RGB Networks, the leader in network video processing, announced today that Horizon Telcom, a telecommunications provider serving rural southern Ohio for the past 115 years, is using RGB’s award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) to dramatically increase the number of high definition television (HDTV) channels that it offers its IPTV subscribers. Horizon has deployed the VMG in its Chillicothe, Ohio headquarters which serves all of its service areas, including 25,000 subscribers in 13 Southern Ohio counties.

HDTV is an increasingly popular service with Horizon’s subscribers and the need to offer more HD channels is critically important to staying ahead of satellite competitors. However, the fact that the majority of the new HD programming available to Horizon is delivered in MPEG-2 caused an issue for the operator, whose IPTV service is based on MPEG-4/H.264. This situation created the need for a transcoding solution to easily and cost-effectively convert the incoming MPEG-2 streams to MPEG-4/H.264.

After an extensive side-by-side evaluation with other commercial products, Horizon chose RGB’s VMG, with its plug-in TCM blade, for its advanced transcoding capabilities, specifically the ability to convert MPEG-2 programs into MPEG-4/H.264 in real-time while maintaining optimum picture quality. Another important factor that led Horizon to select the carrier-class VMG is its extensive redundancy features, which ensure reliable service delivery. Based on their initial success, Horizon plans to expand its VMG deployments in the near future.

“RGB’s VMG has enabled us to not only meet our customers’ demands for HDTV, but to also stay ahead of our competition with the widespread delivery of HDTV to our entire video subscriber base,” said Misty Tuttle, Broadband Services Manager of Horizon Telcom. “The VMG’s transcoding capabilities have significantly improved workflow and reduced the operational expenses associated with converting MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. The end result for us is satisfied customers, which has always been our top priority.”

As the majority of programming is still delivered to video service providers in MPEG-2, IPTV providers like Horizon that use the more bandwidth-efficient MPEG-4/H.264 format must convert the programming they receive. Accomplishing this conversion across a full channel line-up in a cost-effective manner is not easily done with low-density transcoders. RGB’s VMG, with its substantial stream processing capacity and single management system, is the ideal solution.

The VMG is a complete IPTV solution that uniquely combines multiple video processing functions, including transcoding and ad insertion, with the ability to process over 400 video streams simultaneously. Performing multiple processing applications on so many video streams enables IPTV providers to simplify their network architecture and greatly reduces per-stream processing costs, enabling faster and broader deployment of services with reduced complexity. The VMG uses a modular, carrier-class chassis with exceptional redundancy features to ensure reliable delivery and scalable deployments.

“We are very pleased with Horizon’s successful deployment of the VMG. As more and more operators put our unique platform into service in their networks, they are experiencing similar results—satisfied subscribers and an enhanced bottom line,” said Nabil Kanaan, Sr. Director, Product Marketing for RGB Networks. “Once deployed, the modular VMG can easily scale to add more capacity and functionality without the operational costs and headaches associated with ‘pizza box’ solutions.”

About Horizon Telcom

With corporate offices in Chillicothe, Ohio, Horizon Telcom is a leading broadband provider of advanced data services in southern and eastern Ohio. Utilizing its extensive network of fiber optic cable, Horizon delivers advanced high speed data services, Internet, voice, digital video, security and monitoring services. Horizon’s entrepreneurial heritage and long-standing commitment to remarkable customer care ensures its devotion to connecting its customers to their worlds through the delivery of cutting-edge broadband technology and proven telecommunication systems.

For more information about Horizon, visit the company’s website at www.horizontel.com.

About RGB Networks

RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a three screen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. The company’s success is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, ultra-dense modulation and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Backed by principal investors Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins Kaufield and Byers, and Comcast Interactive, RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

Spendvision, a global provider of total transaction management solutions, today announced that its hosted platform is being deployed globally by leading international mining group, Rio Tinto. The solution will enable more than 20,000 employees to record, track and manage corporate expenses. The platform will be rolled out across more than 10 business units in APAC, US, Canada and EMEA over a 12 month period.

