Software Industry Announcements and News
Merscom and Alawar to Bring Herod’s Lost Tomb to Russia
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.27.09 under Games & Entertainment
Alawar Entertainment to publish National Geographic title online in Russia and former Soviet Union
February 11, 2009 – Merscom and Alawar Entertainment, a leading publisher and distributor of casual games in Eastern Europe, announced today that Alawar will publish a Russian version of Merscom’s top casual game, National Geographic Games Herod’s Lost Tomb. The agreement marks the first time a Russian version of Merscom’s casual games will be available for download sales.
National Geographic Games’ Herod’s Lost Tomb has been a great success in North America, reaching the top-5 on Big Fish Games, Real Arcade, iWin, Reflexive Arcade, Shockwave, Spintop and Yahoo Games.
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Digital River CEO to Participate During the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.27.09 under ASP Member Companies
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that the company is participating at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco, Calif. The event, which is being held at the Palace Hotel, takes place March 2-4, 2009.
Digital River’s CEO, Joel Ronning, will discuss the company’s business strategy at 1:45 p.m. PST on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. A live webcast as well as a replay of Digital River’s presentation will be available at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=94762&p=irol-irhome.
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SharewareRadio interviews Lobstersoft
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.26.09 under ASP Member Companies, Web Sites
Listen to this weeks broadcast at:
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News Reports:
Microsoft sues TomTom for patent infringement
Gmail phishing attack hits on heels of outage
AT&T cleared over ISP case
Nokia mulls laptop production
Microsoft lets laid-off staff keep excess severance
The Kiss My B**t award of the week.
This week it goes again to Newegg
http://www.newegg.com
This week’s Interview
This week’s guest is Adrian Grigore. Adrian’s company is Lobstersoft.
http://www.lobstersoft.com/
This interview was held in in Berlin at ESWC 2008
http://www.euroconference.org/
Sea Journey 1.0: Fight Hot Sea Battles in a Fancy Match3 Game
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.25.09 under Games & Entertainment
DivoGames company presents Sea Journey v1.0, an exclusive game that goes beyond traditional notion of casual games! Sea Journey invites you to the fascinating world of watery waste, fresh breeze and hot sea battles. If you are discontent with ordinary casual games, if you want something more exciting, challenging and full of profound meaning, Sea Journey is just the game for you. Match3 games have never been so thrilling and absorbing.
You play as a young captain of a merchant ship. Your father was a pirate, but he disappeared many years ago, and you do not know anything about him. You carry on your trade and yearn after adventures, but one day strange things begin to happen… The ship is attacked by pirates! Thanks to your prudence several cannons have been mounted on your ship. You win the battle and get a mysterious talisman. Besides, there is a letter addressed to the pirate captain. A certain old corsair asks him to come to the island and get an important task. That is the beginning of your breathtaking adventures! Your crew sets black sails and heads for the island pretending to be pirates. From now on you take the path of battles, mysteries and dangers of Sea Journey.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology Chooses TechSmith’s Camtasia Relay for University Lecture Capture Solution to Enhance Student Learning
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.24.09 under ASP Member Companies, Audio & Multimedia, Education
OKEMOS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TechSmith Corporation, the world’s leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, announced today the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will offer TechSmith’s Camtasia Relay, the company’s newest lecture capture and presentation solution, as its campus-wide lecture capture solution. By integrating with an academic institution, business or conference organizer’s existing media servers and learning management systems, Camtasia Relay is an affordable solution for organizations looking to share knowledge in a multimedia format with students, customers and colleagues department-wide or campus-wide.
“We were excited to participate in the beta program because we felt that Camtasia Relay would provide our users with a lecture capture solution that would be easy-to-use, affordable and capable of giving our students access to information in a familiar format,” said David F. Ullman, chief information officer for NJIT. “The end result is that TechSmith was able to create a product that provides NJIT’s faculty with a flexible and easy-to-use solution that does not put an increased burden on our IT department or my budget.”
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Digital River to Participate at eTail West 2009
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.23.09 under ASP Member Companies
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that it will speak and exhibit at eTail West 2009. During the conference, Digital River will be represented by its business units BlueHornet Networks, a leading provider of email marketing solutions, and Netgiro Systems, a leading global payment service provider. The event takes place Feb. 23 – 26, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Ariz.
In booth #23, Digital River will feature BlueHornet’s email marketing solution, including its SureSegments™ advanced segmentation database. SureSegments allows marketers to easily combine data from multiple online and offline channels to identify their most profitable customers and send email messages based on a variety of criteria, including lifetime value, purchase recency and frequency, cart abandonment, cross-sell recommendations and more. Additionally, a representative from BlueHornet will moderate the Multi-Channel Marketing and Integration track of the conference.
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