Yearly Archives: 2007

TAMPERE, Finland -- ScanBev, a Finland-based manufacturer, marketer and exporter of alcoholic beverages announced the selection of Columbus, Ohio-based Katz Marketing Solutions, a food and beverage marketing and brand consulting firm, to develop the U.S. brand and marketing strategy for their specialty alcoholic beverage.

AUSTIN, Texas -- deverus, the leader in background screening technology, today announced a partnership with Omni Data Retrieval, a reliable source for nationwide criminal record researching. Omni's services will enhance deverus' already robust vendor network.

BOONTON, N.J. -- The worldwide market for presence-based telecommunication services, including Instant Messaging (IM) and Push-to-Talk (PTT), is expected to reach nearly $23 billion in 2007 as an ever increasing number of cellular and wireline carriers provide customized services predicated upon the availability of their end-users.

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Axiom Cycles, Inc. sells aftermarket Harley Davidson and custom motorcycle parts and accessories. They recently announced new service offerings to include: additional performance tuning, engine rebuilding, and enhanced customer service and technical support.

COLUMN: Hail to Pragmatists Embracing Scientific & Spiritual Global Cooling Solutions Thanks to our Earth Hugs on 7.7.07 and 7/17, "the Earth temperature slightly lowered, and the oceans were re-energized, which will continue if we continue," say many Saints / Holy Ones / Ascended Masters / Seers / Star Nations, depending on your faith, backed by our intuition.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- A piece of floss once used by Paris Hilton, smudged with pink lipstick and found in the trash outside Paris Hilton's Hollywood home, sold Tuesday for an impressive $1,000 US to online Casino, GoldenPalace.com.

ALDIE, Va. -- BumperDollars (www.bumperdollars.com), an internet firm, is offering $5.00 per month to vehicle owners for carrying a bumper sticker of their client. BumperDollars' job is to network the vehicle owners willing to carry a bumper sticker and organizations looking to advertise with the bumper sticker.

IRVING, Texas -- More than one million consumers in the United States may be impacted when cellular carriers are no longer required to provide Advanced Mobile Phone System service to more than 26 million alarm systems. Because of the potential impact to security systems that rely on AMPS technology, the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association is urging consumers to contact their alarm company to ensure continued response to intrusion, fire and/or medical alert alarms.

PORTLAND, Maine -- "Iraq decoded" (ISBN: 978-0-9794922-0-4, Fazeli Publishing), a book by Dr. Jabbar Fazeli is scheduled for release on August 10, 2007. "Iraq decoded" is an up-to-date, non-partisan overview of the facts surrounding events in Iraq, coupled with a unique analysis and realistic options for moving forward.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Oracle Group announces the launch of "In the Cafe with Mocha" an exciting new literary television show celebrating African American authors. The show streams via Internet and local television programming in the Washington DC area beginning September 2007.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Are you a frustrated musician or vocalist seeking a record deal? Are you an unsigned or indie music artist who is looking for that first big break? Want2BDiscovered.com, LLC is giving unsigned artists more exposure than any other web site and has launched a seven-month urban talent competition - the Urban Showcase Series - to help get musicians discovered and the public involved.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Gen-9, Inc. announced today the release of Noah version 1.0 as a free download. Noah is an Internet centric data management application. The first beta version became available on September 27, 2006.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Heli-Support, a leading helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, today announced they have been awarded full factory approval for overhaul and repair of one of the most popular helicopter engines in use today, the Turbomeca Arriel 1. The certification is without limitations, and covers the Arriel 1, 1B, 1D and 1D-1, and will soon be followed by all additional Arriel 1 variants.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Social Platform, a social networking software provider of scalable web-based solutions for branded, high end social applications announced today the addition of Tracey Henk to their executive management team. Her appointment supports a long term growth strategy for Social Platform and strengthens its position in the rapidly evolving social networking landscape.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On Saturday, July 28th, at 10:30 a.m., Dee Dee Phelps, author of "Vinyl Highway" (ISBN: 978-1934321751), singing as Dick and Dee Dee will read on stage at the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival. The annual program celebrates books that deserve recognition from the film, television and multimedia communities.

DALLAS, Texas -- SigmaFlow, a leading provider of Best Practice Execution Software, today announced that The United States Internal Revenue Service's Wage & Investment Division has selected SigmaFlow's Project Portfolio Management Solution for Lean Six Sigma.

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Users of Windows Mobile phones and wireless handhelds now can get four continuous channels of all-live jazz, blues and Latin performances and complete concerts on-demand through a new partnership between InsideJazz.com and the makers of SelectRadio(R) software. Users of the latest version of SelectRadio software can get the new live music selections in CD-quality streams

GLENDALE, Calif. -- Cyrios, Inc., a U.S.-based, California corporation, is meeting with their Asian and European partners to discuss expansion of commodity trading, specifically...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Wildfire, Inc., which specializes in UV effects, including fixtures and expendable materials, is announcing the launch of their UV Artist of the Month Contest, which is open to all readers of their new newsletter, The Monthly Blaze. Every month, a black light artist will be selected and featured in the print and online newsletter.

HYDERABAD, India, and LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Game Shastra (aka Gameshastra), India's largest game services provider, has signed a Master Game Development Agreement with Freeze Tag, a California based casual game publisher and developer. Game Shastra will develop and Freeze Tag will publish "Etch A Sketch(R)," a new game inspired by the classic toy from The Ohio Art Company.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- With the opening of the new BETA Studio in the Los Angeles facilities of BETA Records, musicians have a new home for creativity. The studio, located off Sunset Blvd. in the heart of Hollywood, includes a video production room with green screen, interview room, make-up room, DJ and Internet radio production areas, kitchen and guest room.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Wildfire, Inc., which specializes in UV effects, including fixtures and expendable materials, has just launched a unique newsletter devoted entirely to UV effects called "The Monthly Blaze."

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The year 1982 had a lot of milestones: Sony introduced the first compact disc, a little alien stole our hearts and imaginations with E.T. and, the Valley's own Trends Magazine released its first issue. Trends, the oldest, continuously published society, philanthropy and lifestyle publication, is celebrating its silver anniversary with events all year long.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Vortex Vibrations is an innovative sex toy that harnesses the power of the household vacuum to increase clitoral sensitivity. Invented by a mother of three, the Vortex Vibrations was designed as an alternative treatment for women suffering from sexual dysfunction. BadFun.com has been chosen as one of the first U.S. retailers of this product.