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• 31Oct

  Let Your Voice Be Heard! MEDL Mobile Introduces Its Newest Mobile App, ‘Note to Obama’

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  MEDL Mobile, Inc., a leader in mobile application development and the company behind internationally successful apps such as Note to God and the #1 hit Mall Maps, has created a new app that brings the
  First Amendment to your fingertips with the introduction of Note to Obama. Note to Obama is a new mobile app where users are able to anonymously voice praise, express approval or disapproval or simply give a “shout out” to the tech-savvy 44th Commander in Chief. The app, which allows users to read other postings and stay in touch with public opinion, launched today and is available at http://www.medlmobile.com
  and at http://www.apple.com/itunes app store.

  Satisfied with the President’s overhaul of the U.S. health care system? Commend him on a job well done!

  Have ideas about the best way to improve the economy and lower the unemployment rate? Share your ideas with Obama and send him a note.

  Already in its first week, Note to Obama has generated such notes as:

  “hello, mr. obama. I am jordan davis & you are my inspiration.”

  “Pull all troops out of Iraq! Is politics and money worth more than someones son or daughter?”

  “Health care is ridiculously expensive. Have you looked at the NHS in the UK to reform? There are so many people who suffer because they can’t afford to be treated. We are a developed nation and supposed to be a super power.”

  Similar to MEDL Mobile sister apps Note to God and Note to Haiti, all notes are anonymous and cannot be identified by any other users. Also, be sure to double-check your facts and spelling because once you hit send your note is final!

  Most importantly Note to Obama is user-regulated: Share any note you’d like the President to read and if the people like it, your note gets the “upvote.” If your note is offensive or inappropriate, other users will vote it down.

  MEDL Mobile is proud to call Note to Obama a Shiny MEDL Object.

  MEDL Mobile was recently featured on CNBC’s “Planet of the Apps.” MEDL develops custom applications for people, companies, advertising agencies, consumer brands and themselves. MEDL’s “Shiny MEDL Objects” are apps that fascinate, entertain, connect and empower their users. MEDL has more than 35 applications available on the Apple App Store – with dozens more currently in development for iPhone, iPad and Android.

  

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• 31Oct

  Mobile Nanny Oversees Smartphones with Hybrid Parental Control Software

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  Retina-X Studios, LLC, announced today the immediate availability of Mobile Nanny for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows smartphones.

  This parental control service allows parents to monitor, filter and restrict their child’s smartphone with ease. The software records and blocks the activities the parent specifies, and can restrict usage of the device to a
  schedule the parent configures.

  According to 2010 data from a Pew Research survey, one in three teens send more than one hundred text messages per day. Many parents are not fully aware of what their child is texting about. With sexting on the rise, many parents have a responsibility to know whether or not their child is using a device safely and wisely.

  Mobile Nanny, a stealth application, allows parents to see every action their child performs, including every text message sent or received, every call dialed or received and every photo captured. Parents can view actions inside the hidden interface on the phone itself, or they can login to a secure Web panel from any Web browser to view logs and GPS locations.

  One Retina-X Studios customer, Mike Robertson, had the following to say about the company’s mobile monitoring software. “I am trying to prevent pornography from getting to my child’s phone. I love this program. Its working great and helping me monitor all the text messages from the monitored phone.”

  Simply knowing what they’re doing isn’t enough. Certain actions performed by a child may need to be corrected. The program can block any phone number from SMS and calls. Websites and applications can also be blocked. The parent can even setup a specific time schedule that the phone can be used, thus restricting the time their child can use the device.

  “A teenager with an instant communication tool in the palm of their hands is a necessity in today’s world. However they are not adults, and many times they’re not yet mature enough to handle this type of technology. Mobile Nanny helps parents to bridge the gap between technology and safety,” states James Johns, CEO of Retina-X Studios.

  Mobile Nanny also includes instant SMS commands the parent can send to the child’s phone. This allows the parent to track where their child is at any given time using the Instant GPS Locate command. It also provides an anti-theft feature for tracking the number of any SIM inserted to the phone in case the phone is lost or stolen.

