UpDog is a video review and check-in mobile application for consumers, businesses, events and locations worldwide.

Central Florida has struggled to become a hub for technology-based start-ups. Strengthened by its growing tech community, entrepreneurial vibe, and institutional giants Lockheed Martin, Siemens, and EA Sports, to name a few, the Orlando community lags behind San Fransisco, New York City, and Chicago. It’s been compared to Austin, Texas which has thriving technology and entrepreneurial communities, however the middle of Florida still isn’t on many investors radars. Central Florida’s Bree Goldstein did not let the lack of formal infrastructure and dearth of investor awareness stop her from bootstrapping the development of a mobile application, called UpDog.

“I saw an opportunity in the market and I decided to create a solution,” states Goldstein, whose background includes founding a successful public relations agency and teaching internet marketing in the University of Central Florida’s College of Business. Goldstein started with an idea, and saw it through development to app store submission. 

During the past few years, great controversy has surrounded Yelp, a widely-used review-based website, which has left consumers confused about what to trust and small businesses fighting for honest reviews. This unrest in the digital world created an opportunity for a new platform to “level the playing field” for consumers and businesses. UpDog, which boasts of unfiltered reviews, is poised to become the next essential digital resource for reviewing and engaging with local organizations, checking-in and sharing experiences. 

UpDog, Yelp’s newest threat, puts the power back in the hands of consumers. To prevent fake accounts and fake reviews, users have to log-in with Facebook and must be within a specific vicinity to review an organization. Business owners and employees video responses are public, which means no more hiding behind emails or false-names. This holds consumers and organizations accountable, which increases the credibility and authenticity of reviews. 

Named the No. 1 most investable start-up on LifeHack.org, UpDog’s future looks promising. “It’s time businesses and consumers have a review platform they can trust, and use seamlessly with their favorite social networks. We are excited about the app going live, and hope consumers and businesses around the world embrace it as much as our beta testers have,” stated Goldstein. 

Sign up to be the first to hear when UpDog is live at www.UpDog.reviews and join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag “#WhatsUpDog”.

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DENVER, CO – Sep 1, 2015 – Ubisense Group plc (AIM: UBI), a leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, announced today that Ubisense Smart Factory Assembly has earned two awards for product innovation. The Best in Biz Awards 2015 International named Ubisense Smart Factory Assembly the silver award winner in the Enterprise Software Product of the Year category. The location intelligence system also won a bronze Stevie® award for Best New Product of the Year in the Industrial Products category in the 12th Annual International Business Awards. 

Launched in April, Smart Factory Assembly helps vehicle manufacturers worldwide address critical operational challenges along the assembly line and reduce the increasing cost of manufacturing complexity. Smart Factory Assembly enables vehicle manufacturers to break free from fixed workstations and embrace the virtualization required to manage complexity on high-mix, high-volume assembly lines. With this level of flexibility, manufacturers can achieve measurable cost reduction, guaranteed productivity gains, quality improvements and the ability to effectively manage mass product customization. 

“Global automotive manufacturers are faced with many challenges with the increased demand for mass customization, forcing these organizations to dramatically modernize their assembly plants,” said Richard Green, CEO, Ubisense. “This presents vast opportunities for our organization as our Ubisense Smart Factory system is proven to help manufacturers transform their processes and optimize productivity, both of which are necessary to compete in today’s marketplace. Earning these two awards underscores the innovation we are delivering to our customers and to the global industry, and we are honored to accept them.”

Smart Factory Assembly

The Smart Factory Assembly products leverage Ubisense’s location intelligence platform to virtualize the workstation on two levels:

• Virtual Station – eliminates the cost and burden associated with relocating and rebalancing process identification points by removing manual and fixed-automatic identification systems. Virtual Station operates using virtualized vehicle identification triggers that can be easily added and moved in software, greatly simplifying the need to accommodate new processes or move existing tasks during line rebalancing.

• Smart Device – drives significant reductions in errors and re-work leading to better throughput by creating software-defined zones around a vehicle which constitute a virtual device control zone. This zone can be used in all the ways a fixed workstation can be used, for example, controlling the region within which wireless tools can operate. However, software-defined device zones are fully agile and can accommodate many kinds of real-time variation, such as varying task duration for different models and moving workstations that allow workers to catch up or work ahead. 