Rio Tinto selected Spendvision as its Global Expense Management Solution (GEMS) following a comprehensive evaluation of a range of market-leading solutions. Each solution was analysed across a set of standard criteria and the Spendvision platform was chosen as it scored the highest in relation to ease of use, screen layout and the time taken to complete an expense report. Another key factor in the decision was that Spendvision is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. This hosted application gives Rio Tinto a pay-as-you-use model that provides both greater flexibility in use of the application and reduces the costs and issues associated with software development and maintenance.

“When we started researching a new expense management system, we knew we needed a centralised solution with the flexibility to deliver benefits to our staff, our business units and our corporate head office,” said Scott Singer, Global head of Procurement at Rio Tinto. “Disparate systems, labour intensive processes and limited visibility of consolidated spend were having an impact at the local and global levels. The Spendvision solution will not only deliver enhanced reporting to suit the requirements of central management and our business units; we will now be able to analyse global data to identify ways to optimise spend and reduce costs.”

“Working with Rio Tinto to deliver a comprehensive global expense management platform is a great opportunity for us to showcase the power of our one platform solution,” said Robert Kirby, CEO of Spendvision. “Having access to accurate, timely and actionable information about total spending patterns is vital for making informed cross-country comparisons and decisions. Through just one platform, we can support everything from consolidated reporting to corporate card management as well as more complex requirements such as detailed merchant and vendor analysis. It really shows the potential that simply automating travel and expense, purchasing card and out of pocket reimbursement processes can have in terms of business efficiencies, management visibility and of course cost savings.“

About Spendvision

Spendvision is a leading innovator of transaction management solutions. Through just one technology platform Spendvision delivers more effective purchasing that increases business profitability, improves decision making and delivers greater control and compliance. All this across the broadest range of transactions from simple cash, card, online travel bookings and telecoms right through to interactive coding, requisitions and dynamically funded accounts.

Spendvision is headquartered in the UK with offices in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore and works with leading customers and partners around the world. The Spendvision solution is available direct to businesses and through partners across the banking, telecommunications and travel sectors that provide the solution to their customers in their own brand.

Sentry was recognized in this year’s IABM Design Awards for its upgraded audio level monitoring capability, which enables video service providers worldwide to identify audio volume issues in programming and commercials. With Sentry’s advanced monitoring capabilities, service providers now have the tools to quickly fix the dramatic volume changes that have annoyed viewers for years and that are now subject to Government regulatory compliance requirements.

Current solutions for measuring volume issues can only monitor one or two channels, making them far too costly to purchase and deploy for multi-channel service providers. Sentry’s unique ability to continually monitor hundreds of channels simultaneously makes it the ideal solution for cable, satellite, telecom and other multi-channel service providers to measure and identify overly loud commercials.  The key to Sentry’s upgraded loudness monitoring capabilities is its support for the ITU-R BS.1770 audio specification.

“Being one of only 10 products selected as a candidate for the IABM award reinforces how seriously the broadcast industry takes the loudness issues that have plagued viewers for years,” said Eric Conley, Vice President, Video Network Monitoring, Tektronix. “This recognition for Sentry is the latest in a series of awards honoring its advanced audio level monitoring capabilities. With Sentry, service providers have the tools they need to ensure flawless video delivery, helping to both gain and retain subscribers.”

About Sentry Monitoring Solution

Sentry is a comprehensive content monitoring solution for cable, telecom, IPTV and other video service providers. Sentry enables the early detection, diagnosis and repair of video and audio errors (i.e., video freeze, macro-blocking, loss of audio, etc.) whenever or wherever they occur in the network, so service providers can deliver services with excellent quality, thus ensuring an optimal quality of experience (QoE) for subscribers. Sentry accomplishes this through its unique combination of unprecedented visibility into network anomalies at the IP and MPEG layers, scalability to monitor every program in the network and its real-time, 24/7 operation. Sentry is proven in deployments with service providers worldwide, including nine of the top 10 U.S. cable operators.

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About IABM

The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers is the global voice that represents manufacturers and suppliers of broadcast and media technology products and services worldwide. The association’s aim is to identify and promote the interests of its members, and to provide benefits and services which enhance their business performance.