  A one-year subscription to Mobile Nanny is priced at $49.97 in the USA. This hybrid software and service supports Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile smartphones. The product is coming soon for Symbian OS and Windows Phone 7. For purchase and download information, visit http://www.mobile-nanny.com.
  About Retina-X Studios

  RXS designs and develops tools that let users monitor their individual PC, network or smartphone. Retina-X Studios products have been mentioned by Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Reader’s Digest, PCWorld and other media outlets.

  

  Tags: parental control, Smartphones

• 29Sep

  Gladinet Announces Home Directory Support with Major Cloud Storage Services

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  Gladinet Announces Home Directory Support with Major Cloud Storage Services!

  Create user home directories in AT&T Synaptic Storage, Mezeo, Amazon S3, Windows Azure, Nirvanix, Google Storage, and more.

  When cloud storage access solution provider Gladinet (http://www.gladinet.com) launched its cloud-attached file server, Gladinet CloudAFS(TM), customer response was overwhelmingly positive.

  Users applauded the functionality of CloudAFS, which allows small and medium-sized businesses to attach cloud storage to their file servers, and seamlessly migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Now, in response to customer requests, Gladinet has added home directory support to CloudAFS.

  The new feature makes it easy to move users’ home directories – the locations where they store their files -
  from file servers into the cloud. The process is so simple that the creation of multiple home directory accounts can be automated by selecting a single checkbox during setup of Gladinet CloudAFS. And users will enjoy seamless access to their cloud home directories without additional Active Directory configuration.

  Gladinet CloudAFS gives small and medium-sized businesses the ability to add unlimited, on-demand cloud storage to their existing file servers. Using local storage as tier one, CloudAFS turns the cloud into tier-two storage. Users can access and back up their data in the cloud directly from their Windows, Mac and Linux environments via CIFS/SMB/NFS protocols, or directly from Cloud Desktop. The result is expanded secure storage capability at a cost significantly lower than that of adding additional on-site storage. By facilitating automatic home directory migration for multiple users, Gladinet CloudAFS extends these benefits to more
  corporate users using their preferred cloud storage service.

  “With the addition of multi-user home directory support, Gladinet Cloud AFS effectively bridges the gap between the power and low cost of cloud storage and the security and easy accessibility of the enterprise file server,” stated Jerry Huang, CEO of Gladinet. “The Gladinet developers came through for our customers wishing to migrate to the cloud, and we think users will be pleased with the outcome.”

  About Gladinet

  Founded in 2008, Gladinet started by providing users the convenience of a network drive attached to cloud storage. With the addition of products that attach cloud storage to file servers, backup to the cloud and create personal clouds, Gladinet is changing the way businesses access and use cloud storage through its widely accepted cloud storage access platform.

  

  Tags: Cloud computing, cloud storage services, Gladinet

• 15Apr

  SingleHop’s Cascade Cloud Program Launches CloudLinux

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  SingleHop, a leading Chicago-based dedicated server and managed web hosting provider, today announced the first product launch under their Cascade cloud hosting (http://www.singlehop.com/cloud) services program: the CloudLinux operating system.

  Launched in February 2010, the CloudLinux operating system is designed to increase server density by improving stability and reliability using isolation technology to create Lightweight Virtual Environments (LVEs). The use of LVEs improves server density and performance. CloudLinux is easily interchangeable with Centos or Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Cloud Linux founder Igor Seletskiy says that the switch can be made “within five minutes.”

  “CloudLinux is a new market offering, but one that will offer exceptional performance and extended control abilities in a cloud-like system,” says SingleHop VP of Sales and Marketing Dan Ushman. “For our clients, it ensures greater stability and efficiency, optimized performance, and better security of their servers. We’re excited to offer CloudLinux as the first of our Cascade cloud system offerings.”

  CloudLinux will be available for free with any server above $179.00 per month. For more information about Cloud Linux and SingleHop’s Cloud Computing Cascade program, please visit http://www.SingleHop.com.

  About CloudLinux, Inc.