For more information about Ubisense Smart Factory, visit http://ubisense.net/en/products/smart-factory

About Ubisense

Ubisense (AIM: UBI), a global leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, helps manufacturing, communications and utility companies improve operational efficiency and boost profitability. Ubisense location intelligence systems bring clarity to complexity, enabling customers to revolutionize their operational effectiveness in a measurable way. Founded in 2002, Ubisense is headquartered in Cambridge, England, with offices in North America, France, Germany, Japan, Korea and Singapore.

For more information visit: www.ubisense.net

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LOS ANGELES – September 1, 2015 – MMP (USA) announces that Worldwide Business with kathy ireland has conducted an exclusive interview with Drinkable Air, America’s leading manufacturer of Atmospheric Water Generators (AWG’s).

Drinkable Air converts humidity from the atmosphere into the purest drinking-water available on earth. Its patented ozone technology has proven to be the ultimate solution for the purification of water for a variety of applications. The shortage of potable water has reached crisis levels in many parts of the world.  Drinkable Air machines are capable of bringing instant relief, as well as the conservation of our planet’s most precious resource.

During the interview, Kathy Ireland speaks with Company Founder and Vice President Jeff Szur, as well as one of their strategic partners, Dr. George Green, President and CEO of Union Dental Holdings. Both discussed the vital importance of water for our future and Dr. Green also discusses the US patent pending “Green Ozonator” device that he is currently utilizing to keep the water pure in his dental operatories.

JL Haber, Vice President of Programming of Worldwide Business with kathy ireland stated, “Drinkable Air is providing a viable, cost-effective solution to the global water crisis. We wanted to feature them to inform the public of the incredible innovations being brought to the marketplace that can be of benefit to everyone, with the potential to literally change the world. Drinkable Air is a company that has done that and has become the proven leader in its industry.”

Drinkable Air’s interview will air on Fox Business Network as sponsored programming on September 6, 2015 at 5:00pm ET.

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Worldwide Business with kathy ireland airs Sunday evenings throughout North America on Fox Business Network as part of their sponsored programming lineup and to over 50 countries throughout the world on Bloomberg International as part of their sponsored programming lineup.

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Stanton, California – Sep 1^st, 2015 – New Startup company, Cellphun LLC is announcing today that it is raising funds to lunch its flagship card game Cellphun on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.com. The goal is to raise $10,000.00 which is the minimum required to get the first production run of Cellphun off the presses and into hands and hearts of those who love to play card games and word games, as well as those who might be curious about a new product that offers multiple games in a format that looks just like their smartphone dial pad where they never saw them before. 

That’s correct. Cellphun does not come by its self. The versatile deck is comprised of two new games, Cellphun and Ding! Where Cellphun is a word game that features fourteen categories and a series of action cards that add to the dynamic of play; Ding on the other hand, is a sequential game that requires the player to legally play an ascending or a descending sequence – hence the name Ding – to move the game to its ultimate conclusion. And when you are down to the second-to-last card of your hand, you declare it by saying ding.

Cellphun LLC is a newly minted startup by Dave Penn of Stanton, CA. Cellphun LLC is introducing its first property, Cellphun, via a crowdfunding campaign that went live on kickstarter.com on 08/25/2015. The versatile deck of cards is intended to reinvigorate the card game playing environment. The familiar layout makes the format is easy to pick up and allows players to immediately explore the possibilities of Cellphun and Ding which come in a very portable deck of 81 cards total. 

Cellphun – Ding! are a new experience that I hope to bring to homes, classrooms and playgrounds everywhere.

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LOS ANGELES – September 1, 2015 – MMP (USA) announces a Worldwide Business with kathy ireland exclusive interview with International Cancer Center. Dr. Eduardo Lovo, Executive Director & Chief of the Brain Radiosurgery Unit of ICC, explains, “We make the treatment of many types of cancer affordable and accessible to many patients who have no other recourse for treatment. By using the most effective and efficient technologies and equipment, we’re breaking new ground in making advanced cancer treatment affordable.”

