Record both audio and high-quality video to compressed mpeg4 format, upload video to Youtube from iPhone.

May 12, 2008 — DreamCatcher today announces the release of iPhone Video Recorder, a powerful iPhone oriented video recorder. iiPhone Video Recorder is a powerful iPhone oriented video recorder produced by DreamCatcher. iPhone Video Recorder records audio and video to the compressed mpeg4 format, so the recording is space saving, an-hour-high-quality recording will be a file as small as 60MB. iPhone Video Recorder boasts a frame rate up to 15fps which guarantees better recording performance. With iPhone Video Recorder, recording is easy and enjoyable, you may play back the video, download it to a computer, upload to Youtube, or send it out by email as you wish.

Because of the CPU overhead, iPhone Video Recorder encodes at the end of a recording session, and the encoding can be paused anytime and then resumed when you are convenient. It is possible to record on-the-fly, the sound is good, yet the frame rate will suffer. Besides, we offer some important settings which are configurable, such as the audio input amplifier and the video size mode settings. You can also customize the image quality, the brightness and the audio bit rate options.

We are going to update this app as iPhone firmware upgrades, and it will be made to smoothly run on 3G iPhone. We are also preparing for listing in AppStore. Registered users are entitled to permanent free upgrades.

* “Awesome work on the iPhone Video Recorder. It works really well and its great to see someone put our a smooth video recording app for iPhone.” – jmso

* “Cool! I’m indeed one of those who found it ludicrous that Apple did not include recording features on the iPhone. At $19.95, I think it’s a small price to pay considering I almost NEED this feature (for my own purposes).” – Kat Marion

iPhone Video Recorder works on iPhone firmware 1.1.x, 1.2.x, 2.0. A limited-functional trial version (recording up to 30 seconds) can also be downloaded from this web site http://www.iphonevideorecorder.com.

DreamCatcher Software Co., Ltd., set up in 2007, specializes in developing and marketing iPhone related software.

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In January 2008, a revolutionary new website was launched that will forever change the biodiesel industry. Fillmore Fuels is the first biodiesel related auction website to hit the market. In today’s renewable fuel market, there is a great divide between the individual consumer or home-brewer and the large commercial businesses. Fillmore Fuels is leading the way in bridging that divide by not only establishing a marketplace for biodiesel related items to be bought and sold, but also by building a community where everyone can come together to share their knowledge and expertise.

Largo, FL March 20, 2008. Significant growth in the American biodiesel industry has left the door wide open for entrepreneurs to explore new ways to help shape the market. In January 2008, biodiesel enthusiast Wesley Fillmore launched Fillmore Fuels (www.fillmorefuels.com), the first community-driven biodiesel auction site. The website was designed to help both hobbyists and commercial producers quickly and easily buy and sell biodiesel fuel and related products and equipment. Thanks to its innovative business model, Fillmore Fuels is uniquely positioned to revolutionize the market by helping to: regulate regional pricing; maintain a high level of integrity between buyers and sellers of biodiesel; and facilitate the exchange of ideas in an evolving industry.

According to the Annual Energy Outlook released by the Energy Information Administration in 2007, consumption of biodiesel is expected to reach .4 billion gallons by 2030. Fillmore Fuels is the first on-line community dedicated to biodiesel fuel and related products, and the consumers, hobbyists and commercial producers interested in purchasing and selling them. This new auction site brings buyers and sellers together to engage in on-line commerce and to address pertinent issues related to the industry. Since gaining momentum, the renewable fuel industry has faced a number of critical issues, including regional pricing. By creating a dynamic environment in which buyers can find the products they need at prices they can afford, Fillmore Fuels hopes to help mitigate this problem. While the value of biodiesel fuel varies by region, consistent and competitive pricing is essential to the growth of the market.

