Latest news releases for Art and Entertainment Web sites / Internet from Business Wire EON 2008-07-04T15:02:01Z http://eon.businesswire.com/images_v4/prw_logo.gif PRWeb xml@emediawire.com http://eon.businesswire.com/atom10/aewebsites.xml 2008-07-02T06:00:15Z Splash Media, LP, a leading video publisher and innovator of online video training content and corporate communication, has finalized agreements with Mortgage Power Network (MPN) to create and distribute a collaborative video training offering to the mortgage industry via the newly formed Mortgage Professional Training Network (MPTN). The content will be delivered utilizing Splash Media’s proprietary technology via streaming video over the internet. (Business Wire EON Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mortgage/network/prweb1071084.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mortgage/network/prweb1071084.htm 2008-07-02T06:50:01Z The DECT Forum invites design students from all over the world to participate in the first international CAT-iq Design Competition and investigate in the future of broadband home communication. (Business Wire EON Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dect_forum/design/prweb1071254.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dect_forum/design/prweb1071254.htm 2008-07-02T07:40:01Z In what's becoming an extremely heated fridge race, the “Spraychel for President” campaign team announced today that Spraychel is making great progress despite the shocking departure of two key supporters. According to an inside source at Spraychel's camp, the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!(R) Spray is maintaining her lead over nemesis Maxwell Butterman, though a source from Butterman's headquarters claims her lead is in danger. Visit Spraychel's campaign headquarters at VoteSpraychel.com to get access to breaking news and cast your vote. (Business Wire EON Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/spraychel/campaign/prweb1071444.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/spraychel/campaign/prweb1071444.htm 2008-07-02T08:00:01Z Gala-Net has announced that it will publish its latest title, Luna Online, a Massive Mulitplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by Eya Interactive, for release in North America, through Gala-Net’s game portal, www.gpotato.com. (Business Wire EON Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/online/mmorpg/prweb1071524.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/online/mmorpg/prweb1071524.htm 2008-07-02T09:30:01Z WorthPoint Corporation, a Web-based social network and search engine for collectors, announced Wednesday that it will sponsor the “American Presidential Experience” during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 25-28. (Business Wire EON Jul 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/worthpoint/presidential/prweb1071894.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/worthpoint/presidential/prweb1071894.htm 2008-07-01T13:00:02Z Microphone, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums? Check. Now the only thing standing between you and your shot at international visibility are a few clicks of the keyboard (Business Wire EON Jul 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dell_lounge/contest/prweb1069564.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dell_lounge/contest/prweb1069564.htm 2008-06-30T05:00:02Z AOL’s Platform-A announces that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers a guaranteed CPM for U.S. traffic to their applications. The CPM is one of the industry’s highest for this inventory. Platform-A, http://www.platform-a.com, is AOL’s advertising business. AOL acquired Bebo, http://www.bebo.com, in May 2008. (Business Wire EON Jun 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/platform/application/prweb1064154.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/platform/application/prweb1064154.htm 2008-06-30T06:30:02Z The College Fanz Sports Network™, the world's largest online college sports community, introduced several significant enhancements today at the 2008 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Convention in Tampa. (Business Wire EON Jun 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/college/sports/prweb1064384.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/college/sports/prweb1064384.htm 2008-06-27T08:05:02Z Free how-to help for press releases, compliments of Business Wire’s popular webinar series, continues in July. New media specialists will be on hand virtually dispensing advice on optimizing press releases for search engines and offering lessons in the social web for new media neophytes. (Business Wire EON Jun 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/business/media/prweb1060344.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/business/media/prweb1060344.htm 2008-06-26T05:05:02Z Mobile advertisers just got a whole lot closer to their audiences with Greystripe’s announcement today of their new Mobile Engagement Platform™. Due to the overwhelming demand for increased ways to connect brands with consumers in mobile advertising, Greystripe has developed an end-to-end brand experience with their mobile games catalog. As the global leader in ad-supported mobile games, Greystripe currently offers advertisers 100% of the mobile screen at the beginning and end of game play; with their new Mobile Engagement Platform™, advertisers will now have access to a greater depth of sponsorship where users will encounter the brand in instances beyond just those two ad spaces. (Business Wire EON Jun 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mobile/greystripe/prweb1057234.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mobile/greystripe/prweb1057234.htm 2008-06-25T13:35:01Z Please replace the photo with the accompanying high-resolution photo. (Business Wire EON Jun 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/credit/affinity/prweb1051044.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/credit/affinity/prweb1051044.htm 2008-06-25T08:45:02Z SodaHead, a leading opinion community focused on discussing today’s hottest topics, announced an $8.4 million Series B round of funding. Mission Ventures led the round with prior investor Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) co-investing. Funds will be allocated to new marketing initiatives and strategic hires designed to make SodaHead the #1 discussion community. (Business Wire EON Jun 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sodahead/million/prweb1053994.