ICC provides affordable, state-of-the-art cancer treatments in El Salvador, C.A.  Serving the entire Latin and North American regions, ICC pursues a top-quality model that reaches out to every cancer and neurosurgical patient, without regard for their socioeconomic situation. The Center has served more than 300 patients in the past 3 years.

ICC is the first and only internationally accredited cancer treatment facility in El Salvador and Latin America. The combination of radiation technologies used at ICC hosts allows the provision of a unique set of treatments, most of which are not available or affordable at any other location in Latin America.

Dr. Lovo, mentions, “We are dependent upon donations to continue and expand this vital work. We ask those who are able to contact us at www.centrodecancer.com.sv.”

JL Haber, Vice President of Programming of Worldwide Business with kathy ireland, comments, “We are proud to introduce our viewers to the important and innovative work of the InternationalCancerCenter. I’m sure many will find this an encouraging and inspiring interview.”

Tune in to see ICC’s interview on Fox Business Network as sponsored programming on September 6, 2015 at 5:00pm ET.

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Worldwide Business with kathy ireland airs Sunday evenings throughout North America on Fox Business Network as part of their sponsored programming lineup and to over 50 countries throughout the world on Bloomberg International as part of their sponsored programming lineup.

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LOS ANGELES – September 1, 2015 – MMP (USA) announces a Worldwide Business with kathy ireland exclusive interview with EJ Caimen. E.J. Dale, President of EJ Caimen, states “We help today’s retailers deal with the issues of continually shifting customer expectations, constantly changing technology, and limited personnel skills on the floor.”

Headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, EJ Caimen provides consulting services to larger retail entities. Credited with creating this market segment of shelf labeling and layout, the firm helps traditional retailers meet the four-fold challenge of getting the right product in the right place at the right time and at the right price.

EJ Caimen has funded research into continued enhanced retail design and performance with fees from the licensing of its patents. By increasing customer cart size and satisfaction, the company provides retailers with stronger competitive positions.

Dale stated, “Our software and composition capabilities allow us to maximize the reset process for our clients. This minimizes the reliance on the store personnel for proper reset processes and allows them to spend more time with customers. The improved shopability of each store enhances overall performance of each unit.”

JL Haber, Vice President of Programming of Worldwide Business with kathy ireland, observes, “We seek  to introduce our viewers to significant “behind-the-scene” and industry-shaping players such as EJ Caimen. We believe they will find the role of this company in today’s retailing market an intriguing story.”

Tune in to see EJ Caimen’s interview on Fox Business Network as sponsored programming on September 6, 2015 at 5:00pm ET.

About Worldwide Business with kathy ireland

Worldwide Business with kathy ireland is a weekly business television program featuring real-world insights from corporate executives from all over the globe.

Worldwide Business with kathy ireland airs Sunday evenings throughout North America on Fox Business Network as part of their sponsored programming lineup and to over 50 countries throughout the world on Bloomberg International as part of their sponsored programming lineup.

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Coquitlam, CA – On August 14 2015, Steven Scanlan launched a Kickstarter campaign for Whytes Watches, quality mechanical limited edition Canadian watches with character and gravitas – to help you discover your inner pioneer. For this campaign, the Venturer Collection, two styles are available: the Discoverer and the Pioneer. 

“We are surrounded by mountains, lakes, rivers and cities and a rich historical heritage. The BC Lower Mainland was at the heart of the gold rush of the mid-19th Century and also an important trading center for commodities,” the creator explains, “The gritty, strong pioneering people who explored, worked and settled on the land, together with both the natural rugged and urban landscapes of our home provides the inspiration for our watches which combine modern precision technology with historical and classical undertones.” 

Whytes Watches are designed in Canada and made to last. They feature 316L Surgical Caliber stainless steel, Sapphire glass that only diamonds can scratch and an Anti-Reflective (AR) coating applied to the inside. Each watch comes with a soft calf skin leather strap that feels great on the wrist. The Venturer Collection is also waterproofed to 100m, to provide that extra security when you swim that challenging river, drop it on a muddy slope or battle the raging storm. Wound by the movement inherent in your wrist, the watches need no batteries, ever.