“With profit margins at a minimum, the ability to resort to more affordable feedstock when available is priceless, and Fillmore Fuels provides this option,” says Wesley Fillmore, President. “In addition, it provides a means for local farmers, restaurants, and producers to sell their virgin vegetable oils or WVO to the highest bidder, thus increasing their profit margins and limiting the middle man and cost.”

Sellers who use the Fillmore Fuels website offer a variety of products and resources. The site is designed to easily facilitate the sale of feedstock, algae, fuel, processors, vehicles and more. Each product is accompanied by a detailed description, and potential buyers can ask sellers questions before placing their bids. To maintain the highest level of integrity in all transactions, buyers can rate and review sellers and their products, therefore holding sellers to a higher standard and further assisting buyers in their purchasing decisions. In addition to providing a mutually beneficial on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers, Fillmore Fuels is also one of the few websites where both hobbyists and commercial producers can network and share valuable resources and tips. Additionally, the website offers useful articles on a variety of topics including how to avoid scams and how to save time and money. There is no cost to join the Fillmore Fuels website. For more information, visit eye-candy.ch

Market Directions, Inc., a brand performance consultancy, recently performed and analyzed a probing market study to establish a baseline of brand awareness and brand value for the Business Marketing Association (BMA).

Kansas City, MO – March 9, 2008, Market Directions, Inc., a brand performance consultancy, recently performed and analyzed a probing market study to establish a baseline of brand awareness and brand value for the Business Marketing Association (BMA). In doing so, the consultancy surveyed the B2B marketing community on numerous issues, including industry trends and future developments.

A theme that came out of the study is blending technology with an appreciation for the fundamentals of marketing and good business sense. The BMA study points to online marketing and ROI accountability as ongoing trends within the industry. Responding market leaders indicated that Web portals, webinars, blogs and other net-based media were the trade tools with the most impact today. Lead evaluation and other analysis tools, as well as Client Relationship Management (CRM) software programs, are other identified trends.

The call is for marketers to use this technology to move beyond tactical demand generation and align marketing activities with the customer buying cycle. Recent advances in software are helping make this happen. However, technology per se should not become the primary focus of the marketing industry. Maintaining an appreciation for the fundamental principles of marketing, and working toward the best interests of the customer, should remain top considerations.

About Market Directions
Market Directions is a Brand Performance consultancy that provides clear direction for brand growth through the voice of the customer. The company helps businesses through new brand acquisition, repositioning, brand extensions — no matter where the brand is in its lifecycle. Market Directions can help define a solution that will translate into business results. For more information visit www.marketdirections.com.

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RequestFill Inc., the multi-dimensional and web 2.0 based lead-generation platform for IT service and outsourcing providers announced the launching of real-time best-practice and knowledge publishing for IT service providers. This new feature allows registered service providers to publish best-practice articles and knowledge on RequestFill platform. Each article published can be searched and viewed by millions of IT readers in our strategic partnership media network. In the near future, each article can also be rated by the readers. Top-rated articles will further promote service providers’ ranking in related service categories and help improve their visibility among other vendors.

San Jose, CA January 24, 2008 — RequestFill Inc., the multi-dimensional and web 2.0 based lead-generation platform for IT service and outsourcing providers announced the launching of real-time best-practice and knowledge publishing for IT service providers. This new feature allows registered service providers to publish best-practice articles and knowledge on RequestFill platform. Each article published can be searched and viewed by millions of IT readers in our strategic partnership media network. In the near future, each article can also be rated by the readers. Top-rated articles will further promote service providers’ ranking in related service categories and help improve their visibility among other vendors.

RequestFill believes that the best matching service provider to buyer should have high-quality service and knowledge offering, as well as top client ratings. Taking all these criteria into account, RequestFill’s proprietary search engine gives IT requesters unbiased and highly qualified service providers according to requester’s criteria. RequestFill is the industry’s first unbiased search platform delivering superior value to both IT service providers and requesters.

Launched on Nov 6, 2007, RequestFill currently has more than 300 qualified enterprise-level service providers covering more than 60 IT service areas. It is recognized as one of the fastest growing lead generation companies in business service sectors.