  Founded in Princeton, NJ, CloudLinux is a privately funded company that combines unique expertise in the service
  provider business with in-depth technical knowledge of hosting, kernel development and open source. CloudLinux
  provides hosting companies and datacenters with the only commercially supported Linux operating system (OS) optimized for their needs. The new technology behind CloudLinux has been proven to increase density, stability and performance, helping customers realize reduced operating costs and increased profitability.

  About SingleHop, Inc.

  SingleHop, Inc. is a full-service managed dedicated hosting provider that was founded on the principle of providing
  reliable, cost-effective, dedicated servers. The company was founded by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman in 2006 and currently hosts thousands of websites from around the world. SingleHop competitors include: SoftLayer, ThePlanet, FastServers, and RackSpace. The cornerstone of SingleHop’s managed hosting is the a la Carte Server Management Program, which is a full array of transparent management services designed and tested to allow business customers to tailor their level of support to their needs or expertise. http://www.singlehop.com

  

  Tags: Cloud Program, CloudLinux

• 15Apr

  Gladinet Partners with Bycast to Enable Seamless Migration

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  As companies across virtually all industries watch their data libraries grow larger every year, many are looking for better ways to protect, manage and access that data.

  One solution that has seemed implausible is storing and accessing mission-critical data in the cloud directly from a local file system. But now, thanks to a partnership between Gladinet (http://www.gladinet.com) and Bycast (http://www.bycast.com), the Holy Grail of cloud computing is at last a reality.

  Bycast’s StorageGRID solution has been protecting, preserving and securing large volumes of data across multi-tier and multi-vendor storage media in mission-critical environments for many years. Automation and intelligent data management give StorageGRID users consistent, reliable access to data. The benefits to organizations of all sizes are considerable: by migrating data to Bycast mission-critical cloud storage, companies can ensure thorough automation and intelligent data management. StorageGRID ensures superior data protection and compliance while offering multi-site access and allows for business continuity and automated disaster recovery in any situation.

  Users can now migrate data from any cloud platform into StorageGRID through Gladinet’s Cloud Desktop. The world’s first ubiquitous cloud storage client transforms Windows Explorer into a cloud storage portal, giving users the flexibility to transfer directly from cloud services like Google Docs, Google Picasa, Google Docs for Google Apps, Windows Azure Blob Storage, EMC Atmos Storage, Amazon S3, Nirvanix, Box.net and AT&T Synaptic Storage into the enterprise-class clouds provided by the Bycast StorageGRID cloud gateway.

  “Other existing cloud storage solutions can only access the cloud through a Web browser or through proprietary systems, requiring costly custom development and ruling out the use of unmodified legacy applications,” explained Franklyn Peart, SVP Business Development, Gladinet. “As a result, files stored in clouds through such systems are not easily accessed or managed unless they are painstakingly transferred to the desktop — which begs the question: Where is the value in typical cloud storage solutions?”

  The value in Gladinet Cloud Desktop and Bycast StorageGRID, at least, is obvious. The highly scalable service makes it simple and safe to store large amounts of valuable data and seamlessly access it in the StorageGRID cloud directly from PC desktops throughout an organization. Users are no longer locked in to using certain cloud service vendors and can even transfer data to StorageGRID from multiple consumer cloud services if needed. The seamless integration between Gladinet Cloud Desktop and Bycast StorageGRID is flexible enough to allow users to create folder- or file-based backups in its drag-and-drop interface.

  “Gladinet’s partnership with Bycast makes seamless migration to mission-critical clouds a reality,” said Peart. “We are pleased to continue improving on the concept of cloud service and look forward to further innovation that will benefit organizations as they move into the cloud.”

  About Gladinet

  Founded in 2008, Gladinet launched its cloud services in spring 2009 with the release of its flagship product,
  Gladinet Cloud Desktop, which leverages the power of the Internet as a virtual PC, providing users the convenience of a virtual disk drive. An enabler of Web 3.0 technology, Gladinet is changing the way small and medium-sized businesses access and use cloud storage through its widely accepted, open-platform cloud storage services. Learn more at http://www.gladinet.com.

