HTML5 and the company believes open sourcing its considerable HTML5 development technology will serve to fast-track this effort. Included in the source code appMobi opened-up today are the company’s cross-platform XDK, DirectCanvas, and the game-changing “mobiUs” Web App Browser.

“appMobi believes that no one company should have control over what anyone can say or do on a mobile handset or tablet, and that soon the mobile Web, will be ‘THE’ Web,” says Sam Abadir, appMobi founder and CTO. “Opening up these technologies to developers not only makes the mobile Web as limitless as the imagination; it will also power the HTML5 revolution.”

appMobi’s newly open sourced technologies include:

• Augmented Reality – Turns the camera view on beneath the web page so that the page can superimpose images on top of “reality”
• Authentication and Encryption – Includes Oauth, the most common web service authentication for accessing web service APIs like Twitter, as well as ‘Protected Data’, so that web service API keys don’t need to be kept in the clear in JavaScript
• Bar Code/QR Code Scanner
• DirectBox2D – the renowned Box2D physics engine, hardware accelerated and exposed through JavaScript
• DirectCanvas – enhanced graphic rendering for 2D games
• Display – Better viewport for consistent visual rendering on Android and iOS devices, and orientation locking, disabling auto-shutoff of display, etc.
• JavaScript Bridge APIs – Accelerometer, analytics, cache, device information, canvas, camera, display, notification, media player, authentication and encryption, geolocation and file transfer
• MediaPlayer – Multi-channel sound for games, Shoutcast streaming audio player, and video playback of locally cached files for more seamless playback of things like offline videos inside web apps
• mobiUs – Unique Web App Browser allowing HTML5 Web apps to perform just like native apps
• Offline Caching – Web app archives for more efficient/faster downloads over mobile, and Dynamic Cache to allow the changing/storage of individual files instead of having to redownload the full web app if there is just a single file change

“appMobi is an advocate for the open Web,” adds Abadir. “By shifting from native apps to Web-based apps the transfer of power is moving from corporations to developers. Offering open sourced APIs will promote the migration of app development to HTML5 and has the potential to improve the overall mobile Web experience through faster downloads, better offline usage and enhanced mobile gaming experiences.”

This first-of-its-kind Black Friday promotion is specifically tailored for HTML5 developers. These software projects will join appMobi’s previous open source releases at the GitHub repository. Download the open source code today directly from appMobi’s website at http://www.appmobi.com/opensource.

About appMobi
appMobi’s development tools and cloud-based services build on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, creating a unified, open ecosystem that competes favorably with “walled gardens” offered by Apple and Google. appMobi’s technology allows mobile app developers to support HTML5 and native app platforms with just one code base, and to deploy and service their apps on multiple platforms, including the open Web. For more information visit http://www.appmobi.com.

appMobi is a registered trademark of appMobi Inc. iOS and related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Apple Computer Corp. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners including: Adobe, Flash, Android, Google, Chrome.

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