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sodahead/million/prweb1053994.htm 2008-06-24T12:05:02Z The Scots have been known for centuries to be able to make the impossible happen. From Robert the Bruce to William Wallace, facing the challenge and winning is the only option. So when you get two good friends having a late night dram of The Glenlivet single malt scotch in a pub and they have a cause and want an answer, there is only one thing to do. “Why don’t we ride across America on motorbikes,” says one and the other replies, “In kilts!” (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/colin/america/prweb1052054.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/colin/america/prweb1052054.htm 2008-06-24T04:00:02Z IMVU, the free online destination where young adults meet new people in 3D, announced today the world’s largest catalog of virtual goods with over 1.5 million items. IMVU also announced its achievement of reaching 20 million registered users, primarily through viral growth. Over the last four years, the IMVU community has grown around the use of online three dimensional characters, called avatars, to meet new people from around the world. Almost equally split between female and male, the IMVU community embraces a wide range of people, including Anime, Goth, Latino, Moms, LGBT and more - so it’s easy for new members to find like-minded people to meet and to chat with using their highly customizable 3D avatars. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/virtual/people/prweb1049974.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/virtual/people/prweb1049974.htm 2008-06-24T06:05:01Z Flypaper Studio, Inc., an innovator in interactive content software that changes the way people sell and market on the web, announces the sale of their e-Learning services business to The GMarie Group, a developer of corporate training and performance solutions. The acquisition includes the entire services team at Flypaper Studio, Inc., which will bring the size of The GMarie Group up to 25 employees. The GMarie Group is a leader in the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of custom learning solutions. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/flypaper/gmarie_group/prweb1050174.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/flypaper/gmarie_group/prweb1050174.htm 2008-06-24T08:55:01Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced a licensing agreement with Innerground Music. Tracks from Innerground Music founder DJ Marky and other influential artists such as DJ Patife, Bungle and Random Movement will be available on SpiralFrog. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1051024.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1051024.htm 2008-06-24T10:50:01Z MyToons.com – now in HD – today announced the launch of its latest innovative and imaginative contest for animators all over the world. Get with the Times!, an HD animation contest sending one Grand Prize Winner to New York City to see their animation played on a Clear Channel billboard, powered by Adobe® Flash technology, in Times Square. Animators are invited to submit their HD animations at MyToons.com/contests/TimesSquare. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mytoons/animation/prweb1051624.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mytoons/animation/prweb1051624.htm 2008-06-24T21:05:01Z AOL today launched dedicated Web sites serving Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela, providing consumers access to localized versions of AOL’s products and services as well as local language content. Among the features are free email with unlimited storage, instant messaging, the Winamp Media Player, as well as relevant, regional content related to news, sports, celebrities, games and more. In addition, AOL will leverage its worldwide distribution partnership with HP to deliver co-branded, local language portals for these four Latin American countries. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/argentina/services/prweb1053494.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/argentina/services/prweb1053494.htm 2008-06-23T06:00:02Z Curl®, Inc. today made available the newest example of a Curl Nitro “fit client” application. Designed by Manuel Lima, the founder of VisualComplexity.com, the CurlGraph features a visual representation of the social graph of individual Facebook members. Using the desktop-based application, users can visualize a circle of up to 128 friends from an established Facebook account, enabling them to see relationships and navigate quickly through that friend data to find the information they want. Through this demo application, Curl showcases its ability to support a visually engaging, interactive desktop application that is deployed like a Web application. (Business Wire EON Jun 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/application/facebook/prweb1046364.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/application/facebook/prweb1046364.htm 2008-06-23T13:30:05Z Divers Direct, the world’s largest retailer of scuba gear, announced today it will not publish a traditional printed-paper catalog this summer for its dive gear. Instead of printing the catalog, Divers Direct provides an online version of its traditional catalog for interested customers at http://www.diversdirect.com/catalogs. (Business Wire EON Jun 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/divers_direct/scuba/prweb1048614.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/divers_direct/scuba/prweb1048614.htm 2008-06-19T06:10:02Z From the heart of America–and getting directly to the heart of race and ethnicity issues–comes RiseUp, the first magazine about race and ethnicity issues and their effect on our American communities. (Business Wire EON Jun 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/riseup/ethnicity/prweb1039034.