About Tektronix

Mixed Signals was acquired by Tektronix in May 2010. As an industry-leading innovator of digital content monitoring solutions, Tektronix enables video service providers to proactively identify, diagnose and repair picture and audio quality errors that degrade the television viewing experience. For more than sixty years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test instrumentation for engineers focused on electronic design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning service and support. Stay on the leading edge at www.tektronix.com.

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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.

Tyfone (www.tyfone.com), the leaders and pioneers in NFC enabled Memory Cards for mobile financial services announced today that their Managing Director, APAC, Prabhakar Tadepalli, will be presenting on the evolution and vision for mobile contactless payments. Tadepalli will address the current mindset in the industry and how alternative solutions are helping nourish the ecosystem to go beyond trials and for consumer deployments in 2011. Tyfone will be presenting its unique solution at the first forum on alternative NFC mobile payment solutions to be held in Taiwan on September 8-9, 2010.

The two-day forum on “Alternative NFC Mobile Payment Solutions & Bridging Gaps in the Ecosystem” is organized by the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA), endorsed by the NFC Forum and supported by the Committee of Communications Industry Development of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan.

This forum is the first opportunity for organizations planning NFC mobile payment products and services to compare and contrast different approaches to add-on alternative solutions that can “NFC-enable” existing mobile phones.

“Tyfone’s one-of-a-kind, patented, innovation, not only dramatically expands the universe of NFC-capable mobile phones” said Tom Spitzer, Tyfone’s CEO, “it also offers device independence in an issuer-centric model allowing the issuer to control both the channel and customer.”

“With the lack of NFC mobile handsets available today, end-users and all stakeholders in the NFC ecosystem want to learn more about these alternative add-on solutions that can “NFC-enable” existing mobile phones today”, says Greg Pote, APSCA Chairman. “A contactless SD card-based solution such as Tyfone’s has the added advantage of allowing institutions to neutrally offer NFC.”

About Tyfone:
Founded in 2004, Tyfone’s corporate headquarters are in Portland, Oregon, and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Bangalore, India. Tyfone connects money and mobility via a highly secure, scalable and flexible mobile financial services solution tailored to meet the evolving needs of consumers, financial institutions, mobile network operators, transportation companies, and retailers. Operating in any standard memory card slot, Tyfone’s u4ia® platform and its companion SideTap™ memory card is the world’s first patented, neutral and comprehensive memory card-based payments solution with for mobile contactless payments. Tyfone and its partners enable a suite of services including Mobile Banking, Mobile Identity Management, Mobile Remote Payments, Mobile Retail Services and Mobile Contactless Payments. For more information visit www.tyfone.com.

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Tektronix, the leading provider of digital content monitoring solutions, today announced that its Sentry® digital content monitoring solution, part of its Mixed Signals family of products, is a finalist in this year’s Cable & Satellite International magazine’s Product of the Year Awards.  The CSI Awards, which will be presented at the IBC tradeshow in Amsterdam in September, recognize technical excellence and innovation in the cable, satellite, terrestrial broadcasting and IPTV industries.

Sentry was shortlisted as a finalist in the “Best Monitoring or Network Management Solution” category in recognition of its new loudness monitoring capabilities with its support for the ITU-R BS.1770 audio specification. Along with the broad array of Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements provided by Sentry, the new capabilities enable video service providers worldwide to identify audio volume issues in programming and commercials. Detecting the problem allows the provider to quickly fix the dramatic volume changes that have irritated viewers for decades and that are now subject to Government regulatory compliance requirements.

“Being shortlisted for a coveted Cable & Satellite Product of the Year is further acknowledgement of the value Sentry offers to our customers, particularly as these awards recognize achievement and innovation on an international scale,” said Eric Conley, Vice President, Video Network Monitoring, Tektronix.  “Our success with Sentry in the U.S., which includes deployments with nine out of the top 10 largest U.S. cable television operators, has been further validated by our achievements globally as we continue to expand our products worldwide.”

Sentry’s loudness monitoring capability is particularly ideal for cable, satellite and telecom providers who deliver hundreds of channels but want to avoid the cost or complexity of deploying, configuring and managing hundreds of individual volume monitors.  Sentry is uniquely capable of continually monitoring hundreds of programs, making it the only scalable solution for cost-effectively identifying and tracking commercial and program loudness issues on the market today.