“RequestFill connects IT requesters to service providers by quality, service and knowledge offering. Leveraging the power of RequestFill’s proprietary search engine, service providers get qualified leads that go beyond traditional cold-calling”, said Jessica Ma, CEO and founder of RequestFill Inc.

About RequestFill Inc.

RequestFill Inc. is an effective lead-generation platform that supplies service providers with detailed and highly qualified leads on motivated and budgeted buyers. Powered by a proprietary multi-dimensional match engine, RequestFill revolutionizes how IT professionals research and locate IT service providers specific to their needs.

For more information, visit www.RequestFill.com or
Phone: 408-551-2830

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External connection for top-line data centers upgraded to 120 Gigabit/sec+ & bandwidth of European ring quadrupled. Cost benefits through switch to Ethernet technology and new peerings.

Philadelphia, PA January 21, 2008 — 1&1 Internet Inc., the world’s largest web host by known servers, today completed a comprehensive extension of its wide area network (WAN). An overall bandwidth of more than 120 Gigabit/second is now available for 1&1′s top-of-the-line data centers in Europe and the United States. For the first time, 1&1 is connected directly to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe at Equinix in Chicago. The development means that the external connectivity of the world’s largest web host has tripled over the past twelve months.

Andreas Gauger, chairman of the board, 1&1 Internet Inc., said, “With the upgrade of our Internet bandwidth, our millions of web hosting customers in Europe and the U.S. can be sure that their content will reach Internet users worldwide even faster and more reliably. As a result of multimedia applications like video streaming, the demand for bandwidth has grown enormously over the last few years.” The data volume transmitted from 1&1′s data centers has in fact nearly doubled over the past year to 3,500 Terabytes (3.5 million Gigabytes) in January 2007, from 6,500 Terabytes in December 2007.

“The continuous upgrade of 1&1′s data network shows that despite pessimistic forecasts from some, the boundaries of Internet growth have not yet been reached,” adds Gauger.

In November, U.S. research company, Nemertes, warned in a well known study that Internet infrastructure might no longer supply the growing demands of private and business users over the next 3 to 5 years. With its latest network upgrades and further measures planned for 2008, 1&1 feels well prepared for continuously growing demand.

Over the next year, 1&1 will focus on extending its U.S. network. In Chicago, at Equinix, 1&1 is for the first time connected to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe. In March, 1&1 will more than double the external connectivity of its Lenexa, Kansas data center. With more than 600,000 customers, 1&1 is presently the fifth-largest web host in the U.S. market.

Besides the upgrade of its wide area network, 1&1 has also made changes to its underlying technology. Instead of SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), now Ethernet technology – well-known from corporate and home networks – is being utilized. “Ethernet can be handled more easily, and by switching to powerful routers from U.S. based manufacturer Foundry Networks, we can even save money,” comments Andreas Gauger. 1&1 benefits from an additional cost saving potential through the network extension, as data streams can be distributed optimally through new peerings and routing alternatives.

Founded in 1988, 1&1 pioneered the ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to web solutions. Due to 1&1′s scale and technical heritage, the company can deliver an unrivaled combination of value-added services and technological expertise. 1&1 currently manages more than 7 million customer contracts, 9 million registered domains, and 81 million email accounts.

For more information on 1&1 Internet Inc. visit the website at www.1and1.com

About 1&1 Internet Inc.:
1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $4 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 9 million domain names, while more than 40,000 servers run on the company’s five state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1′s global community is over 7 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631.

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William S. Samuels IV, President of Telesales Services, an acknowledged Telesales and Telemarketing industry leader gives his insight into the eight things you need to know before you outsource your call center needs. Bill consults organization of all sizes in all industries – from Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical companies, to federal government to two-person startups, and even Dancing with the Stars! Bill works with over 100 call centers to find you the right solution, so you can be confident in his ability to evaluate a call center.