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/riseup/ethnicity/prweb1039034.htm 2008-06-19T03:00:01Z Big Fish Games™ (www.bigfishgames.com), the leading developer and distributor of casual games, today released Hidden Expedition: Amazon. This is the third installment of the award-winning Hidden Object Adventure series, available exclusively at BigFishGames.com. Following the success of Hidden Expedition: Titanic and Hidden Expedition: Everest, this latest episode takes players on a globe-hopping adventure, leading them deep into the Amazon Jungle where they will explore the remains of an ancient, yet advanced, civilization. (Business Wire EON Jun 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/amazon/hidden/prweb1038684.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/amazon/hidden/prweb1038684.htm 2008-06-18T07:00:02Z DailyMe, Inc. (http://dailyme.com), an interactive media and technology start-up, today announced the launch of DailyMe.com, a new user-centric news destination that offers top-quality content and advanced features as well as three distinct editions: personalized, community driven and editor selected. (Business Wire EON Jun 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dailyme/editions/prweb1035394.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/dailyme/editions/prweb1035394.htm 2008-06-17T09:00:05Z Headline of release should read: User Generated Multi-Genre Music Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It to the World Thanks to Partnership With VoodooVox (sted User Generated Hip Hop Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It To The World Thanks to Partnership with VoodooVox). (Business Wire EON Jun 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/wemix/voodoovox/prweb1031404.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/wemix/voodoovox/prweb1031404.htm 2008-06-16T08:55:02Z Surprise! Single NASCAR fans prefer Baseball to some other motor-sports including Indy Car, and Motorcycle races. (Business Wire EON Jun 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/nascar/single/prweb1028104.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/nascar/single/prweb1028104.htm 2008-06-16T15:15:02Z The next Innovation Insider show features Michael A. Keller, University Librarian and Director of Academic Information Resources, Stanford University, who will discuss the future of digital archiving and information preservation, and answer questions from listeners. Innovation Insider is a new show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems that features discussions with industry innovators on a variety of topics. (Business Wire EON Jun 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sun_microsystems/information/prweb1030064.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sun_microsystems/information/prweb1030064.htm 2008-06-12T12:30:02Z TravelMuse, Inc. announced today the public beta release of TravelMuse.com and the industry’s first “Inspiration Finder,” which offers consumers the ability to quickly discover destinations that match their personal preferences and needs. The TravelMuse Inspiration Finder is the first solution of its kind to consider multiple dimensions of travel information including budget, ages of travelers, maximum travel distance and preferred vacation activities to quickly identity best-fit destinations. (Business Wire EON Jun 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/travelmuse/inspiration_finder/prweb1009084.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/travelmuse/inspiration_finder/prweb1009084.htm 2008-06-12T10:40:01Z Computer Outlook Radio Talk Show and FOX News Radio today announced the addition of a new Sunday technology show, “Java with John.” Produced in front of a live audience in Las Vegas’ ReJAVAnate Coffee Lounge, host John Iasiuolo is bringing it back to the neighborhood every Sunday, LIVE from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Pacific Time on FOX’s KDOX 1280 AM as well as via live internet broadcast on computeroutlook.com and techoutlookcentral.com. Launching June 15, 2008, the new show will give listeners the latest inside information about the companies, technologies and trends that are shaping the computer industry in a relaxed, coffee chat atmosphere. (Business Wire EON Jun 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/computer/outlook/prweb1021254.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/computer/outlook/prweb1021254.htm 2008-06-12T13:35:02Z Brickfish™, the social media advertising platform, today announced the winner of the “Be a Milk Rock Star with Rascal Flatts” campaign featuring Grammy-winning country superstars Rascal Flatts and sponsored by childhood health promoter MilkRocks. The campaign invited aspiring musicians to video themselves singing one of the bands hit songs. The winner, Emily Noxon, was selected by MilkRocks.com and Rascal Flatts. Noxon won a trip to Indianapolis to perform her song live onstage with the multi-platinum selling crooners and will get the chance to meet with an A&R executive from Lyric Street Records. (Business Wire EON Jun 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/rascal_flatts/brickfish/prweb1022074.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/rascal_flatts/brickfish/prweb1022074.htm 2008-06-11T17:20:01Z Brickfish™, the leader in social media advertising, and leading video game developer and publisher Codemasters, today announced the "Design a Poster for GRID™" campaign to promote the launch of their new blockbuster console and PC auto racing game. The campaign, located at http://www.brickfish.com/Entertainment/GRID?tab=1, invites anyone to design a poster that captures the intensity of a high-powered racing competition. (Business Wire EON Jun 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/codemasters/campaign/prweb1019704.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/codemasters/campaign/prweb1019704.htm 2008-06-10T08:00:09Z Splash Media, LP, an innovator in digital video publishing and Internet television captured the prestigious Lone Star Emmy for Excellence in Informational and Instructional Programming for its production of Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory at the recent Advanced Media Awards. (Business Wire EON Jun 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/splash/media/prweb1013884.