Cable & Satellite International launched the Product of the Year awards in 2003 and have attracted over 160 entries every year, gaining the endorsement of the industry’s leading technology suppliers.  This year’s winners will be announced at the award ceremony held at IBC on Friday, September 10 at 6 p.m.

About the Sentry Monitoring Solution
Sentry is a comprehensive content monitoring solution for cable, telecom, IPTV and other video service providers. Sentry enables the early detection, diagnosis and repair of video and audio errors (i.e., video freeze, macro-blocking, loss of audio, etc.) whenever or wherever they occur in the network, so service providers can deliver services with excellent quality, thus ensuring an optimal quality of experience (QoE) for subscribers. Sentry accomplishes this through its unique combination of unprecedented visibility into network anomalies at the IP and MPEG layers, scalability to monitor every program in the network and its real-time, 24/7 operation. Sentry is proven in deployments with service providers worldwide, including nine of the top 10 U.S. cable operators.

For more information visit www.mixedsignals.com or call 310.227.8620.
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About Cable & Satellite International
Cable & Satellite International is a technology publication targeting the global video market, including cable, satellite, IPTV, mobile and terrestrial broadcast platforms. CSI assesses technology trends and provides detailed product analysis relevant to the core video delivery functions – namely content contribution/backhaul, distribution/transport, playout/transmission and home networking. CSI also analyzes the wider triple and quadruple play landscape.

The bi-monthly BPA audited print magazine is complemented by an email newsletter sent every two weeks to over 12,000 industry professionals, the CSI Product of the Year Awards, and roundtables that focus on various topics.

About Tektronix
Mixed Signals was acquired by Tektronix in May 2010. As an industry-leading innovator of digital content monitoring solutions, Tektronix enables video service providers to proactively identify, diagnose and repair picture and audio quality errors that degrade the television viewing experience. For more than sixty years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test instrumentation for engineers focused on electronic design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning service and support. Stay on the leading edge at www.tektronix.com.

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MobileTrax, one of the leading independent analyst firms tracking mobile computing and wireless data communications, today released a new white paper, “appbackr: Creating a Wholesale Market for Mobile Apps,” which explains the business model for the first digital wholesale marketplace for iPhone and iPad applications. The white paper provides an in-depth look at how appbackr (www.appbackr.com) is helping developers fund the creation of mobile applications, and helping wholesale buyers profit and expand the market by promoting new applications. The white paper was made available this week to subscribers of Inside Mobile, MobileTrax’s weekly mobile market newsletter.

“I commend appbackr for its creativity in solving that big pain point in the creation of applications for the iPhone and iPad – generating revenue for the developer much earlier than is available today,” writes J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., Principal Analyst with MobileTrax and author of the white paper. “Many deserving developers with creative applications can now get paid, like in most other industries, in line with manufacturing timetables rather than waiting for the end retail customer’s payment to be processed by Apple. This will foster more great applications that can be rewarded more quickly than ever before.”

Dr. Purdy calls the appbackr model “a cross between a book publisher and eBay.” appbackr is similar to a book publisher because it brings the author or developer together with the publisher, in this case the iTunes AppStore, and distributors or wholesale buyers, with appbackr serving as the agent. And like eBay, appbackr also creates a wholesale market for popular products, in this case mobile apps.

appbackr began private beta testing in July as the first wholesale digital marketplace that brings together Apple iOS application developers and wholesale buyers. In the white paper, Purdy explains how appbackr enables developers to efficiently fund and distribute applications to wholesale buyers, and how buyers can profit from the iTunes App Store for the first time. Included is a breakdown of the revenue distribution model illustrating how wholesale buyers can earn up to 54 percent profit from backing unfinished iPhone and iPad applications; 57 percent on finished applications.

As Purdy notes, “The appbackr Network is simple for developers: they just list the application with appbackr and wait until wholesale commitments are made… The appbackr Network is simple for Wholesale Buyers: they select the iPhone apps they feel will succeed in the market and make a commitment & upfront payment to appbackr… The appbackr Network is simple for consumers: they buy apps just like they do now – buying the most popular apps or the ones in which they feel they will most benefit.”