Rochester, NY January 16, 2008 — William S. Samuels IV, President of Telesales Services, an acknowledged Telesales and Telemarketing industry leader gives his insight into the four things you need to know before you outsource your call center needs.

Do You Know These 4 Items to Consider Before Outsourcing Your Call Center?
William Samuels, IV
President
Telesales Services

I. Is Call Center Outsourcing Right For You?
Call Center Outsourcing is the use of a Telesales or Telemarketing vendor to handle an inbound or outbound call center project that normally draws on internal resources. Using outside resources allows you to concentrate, cost effectively, on your core competencies.

Outsourced Call Centers Offer:
• Skilled Telemarketing professionals
• Improved market coverage
• Faster ramp-up, launch, and roll-out of campaigns
• Experience with programs similar to yours
• Rapid response to market conditions
• Account management expertise
• Enhanced reporting capabilities
• Market testing capabilities
• Remote call monitoring

The Benefits of Outsourcing Call Center Services
• Increased Sales and profits
• Reduced costs per sale
• Maximum phone productivity
• Increased number of appointments
• Increased customer base
• Increased lead generation
• Higher number of qualified leads
• Higher number of closed sales
• Better customer retention
• More immediate feedback
• Better results through test marketing
• Increased local, regional, or national market share

II. The Telesales and Telemarketing Proposal Process
The proposal process can be a complex and challenging task. Key items need to be identified and addressed in the proposal. The proposal then needs to be evaluated. It is recommended that you use a weighted average assessment model. The following steps will help guide you through the process.

Proposal Items
•Qualifications – Request background information on the company
•Capabilities – Describe your technology requirements
•Capacity – Define your requirements to reach your goals
•Geography – Indicate if location is a factor
•Experience – Request like-kind or same industry sector experience
•Staff – Establish guidelines for the required skill sets
•Financial – Request pricing for setup, training, programming account management and miscellaneous fees along with payment terms.

III. The Site Visit and Assessment
The site visit is a critical phase of the call center selection process. A number of factors need to be considered while doing the assessment.
1. How is the chemistry?
2. How is the interaction between your staff and theirs?
3. Do they seem attentive to your needs?
4. Is the corporate culture similar to yours, which may allow for a smoother transition through the ramp-up and rollout phases?
5. Does the employee morale seem positive?
6. How is the interaction between employees? Are they working as a team?
7. How is the training handled?
8. Do they have a training facility?
9. Are training modules available for inspection?
10. How is the coaching handled for motivational and formative feedback?
11. What is the ratio of supervisors to agents?
12. Request a demo for a monitoring session.
13. Request a demo on the process of developing and rolling out a campaign.
14. How is the program developed?
15. How is the initiative implemented?
16. How is the initiative executed?
17. How are the results reported?
18. How is the quality control maintained throughout the process?

IV. Weighted Average Assessment
Create a weighted average assessment table based on the proposal items in Step I. Assign a weight from 1-5 (5 being the best). Score each vendor on how they perform on that factor. Then multiply that score by the weight for their weighted score. Add up the weighted scores for their final score. The vendor with the highest score wins.

This method allows the items from the proposal to be weighted based on their value to the company. This method should facilitate the decision making process. I wish you much success with your call center outsourcing initiative.

About Telesales Services
In 1997, Telesales Services, LLC launched a call center consulting and call center locator service that was enthusiastically received by clients – they help you find the best course of action for your telemarketing and telesales needs. After 10 years of offering call center solutions and thousands of clients later Telesales Services continues to lead the industry by:
•Constantly monitoring industry trends
•Staying current in all aspects of relevant technology
•Perfecting our ability to size up an opportunity for any client, large or small
•Maintaining a base of contacts that lets us create an ideal solution for any situation
•Offering the fastest turnaround possible: less than 24 hours with a benchmark of 10 minutes
•Representing 100 Call Centers, including what the industry refers to as its award winning “Top 50 Call Centers” — connecting our clients to only the most recognized and effective providers
•Saving our clients the immense amount of time required to identify the right call center.