  About Bycast

  Bycast is the leading provider of advanced storage virtualization software for large-scale, mission-critical
  digital archives. Bycast StorageGRID software is allowing organizations in over twenty countries to optimize their storage infrastructure and to ensure the integrity and availability of their valuable data assets. To learn more about the company and its solutions, visit http://www.bycast.com.

  

  Tags: Cloud computing

• 27Mar

  Gladinet Launches Cloud Desktop 2.0 to Enhance Security

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  Gladinet Launches Cloud Desktop 2.0 to Enhance Security, Usability and Performance.

  In the rough-and-tumble world of cloud storage, Gladinet http://www.gladinet.com is on a mission to turn the Internet into a virtual PC by integrating cloud services directly onto users’ desktops. With today’s release of Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.0, the company moved one step closer to its goal.

  Cloud Desktop is the world’s first ubiquitous cloud storage client, using Windows Explorer to access the cloud directly
  from a PC desktop and move or store files to multiple cloud storage services at once with a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. So it seems only fitting that Cloud Desktop 2.0 strengthens its industry-leading position by addressing the security concerns users cite as the deal-breaker when considering migrating to cloud storage.

  “One of the major concerns of cloud storage users is security,” explained Gladinet SVP Business Development
  Franklyn Peart. “How can users be sure hackers, service provider employees or anyone else can’t look at their files
  when they’re online? Until now, that was a nagging question with no good answer.”

  With the introduction of AES 128-bit encryption for files stored in the cloud, Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.0 is tackling
  that concern head-on: The system simply encrypts users files on the storage client before saving them on the
  servers in their encrypted form.

  Gladinet didn’t stop at enhancing security with its first major version update, however. Cloud Desktop 2.0 includes a
  variety of new features designed to provide better usability, performance, stability and scalability. The new
  Gladinet Management Console completely reworks and consolidates all the management interfaces for the Cloud
  Desktop virtual directory manager, task manager, settings manager, backup manager and audit tracing, and the new Cache Manager offers smart caching and granular cache controls.

  Cloud Desktop 2.0 is considerably more robust than the system’s earlier iterations, transferring terabytes of data
  with dozens of upload and download threads, maintaining transfer rates of up to four megabytes per second. To do so,
  the system uses mirrored folders to pre-cache files and utilizes Smart Bandwidth Control to allocate more bandwidth
  to the browser when it is in use; once the browser is idle, Cloud Desktop resumes normal transfer speeds.

  Although Gladinet Cloud Desktop has always been fully integrated with the major cloud storage providers –
  including Google Docs, Google Picasa, Google Docs for Google Apps, Windows Azure Blob Storage, EMC Atmos Storage, Amazon S3, Nirvanix, Box.net and AT&T Synaptic Storage — with Cloud Desktop 2.0, Gladinet has provided enhancements for Google Picasa, Docs and Apps. The system now supports any file type in Google Storage, while the new Cloud Explorer allows the user to set access controls and share files with Amazon S3 and Azure Blob Storage.

  “We are excited to introduce Gladinet Cloud Desktop 2.0 as the industry-leading, ubiquitous cloud storage access
  solution,” stated Peart. “Gladinet developers will continue to operate at the forefront of the cloud industry and set
  the standard in cloud storage clients.”

  About Gladinet

  Founded in 2008, Gladinet launched its cloud services in spring 2009 with the release of its flagship product, Gladinet Cloud Desktop, which leverages the power of the Internet as a virtual PC, providing users the convenience of a virtual disk drive. An enabler of Web 3.0 technology, Gladinet is changing the way small and medium-sized businesses access and use cloud storage through its widely accepted, open-platform cloud storage services. Learn more at http://www.gladinet.com.

  

  Tags: Cloud Desktop, Gladnet, Google

• 21Feb

  New Ovi Maps with free navigation races past 1 million downloads in a week

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  Nokia has today announced that since the 21 January 2010 launch of the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, there have been over 1.4 million downloads. The one million mark was reached just one week after the launch.