Invitations to appbackr can be requested at www.appbackr.com. appbackr began a closed beta August 2, 2010. For a complete copy of the MobileTrax white paper, “appbackr: Creating a Wholesale Market for Mobile Apps,” visit www.appbackr.com/whitepaper. You can also follow the company and request a copy on Twitter.com/appbackr.

About MobileTrax
MobileTrax is a leading market research firm that focuses on the mobile and wireless Market. The firm publishes Inside Mobile weekly that is read by over 100,000 people. MobileTrax also produces Strategic Insights, a quarterly market research service that surveys 500+ SmartPhone users and determines inflection points, speed bumps and paradigm shifts in the mobile and wireless market.

About appbackr Inc.
Founded in March, 2010 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, appbackr is the first wholesale digital marketplace enabling iPhone and iPad application developers to sell wholesale copies to buyers and receive immediate payment for their work. Buyers profit when their apps sell in the iTunes App Store. Already in 2010, appbackr has been a winner of the first PayPal X Developer Challenge (March 2010), the SVASE Seed Competition (March, 2010) and the AlwaysOn 250 (July 2010). For more information, visit www.appbackr.com and follow the company on Twitter.com/appbackr.

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GetJar the world’s second largest app store, today announced that it has partnered with Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS), developers of the acclaimed BOLT™ mobile browser, to offer users of BOLT immediate access to GetJar’s entire library of 70,000+ free mobile applications. Subscribers gain immediate access to GetJar’s massive library of applications via a GetJar branded apps store link on the favorites page.

“Fundamentally BOLT is about getting the most utility possible from your mobile phone, a mission we share with GetJar,” said Anna Magliocco-Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream. “This agreement also brings an important new revenue opportunity for BOLT as any revenue generated through the download of sponsored premium applications is split between the two companies. We partnered with GetJar because are they are the most experienced, ‘open’ application catalog working across multiple platforms such as Java ME, BlackBerry OS, Symbian – any device and platform used by our customers.”

Through this agreement, BOLT’s users will have easy access to a growing catalog on tens of thousands of mobile applications ranging from games, social networking, sports, entertainment and productivity applications. GetJar charges developers for premium placement in their catalog. When those applications are downloaded via BOLT, GetJar and Bitstream will split the revenue. Popular apps such as Facebook® Mobile, Yahoo!, Shazam, and CNN can be easily downloaded directly via the BOLT browser. BOLT also supports multiple simultaneous downloads, allowing its users to really expand the functionality and fun they get from their mobile phone.

“With millions of users from every corner of the globe able to use BOLT to download applications, this agreement represents an important new channel for distributing GetJar’s applications,” said Bill Scott, vice president of sales and business development at GetJar. “It’s exciting to see Web browsing technology meeting the overwhelming demand for apps. App Catalogue Express is designed to make it quick and easy for our partners to seamlessly launch a pre-populated app store across all major devices and platforms such as Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, among others.”
Bitstream joins other leading companies already using GetJar’s flexible, open app store approach including Sprint, Rogers, LG Corp., 3UK, The Carphone Warehouse and Virgin Mobile France. GetJar offers both branded and white label solutions.

The BOLT mobile browser, one of GetJar’s Top 10 overall application downloads, works on any Java ME equipped mobile phone, which represents approximately 75 percent of the estimated to be 4.6 billion handsets in use worldwide, including BlackBerry and many Windows Mobile smartphones. People can download BOLT directly from GetJar at http://www.getjar.com/mobile/25910/bitstream-bolt/.

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 GetJar
GetJar is the world’s second largest apps store, second only to the Apple, with over 1 billion downloads to date. The company’s key point of difference is its open market approach, which allows it to deliver applications for both feature phones and smartphones across all major platforms such as Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone and Symbian among others. The company provides more than 70,000 mobile applications to consumers in more than 200 countries. In 2009 GetJar won the Meffy, Tiecon50 and Mobile Excellence awards for its achievements and products. GetJar is backed by Accel Partners and is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in the UK and Lithuania. For more information: www.getjar.com and follow us on Twitter @getjar.