All fees associated with the Telesales Services offering are covered by the call center.

Learn more about Telesales Services and contact them by visiting Telesales Services.

Website: www.telesalesservices.com

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Bloggers unite. Getting the word out to interested readers just got a lot easier. BlogReach is a new, innovative approach to help bloggers promote their blogs and boost their search engine ranking (SEO). This free widget collects current headlines from participating blogs and displays them on other blogs in related interest areas within the BlogReach network.

Brentwood, UK – January 14, 2008 — The blog community is ready and willing to bring together like-minded individuals who want to hear and be heard–the challenge is finding the right audience. Getting the word out to interested readers just got a lot easier. BlogReach is a new, innovative approach to help bloggers promote their blogs and boost their search engine ranking (SEO).

BlogReach is a free widget that collects current headlines from participating blogs and displays them on other blogs in related interest areas within the BlogReach network. This new service delivers double benefits. First, bloggers can reach a wider audience by tapping into the rapidly expanding network of blog participants. Blogs also improve their SEO ranking by increasing the number of topic-relevant links on their site.

For bloggers, BlogReach is simple to install and free to use. Installation involves pasting a few lines of code or deploying a simple plug-in. The blogger can then customize the appearance of the BlogReach widget to match their blog’s appearance.

Once installed, the BlogReach widget automatically retrieves a blog’s current headline and then displays it on other blogs within the BlogReach network. Headlines are shared between related interest areas, ensuring content enhances the value of the blog to the reader. BlogReach displays direct links to the blog, not redirects, offering maximum impact for SEO optimization.

BlogReach also offers advertising opportunities that are customizable by geographic location, interest area, and more. As a result of the internet networking culture, consumers increasingly expect highly targeted content that is specifically relevant to their interests. BlogReach is an innovative means for companies to maximize their marketing investment, focusing their efforts on a market that will welcome their messages.

Measurement is essential to creating and maintaining an effective presence online. BlogReach delivers the online statistics and tracking that bloggers and advertisers need to evaluate their impact and to adjust their approach in real-time. BlogReach offers free sign up and more information for advertisers at www.blogreach.com.

About LogicNow:
LogicNow is an innovator of browser-based software solutions that streamline client tracking, billing, and customer communications. The company’s brands, Kambee, PerlDesk, LogicBill, and LogicReach, provide a range of solutions for web monitoring, internet surveying, help desk management, and ecommerce. LogicNow solutions are used globally by over 8,000 customers including governments, universities, large enterprises, and small businesses. www.logicnow.com

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Axios faculty affiliate, Professor James Anderson of the Kellogg School of Management, launches his new book, Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets. Based on the results of his latest research on crafting winning value propositions and managing customer value, Dr. Anderson defines the best practices in business to business (B2B) marketing.

Chicago, IL January 14, 2008 — Axios Partners, Inc. today announced its faculty affiliate, Professor James Anderson of the Kellogg School of Management, has launched his new book, Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets. Dr. Anderson is considered the world’s leading authority on Business-to-Business (B2B) marketing having already written the best selling B2B marketing textbook and numerous Harvard Business Review articles. On Tuesday, January 15, Dr. Anderson will be hosting a book launch in conjunction with the Kellogg Alumni Association on the Kellogg campus in downtown Chicago.

Based on the results of Dr. Anderson’s latest research on crafting winning value propositions and managing customer value, Value Merchants defines B2B marketing best practices and provides expert guidance to managers who are facing disappointing sales growth and increasing price pressures. “To gain a fair return on the value their offerings deliver, firms must be able to persuasively demonstrate and document the value they provide customers relative to the next best alternative for those customers,” says Dr. Anderson. In Value Merchants, he describes his groundbreaking customer value assessment methodology to provide an understanding of customer requirements and preferences, and what it is worth in monetary terms to fulfill them.