“In the hopeful event that we secure sufficient funding from our Kickstarter campaign, we will then be able then to go straight into production of the watches,” says Steven, “We have invested our own resources but initial production costs of such a quality timepiece in a limited edition range are high, and we have been successful in keeping the cost to you down to a minimum. Everything is in place and we are poised and ready to go. We just need your support, and we thank you for that.”

In exchange for pledging to the project, backers can gain access to a variety of limited rewards including one Venturer Pioneer Watch for as little as $229, a Venturer Discoverer Watch for $249, and more. Backers can also pledge $449 for one Venturer Discoverer Watch and one Venturer Pioneer Watch or two Venturer Discoverer Watches (with your choice of strap color and standard buckles).

For more information, please visit the Kickstarter page here or contact the creator below. 

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Philadelphia, PA – On August 25 2015, Redshift Sports, a small company based in Philadelphia, launched a Kickstarter campaign for ShockStop, an adjustable shock-absoring bicylce stem that fits virtually any bike. The ShockStop smooths out your ride and makes biking a lot more comfortable. It’s perfect for performance cyclists, recreational riders, and commuters. 

“Bikes should be comfortable and riding should be fun. But ride more than a few miles, and you quickly realize that bikes are extremely stiff,” says the team, “They transmit every little bump straight to our hands and arms, and after a while those impacts and vibrations make the ride less enjoyable. Bumps and rough roads also rob you of speed, cause a loss of control, and over time they can even lead to chronic injury.”

Over the last few years, bike manufacturers have made major improvements in ride comfort through increased rear-end compliance, but the front-end of most road bikes remains unforgivingly stiff. Carbon forks and padded bar tape provide minor relief, but they do little to cushion the rider’s hands and arms against sharper impacts from bumps, cracks, and other road imperfections. The ShockStop stem does what gloves and extra bar tape can’t: it isolates your upper body from the realities of the road.

The Shockstop is a single-pivot shock-absorbing suspension stem that is designed from the ground-up specifically for riding on less-than-perfect roads. It dramatically improves front-end ride quality without compromising steering responsiveness or affecting your existing bike fit. Twin interchangeable elastomers let each rider fine-tune the road feel to perfectly match their own riding style. Racers, triathletes, and competitive riders can choose firmer settings to retain a more traditional front-end feel, while commuters, fitness enthusiasts, and endurance riders can dial in a softer feel to maximize comfort.

“Two years ago, the three of us (Stephen Ahnert, Erik deBrun, and Scott Poff) started Redshift Sports to combine our passion for cycling, mechanical engineering, and product development,” the creators explain, “We launched our first product line, the Switch Aero System, on Kickstarter in June 2013 and raised 2.5 times our original funding goal. Today, thousands of our backers and customers from all over the world ride with Redshift components on their bikes.”

In exchange for pledging to the project, backers can gain access to a variety of rewards including a Team Redshift t-shirt for $30, one ShockStop for $99, or two ShockStops for $179.

For more information, please visit the Kickstarter page here or contact the creator below. 

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Santa Barbara, California – Zack Cram was faced with a common problem when he started working on the MonoShot, a custom smartphone stand with a bluetooth remote for capturing hands free photos.

“I was at the driving range golfing, and wanted something I could toss in my golf bag to film myself practice with my iPhone,” says the creator. “Everything I looked at was either meant for professional cameras and way too big, or it was a cheap selfie stick and stand that couldn’t really capture the whole picture.” 

Originally only intended for golfers, Zack realized that their were actually limitless applications for his device. Fully extended, your Smartphone camera rests at 5 foot 10 inches above the ground, and it collapses to just 17 inches tall. Also included is a custom spike attachment for using the monoshot on uneven soft surfaces like grass or snow. The universal smartphone mount is very versatile, and even fits large phones like the iPhone 6 plus. Couple those features with the shutter remote that works with android or ios devices, and you have the complete package for filming just about anything with your smartphone or gopro. 

The MonoShot is currently seeking funds on Kickstarter for December delivery. Backers can receive a monoshot for $49 Dollars USD, which will be a 20% discount off retail pricing.

With smartphone camera technology rapidly advancing every year, your average consumer is using their smartphone in place of a DSLR camera a lot more often, as indicated by declining compact and dslr camera sales worldwide. Compact cameras have especially taken a hit, declining from 147 million dollars in 2012, to just 59 million dollars in 2014. Couple this with the explosion of photo sharing apps like instagram and snapchat, and smartphone photography is here to stay. 