  “We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. “When we announced free walk & drive navigation we knew it would be a game-changer. The number of people now using their Nokia for navigation, and as a result looking for more location-aware software, is growing faster than even we predicted.”

  The success of the new version Ovi Maps is a key part of Nokia’s strategy to lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services. By leveraging its investment in NAVTEQ, Nokia has been able to remove the costs associated with navigation for drivers and pedestrians and is quickly activating a massive user base to which it can offer new location features, content and services.

  “This is great news for our 3rd party application developers. Within a matter of days there is an installed base of more than 1 million active users all potentially hungry for new and innovative location-aware apps,” continued Anssi Vanjoki. “For the operators too there is a growing opportunity to sell more data-plans and a complete navigation package to existing and new customers.”

  As of 31 January 2010 the top five countries downloading the new version of Ovi Maps were: China, Italy, UK, Germany and Spain. The top five most popular Nokia devices installing the download were: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 and Nokia E72.

  “There is a huge appetite for GPS navigation on mobile phones. We estimate there were already 25.9 million people actively using GPS navigation on their mobile phones at the end of 2009,” said Chris Jones, VP & Principal Analyst at research firm Canalys.

  From next month, all new Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones will include the new version of Ovi Maps, pre-loaded with local country map data, with high-end walk and drive navigation and access to Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.

  Ovi Maps covers more than 180 countries with car and pedestrian navigation for 74 countries, in 46 languages, and traffic information for more than 10 countries. There are more than 6000 3D landmarks for 200 cities around the world. Lonely Planet and Michelin guides have information on more than 1,000 destinations globally.

  

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• 21Feb

  Row Over ‘Wobbling Breasts’ iPhone App

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  Apple has been urged to provide more specific guidelines on suitable content for iPhone applications after it pulled one that had apparently been downloaded by nearly a million people.

  Many apps are available for the iPhone

  The app, called Wobble iBoobs, allows users to watch breasts bounce – but it has been withdrawn from the Apple store following “numerous complaints” from customers.

  It is thought to have been on the market for several months and is said to have made more than £150,000 in sales.

  According to the developer ChilliFresh, Apple sent it an email which said the app had originally been deemed suitable for distribution.

  But Apple had now changed its guidelines, adding: “We have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store, which includes your application.”

  However, ChilliFresh suggested Apple needs to be more specific, adding: “How can it be overtly sexual, people use their own pics.”

  In a statement on its website, it also said: “They have changed their standards, but they don’t actually say what those standards are now, nor what those standards were before! No guidelines provided at all!”

  Full article Business Sky News

  

  Tags: iboobs, Wobbling Breasts

• 09May

  Three Skype phone calls – Free calls on Skype mobile phones

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  Three mobile phones are offering Free Calls Forever with their latest link-up with Skype.

  

  Join the other 400 million Skype users Worldwide with an internet phone like the LG Renoir Mobile Phone and you will be able to talk for free.

  Three mobile phones are offer 200 free minutes, free texts, unlimited email and Internet access with free calls forever with Skype.

  This is probably one of the best things that a mobile phone provider has done with a mobile phone and the Internet, with most phones having such a small screen thereby making it almost impossible to browse the internet.

  Three Mobile Phones are always leading the field when it comes to pushing down mobile phone costs – there were many that said Three would not last, but here they are a few years later still going strong and leading the field yet again.

  

  

  Tags: free mobile phone calls, Free Skype phone calls, Skype mobile phones, Three mobile phones

• 09May

  AMOLED – Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode

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  AMOLED – Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode is the latest mobile phone screen technology and one of the first phones to use it is the Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition mobile phone.

  AMOLED is the latest in display technology which is used in portable devices like mobile phones and is important due to the fact that the technology uses less battery power.

  The passive-matrix OLED mobile phones, which is the alternative technology, uses significantly more power that the new Active-matrix OLED displays without loosing out on performance. Where battery power is critical Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) is the way to go and with Samsung recently announcing their Samsung Movie Service you will be able to watch a full movie and more on mobile phones like the SAMSUNG Tocco Ultra Edition.

  

  Tags: Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode, AMOLED, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition

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