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/splash/media/prweb1013884.htm 2008-06-10T07:00:05Z When it comes to accessorizing, a growing number of consumers are choosing to make a statement with a personalized ringtone that is unique to their own fashion style. Avanquest Software, one of the leading developers and publishers of business and consumer software for the global PC market, is making it easy for consumers to showcase their personal flair with the release of Ringtone Media Studio 3, the ultimate mobile media creations tool. (Business Wire EON Jun 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/ringtone/software/prweb1013584.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/ringtone/software/prweb1013584.htm 2008-06-10T07:30:03Z The College Fanz Sports Network™ today announced it has finalized a corporate partnership with CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America), joining CoSIDA’s family of major corporate partners including ESPN, ESPN The Magazine, Multi-Ad, ICS, DigiPixArt, and the NBA/WNBA. (Business Wire EON Jun 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/college/cosida/prweb1013734.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/college/cosida/prweb1013734.htm 2008-06-10T12:15:02Z Navellier & Associates, a registered investment advisor that manages about $4.5 billion in a variety of portfolios for institutional and individual clients, today announced two new financial blogs that will allow the firm to more easily communicate with investors online. The money management firm currently publishes a respected weekly e-newsletter, Marketmail, with market analysis and commentary; however, the volatility of the markets sent them looking for a medium that would facilitate unobtrusive daily contact with investors and financial advisors. As a result, Navellier & Associates now runs two of the first blogs ever launched by a money management firm. The All Cap blog will keep readers informed about what’s driving the stock market on a daily basis, and the Market Observations blog will feature a provocative "Chart of the Day." The content on these blogs is written directly from the firm’s researchers and by Louis Navellier, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Navellier & Associates. (Business Wire EON Jun 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/navellier/associates/prweb1015334.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/navellier/associates/prweb1015334.htm 2008-06-09T06:00:05Z WorkLight™ Inc. today launched a new product that allows employees, for the first time, to securely access and update Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 information using popular Internet consumer tools. Titled “WorkLight for SharePoint,” the new offering combines the consumer Web experience and Office SharePoint Server 2007 to deliver secure, enterprise-class collaboration tools with an easy-to-use interface of familiar tools like Windows Live, iGoogle, Facebook and others. (Business Wire EON Jun 9, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sharepoint/worklight/prweb1009214.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sharepoint/worklight/prweb1009214.htm 2008-06-09T09:20:02Z The measurability of Web advertising has elevated accountability standards for all media. Recognizing this, THE WEEK magazine has created Total Transparency Plus, a first-of-its-kind research report that measures ad effectiveness and reader engagement for advertisers. (Business Wire EON Jun 9, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/transparency/total/prweb1010114.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/transparency/total/prweb1010114.htm 2008-06-09T10:05:02Z MyToons.com, the world’s premier online animation community, today announced the launch of HD Animation™; a first for any online animation site. Animators and animation fans around the world can now experience both independent and studio animations in glorious high definition color and clarity – precisely as the creators intended them to be viewed – at MyToons.com. (Business Wire EON Jun 9, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mytoons/animation/prweb1010314.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mytoons/animation/prweb1010314.htm 2008-06-06T05:00:02Z Today Greystripe is continuing to provide insight into their mobile game advertising network with the release of statistics from their internal database of users, their catalogue partners and third party research studies. These statistics include consumer insights, demographics and click-through rates. The results provide an interesting, inside look into the advertising potential within mobile games. (Business Wire EON Jun 6, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/greystripe/mobile/prweb1004934.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/greystripe/mobile/prweb1004934.htm 2008-06-04T08:00:03Z General Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today on behalf of its client, Winning Edge International, formerly known as GWIN, that Winning Edge has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Vegas Experts.com of Cleveland, OH and Vegas Insider.com of the UK. (Business Wire EON Jun 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/winning/patent/prweb999034.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/winning/patent/prweb999034.htm 2008-06-04T10:25:01Z National Geographic Maps has launched TOPO!® Explorer, a new Web site and related desktop application that will help outdoor enthusiasts locate accurate trail and recreation information nationwide. With the outdoor adventurer in mind, TOPO! Explorer presents users with National Geographic’s detailed topographic maps, aerial photography, hybrid maps made from the two, and an extensive, freely browsable, online database of trail descriptions, recommendations and unique points of interest. Users can customize and print their maps and connect with a GPS. The Web site, www.topo.com, also includes an outdoor-focused community component where TOPO! Explorer users can share their photos, video and trail recommendations. (Business Wire EON Jun 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/explorer/national/prweb999614.htm http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/explorer/national/prweb999614.htm