“Dr. Anderson’s approach to customer value management has created dramatic results for our clients. For example, we’ve seen clients increase margins by 25% or achieve 85% penetration in new markets by demonstrating and documenting their superior value,” says Eric Berggren, Managing Director. To reflect the success that its clients have had with Dr. Anderson’s and other cutting edge methods, Axios has redesigned its website: www.AxiosPartnersInc.com. Copies of Dr. Anderson’s book, as well as other publications highlighting best practices in marketing, can be obtained through the Axios website: www.AxiosPartnersInc.com/ideastools.html .

About Axios Partners, Inc.

Axios leads clients to innovate and manage their customer value for revenue and profit growth. Drawing on a network of expert resources, Axios combines highly skilled and experienced consultants with the cutting edge methods to address each client’s unique challenges. Axios has developed and implemented highly effective differentiation strategies for clients across a variety of industries, such as financial services, high-tech, energy, health care, telecommunications and industrial products. Axios client results have been highlighted in Fortune, Harvard Business Review and numerous other publications.

For more information, please visit: www.AxiosPartnersInc.com.

In January 2008, Utopia launches a guaranteed SEO service that promises to deliver real results and value that can contribute directly to online success to any serious web presence. With fixed fees and continuous reports, the service aims to deliver unrivalled service levels, combined with low-cost monthly fees, designed to generate targeted new business leads for internet success.

Croydon, London January 7, 2008 — Utopia web solutions is an internet marketing and SEO services company based in London, UK that has proven successes in online marketing via search engine optimisation and search engine marketing services.

SEO services are intended to provide web sites with targeted traffic that, in turn, results in increased customers, sales or marketing databases. With global internet traffic figures continuing to increase all the time, it is vital to appoint the right SEO company, for a search engine marketing campaign.

Since the term search engine optimisation (optimization) has become commercially aware, there has been an explosion of companies claiming to offer guaranteed rankings on the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN, and all for small amounts of money.

No company or individual can guarantee a placement on the search engines, but what Utopia guarantee, is that they will keep working until they get results or targeted leads.

In January 2008, Utopia launches a guaranteed SEO service that promises to deliver real results and value that can contribute directly to online success to any serious web presence. With fixed fees and continuous reports, the service aims to deliver unrivalled service levels, combined with low-cost monthly fees, designed to generate targeted new business leads for internet success.

Lee Smith, founder of Utopia states “the UK SEO services market has mixed reviews from many surveys carried out in 2007. At Utopia, we aim to provide a guaranteed service, which defies common belief that you cannot guarantee results for your SEO marketing campaigns. With our vast experience, we work hard to produce results for our valued customers”.

Website hosting provider Flux Services, Inc. is offering a number of enhancements to its anti-spam solutions, it was announced this week. The new solutions will be offered as a no-charge value-add for all web hosting accounts.

July 28, 2007 — Website hosting provider Flux Services, Inc. is offering a number of enhancements to its anti-spam solutions, it was announced this week.

The new solutions will be offered as a no-charge value-add for all web hosting accounts.

“Mail management has always been an important aspect of our website hosting service. Our product line is up-to-date with the latest anti spam tools and algorithms. We have integrated the most trusted spam and virus blocking techniques to give our web hosting clients outstanding email service. Our Anti Spam solutions are the combination of enterprise spam filters and virus protection,” explained Mr. David Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Flux.

“Unsolicited email, bulk email or spam has always been a growing problem on the Internet. Spam-related costs are increasing rapidly for all personal and business users. Lost productivity, consumption of IT resources, and corporate liability over adult-related spam are issues of concern that we have worked on to insure client satisfaction.

“There’s no such thing as a perfect anti-spam solution, but we have always improved our rates and stayed up to date with anti-spam trends. The rate of spam detection and rejection is very high with our service.”

Established in 2002, Flux Services, www.ultrawebsitehosting.com , provides website hosting and domain registration services working out of Seattle, Washington, USA.

Website: www.ultrawebsitehosting.com