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Website: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loftlabs/monoshot-take-better-smartphone-photos-and-videos

Renegade Innovations, LLC has brought a new product to Kickstarter that allows users to exercise almost anywhere. Their new creation, the Sidekick is a portable all-in-one exercise training platform. Simple, elegant, and effective, this product offers a complete workout on-the-go.

Training on-the-go

Renegade Innovations founder, Matt Carter, an advocate of the mobile fitness movement originally invented the patent pending Sidekick to balance his demanding exercise schedule and his professional goals:

“As a career-oriented competitive athlete, I needed a way to stay fit and sharp while I was on the road. I didn’t always have the luxury of the gym… I wanted a way to do any workout, anywhere, anytime but I couldn’t quite find a product that could suit my on-the-go workout needs so I set out to make it.”

The Sidekick is a multipurpose training product that can be be transformed to a variety of different configurations to provide a remarkably customizable, convenient, and complete workout. For cardio, users can use it to jump rope, “a time tested classic when it comes to endurance training.” The product can also be used to perform a plethora of bodyweight strength training exercises with the help of an overhead anchor point – such as a sturdy tree, doorway or staircase.

“We wanted provide a means for improvised exercise,” Carter remarks. “recognizing the need to make fitness convenient. With our product, users can get a full workout in on the road, at home, and in all their favorite places without having to go out of their way to make it to the gym.”

When asked about what drives him to commercialize his invention, Carter responds:

“The Sidekick was conceived out of the desire for fitness freedom. We want to change the way the world thinks about exercise. I refuse to accept the notion that we have to choose between our careers and workout goals. I want both, and I think others might too. Why not? In a day and age where we can surf the internet whenever, wherever, and however we want, why can’t the same be true for the way we exercise? We’re taking the leap to make that idea a reality.”

Kickstarter

The company has set out to raise $12,500 on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform, to purchase production equipment and safety testing to bring their technology to market. If you want to learn more about their mission to “create a world where exercise is an opportunity, and not an inconvenience” and how to reserve a Sidekick of your own, you can visit the project online:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1285702171/the-sidekick-exercise-on-the-go

About Renegade Innovations

Renegade Innovations, LLC was founded in 2014 by Matthew Carter in San Diego, CA. Before the Sidekick, Carter worked in product development in the medical device industry. He leveraged his academic background as an exercise scientist and his athletic experience as a competitive international and collegiate water polo player when designing the Sidekick, their debut product.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sept. 1, 2015 – DynoSense Corp has announced a strategic partnership with JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co. Ltd to bring its digital health solutions to the Chinese market. Under the terms of the partnership, JKOM will be responsible for the marketing and distribution of DynoSense’s existing Dyno technology, as well as future products, through an existing network of healthcare providers who actively serve more than two million patients.

The Dyno is the world’s first fully integrated multi-function health scanner technology that can capture more than 33 critical health metrics in less than 60 seconds with a single user action. The captured health data is securely and wirelessly uploaded to the company’s cloud computing platform for further analytics and processing, and is then communicated to healthcare professionals. JKOM will focus the Dyno’s application in China in the areas of chronic disease management as well as consumer and corporate wellness.

“DynoSense is working toward creating a whole new paradigm in the way physicians and patients interact,” said Saeed Azimi, chief executive officer, DynoSense. “With our Dyno technology, physicians can now remotely catch serious medical conditions and treat them before they become chronic, and they can also better manage existing chronic disease. This new digital physician-patient connection has the potential to dramatically improve disease prevention and wellness.”

JKOM Chairman Mr. Adam Zhu added, “By simply using the Dyno device, patients can provide their physicians with meaningful, actionable data any time and anywhere. We believe this pioneering technology will have a significant impact on healthcare delivery in terms of both efficiency and patient outcomes.”

About JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co. Ltd:

JKOM is a leading provider of health services in the Republic of China, located in the city of Nanjing. The company provides a variety of online and offline health services covering health assessment, links to hospitals, wellness services, referrals, online appointments and more. Itsservice covers nine provinces in China and is expanding rapidly. JKOM is now traded on China’s OTCBB (Over the Counter Bulletin Board), which is defined as China’s NASDAQ.