Mobility Public Relations, the full-service PR agency founded specifically to support mobility technology businesses, today announced that it has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by Interactive Media Awards™ for its work on MobilityWire^®, a proprietary social newswire service the agency built for its clients. Mobile technology companies around the globe use MobilityWire to distribute company news to targeted trade media and make the news easily discoverable online. This Interactive Media Award recognizes that MobilityWire met and surpassed the standards of excellence that comprise the Web’s most professional work. The site was honored specifically for excellence in Public Relations.

The judging consisted of various criteria, including design, usability, innovation in technical features, standards compliance and content. In order to win this award level, the site had to meet strict guidelines in each area — an achievement only a fraction of sites in the Interactive Media Award competition earn each quarter.

“Delivering value to both clients and the media is key to success as a PR agency,” said John Sidline, managing partner at Mobility Public Relations. “Mobility Public Relations developed our MobilityWire social media newswire to help clients cast a wide net to media targets, create a permanent home for their news online, and provide journalists, bloggers and analysts with all the resources they need to cover our clients’ news. To be recognized by the Interactive Media Awards for MobilityWire is another important validation for the innovation we’re bringing to the practice of quality public relations.”

About Mobility Public Relations
Mobility Public Relations is the full-service PR agency created specifically for mobility technology businesses. Focusing solely on mobile technologies better positions Mobility Public Relations to build expertise, share information and create compelling PR campaigns. Our approach to PR is tied to advancing your business objectives for results that maximize the return on your communications investment. For more information visit www.mobilitypr.com.

ActiveTrak™ Inc., a leader in advanced tracking and data protection software for consumer and business devices, today made available GadgetTrak 3 for laptops, the latest version of its acclaimed GadgetTrak software. Powered by ActiveTrak’s industry-leading anti-theft technology, GadgetTrak 3 introduces new functionality that allows people to track multiple computing devices at the same time – including laptops, netbooks and desktop computers – through a centralized Web control panel that can be viewed from any Internet accessible device.

“Today’s families typically have multiple computers in their home, many of them mobile devices such as laptops and netbooks that leave the home and are vulnerable to loss and theft,” said ActiveTrak CEO Ken Westin. “ActiveTrak specifically designed our newest software platform with households with multiple devices and small- to medium-sized businesses in mind. By being able track all laptops, netbooks and desktop computers simply, in one location, people are better able to keep tabs on all their computers, regardless of what kind of computers they are.

The FBI estimates 10-percent of all laptops purchased in the United States will be stolen within the first year of ownership with only three-percent recovered. However, GadgetTrak has a successful recovery rate of over 95 percent.

GadgetTrak 3 provides the most advanced data protection and theft recovery solution for laptops, taking back control of stolen devices from the thief. The GadgetTrak software supports Windows (XP, Vista and 7) and Mac OS X Leopard and higher (10.5 and 10.6), , greatly increasing the chances of recovery for nearly every laptop, netbook and desktop computer sold in the last few years.

Key features of GadgetTrak 3 include:

• Advanced Positioning
• By using onboard Wi-Fi radios found in virtually all computers together with advanced Wi-Fi positioning technology, GadgetTrak pinpoints stolen laptops within 10 meters.
• Location Notification
• When tracking occurs, a subscriber will get an email with detailed information about a device’s location. This information can also be found on a web control panel at www.trak.me.
• Webcam Support
• Using a laptop webcam, GadgetTrak can remotely snap a photo of a thief, providing crucial evidence that police can use to get a laptop back.

With GadgetTrak 3 people can protect their computers and their valuable and private data for $34.95 per device per year. More information can be found at www.gadgettrak.com.

About ActiveTrak Inc.
ActiveTrak Inc. is a leading provider of innovative and patented theft recovery and loss prevention solutions for laptops, smartphones, and portable media devices. The company’s consumer product, GadgetTrak, delivers the most advanced theft recovery software available for consumers and businesses today. ActiveTrak not only provides the technology to recover and protect data on devices, but also recovery assistance. The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information visit www.ActiveTrak.com.