Joost to Provide White Label Online Video Platforms
Joost, along with Joost.com, it will focus on providing white label online video platforms for media companies, including cable and satellite providers, broadcasters and video aggregators. This technology and service offering will support content owners’ efforts to build comprehensive branded environments online.   [July 3, 2009]

Dream Stick 360 Wireless Arcade Stick Now Available from Dream Arcades
Dream Arcades has released the new Dream Stick 360. The Dream Stick 360 brings a new contender to the fighting game ring and introduces the first competition quality wireless arcade stick for Xbox 360. The Dream Stick 360, which is available now, features authentic arcade buttons, joystick and commercial quality cabinet. Windows PC support is also available via an optional adapter. The Dream Stick 360 is priced at just $139 plus shipping.   [July 3, 2009]

FaceTime Survey: IT Managers OK Social Networking, as Long as It’s Secure and Compliant
FaceTime Communications - a provider of solutions enabling the safe use of Web 2.0 and unified communications in the enterprise — found in a survey that Social Networking is widely accepted by IT respondents, and 51 percent plan to beef up security within the next 12 months. Compared with a related survey in fall 2008 ("The Collaborative Internet: Usage Trends, IT Attitudes and End User Impact"), many more IT professionals are reporting that social media is in use at their companies, up from 60 percent six months ago to 85 percent now.   [July 3, 2009]

True Internet Prepares for Next-Generation Cloud Services With Cisco Nexus 7000 Platform
True Internet is paving the way for next-generation cloud services, starting with the deployment of the Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Nexus 7000 Series Switch, a robust platform that will help True Internet transform the delivery of consumer and business applications to any place and device. The deployment is part of True Internet’s goal to become a next-generation service provider delivering a comprehensive range of world-class, innovative data, communications and entertainment services to its customers.   [July 3, 2009]

XING Launches Free App for BlackBerry Smartphones
XING, a European business network, has launched a new app for BlackBerry smartphones. The free download will enable more than 7 million business professionals connected over 146 million times worldwide on the platform to access their personal network directly from their mobile devices. The app keeps track of all the user’s contacts; phone numbers and email addresses are always available wherever they are, and automatically updated online by the members themselves.   [July 3, 2009]

Bell completes acquisition of The Source and its 750 retail locations across Canada
Bell has completed its acquisition of Canadian electronics retailer The Source after fulfilling all legal, regulatory and other closing requirements. Now operating independently as The Source and as La Source in Québec, the company is already selling Bell TV, Canada’s leading High Definition television service, and will offer Bell and Virgin Mobile wireless products exclusively in January 2010. Other Bell services such as Bell Home phone and high-speed Bell Internet will also be available in coming months.   [July 3, 2009]

Bell Mobility completes acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada
Bell Mobility has completed its $142-million acquisition of the 50% stake in Virgin Mobile Canada not already owned by Bell, along with a long-term brand licensing agreement with the Virgin Group, after fulfilling all regulatory, legal and other closing requirements.   [July 3, 2009]

MTS Allstream Offer Members of the Canadian Forces Wireless Service Hold While on International Deployment
MTS Allstream Inc. is the first telecommunications company in Canada to offer wireless subscribers who are members of the Canadian Forces and are being deployed on international operations the chance to put their contracts on hold, while the time of their contract continues, during their call of duty overseas.   [July 3, 2009]

Helios Interactive and Full Sail University Announce Partnership for the Helios GameCore 2.0 Product Launch Event
Helios Interactive will officially launch GameCore 2.0 - the newest release of their 3D game creation toolset and engine - in partnership with Full Sail University and Digital Media Alliance Florida (DMAF), the state’s Digital Media Industry association, at the June 30th DMAF Digital Media Seminar (DiMeNar) hosted at Full Sail University’s Entertainment Business building, the site of Full Sail University’s Hall of Fame.   [July 3, 2009]

223 million Smartphones to be Shipped with Open Source Operating Systems by 2014, according to Juniper Research
The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014 according to a new report from telecom consultants Juniper Research. The Open Source OS research found that operating systems and the applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones and a key factor in the choice of which handset to choose from by users.   [July 3, 2009]

Sony Computer Entertainment to Expand ’Official Licensing Program’ for PlayStation Peripherals and Accessories
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) has expanded the "Official License Program" to peripheral manufacturers in Japan, Asia, North America and Europe/ PAL territories to further enhance the PlayStation peripheral and accessory line-ups and offer richer entertainment experience on the PlayStation platform.   [July 2, 2009]

Hitachi Introduces CP-D10 3LCD Short-Throw Projector At InfoComm 09
Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., Business Group today introduced the CP-D10 3LCD projector that delivers a new level of affordability for a short-throw projector. The CP-D10 is the latest in Hitachi’s line of superior short-throw projectors and offers Hitachi’s customary abundance of features. The Hitachi CP-D10 projector is ideal for use in classrooms that utilize an interactive whiteboard as well as small meeting rooms where space may be limited. The projector features a short throw distance of three feet that projects an 80-inch image, eliminating image obstruction in front of the screen.   [July 2, 2009]

StrongMail Acquires Social Media Marketing Leader PopularMedia
StrongMail Systems, Inc., a provider of commercial-grade solutions for marketing and transactional email, has acquired PopularMedia, a provider of social media marketing solutions. The acquisition coincides with the closing of StrongMail’s sixth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, further strengthening its momentum in the marketplace and establishing it as the leading provider of integrated marketing solutions for email and social media. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   [July 2, 2009]

AT&T, BT and Tata Demonstrate Industry’s First Cisco TelePresence Call Across Multiple Carrier Networks
AT&T, BT, and Tata Communications took a significant step forward to deliver Cisco TelePresence services globally, by conducting the industry’s first multipoint, intercompany Cisco TelePresence meeting across multiple carrier networks. AT&T, BT and Tata, together with Cisco, demonstrated the technical ability for a Cisco TelePresence user to call others on any carrier network with high levels of security and reliability.   [July 2, 2009]

Tucows Signs Revised ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement
Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, has signed the revised Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with ICANN at the organization’s 35th International Meeting in Sydney, Australia. The new agreement takes effect July 1, 2009.   [July 2, 2009]

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