About DynoSense Corp.:

Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., DynoSense Corp. is a digital health innovator founded in 2013. The company’s vision is to be the dominant force behind the digital healthcare revolution. Its mission is to deliver breakthrough products and services for a better life that are integrated, accurate, secure and simple to use.

For more information on DynoSense and its products, please visit www.dynosense.com

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Website: www.dynosense.com

Almost every modern office is outfitted with a computer, and while they serve a useful function, they are often ugly and aesthetically unappealing. A French design company has developed an elegant computing solution that replaces these eyesores with a beautiful and highly functional computer, the Wood Kubb. The Wood Kubb is a compact computer that is encased in a natural wood shell, and possesses top flight features like an i3 or i5 processor, Wi-Fi, Windows 10 OS and HDMI ports. With the Wood Kubb, the once sterile work space will sport a elegant, natural aesthetic.

The Wood Kubb is the brainchild of veteran IT designer and executive Jean Christophe Agobert, who was inspired by a nature trip to integrate technology with natural materials. After three years of intensive research, design and testing, and collaboration with Intel, Jean developed the Wood Kubb. Consumers may choose components like processors, memory, and operating system, but the Wood Kubb comes standard with four USB ports, mini-display port, mini-HDMI port and Wi-Fi antennas. In its final design, the Wood Kubb is cubic, measuring less than five inches to a side and is encased in white ash, brown ash or elm. Each wood case is the finest quality wood with an exquisite finish that will add warmth and chic décor to any office or home.

The Wood Kubb has already generated enormous buzz, but Jean and his team are asking the public to help support this important project by participating in their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Backers will not only be helping bring the Wood Kubb to market sooner, but can also reserve a Wood Kubb of their own at a steep discount. Backers may choose models with i3 or i5 Intel core processors, 8 to 16 GB of memory, Linux or Windows 10 operating systems, or 128 or 256 GB SSD.

To learn more about Wood Kubb, or to reserve your own please visit http://kck.st/1ieTyTf

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OverDrive, the leading eBook and audiobook platform for libraries and schools, announced the most borrowed digital books from public libraries for August 2015. Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train continues to dominate the top spot as the most popular eBook and audiobook title borrowed from the library. Released August 3, James Patterson’s mystery-thriller, Alert, was the most popular new release eBook and audiobook, while Sue Grafton’s much anticipated X made  a strong push in the last week of August. See the top five most borrowed digital books from OverDrive-powered libraries last month below.

The most borrowed eBooks and Audiobooks from libraries list is based on data from 34,000 libraries and schools worldwide that lend eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media via the OverDrive platform. In August, more than 15 million digital titles were borrowed from libraries across the globe. To borrow and read these popular titles and more from your local library, get started at OverDrive.com

TOP 5 MOST BORROWED EBOOK TITLES FROM LIBRARIES IN AUGUST                  

1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Penguin Publishing Group)
2. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
3. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (HarperCollins)
4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown/Archetype)
5. Grey by E.L. James (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

 TOP 5 MOST BORROWED AUDIOBOOK TITLES FROM LIBRARIES IN AUGUST                  

1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, (Books on Tape)
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group)
3. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (HarperCollins)
4. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, (Simon & Schuster Audio)
5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, (Scholastic Audio)

TOP 5 NEW EBOOK RELEASES FROM LIBRARIES IN AUGUST                  

1. Alert by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company) – released 8/3
2. Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber (Random House Publishing Group) – released 8/11
3. Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner (Atria Books) – released 8/11
4. The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman (Simon & Schuster) – released 8/4
5. X by Sue Grafton (Penguin Publishing Group) – released 8/25

TOP 5 NEW AUDIOBOOK RELEASES FROM LIBRARIES IN AUGUST

1. Alert by James Patterson (Blackstone Audio, Inc.) – released 8/3
2. X by Sue Grafton (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group) – released 8/25
3. Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group) – released 8/11
4. The Murderer’s Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman (Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group) – released 8/18
5. Friction by Sandra Brown (Blackstone Audio, Ind.) – released 8/18

About OverDrive

OverDrive is the leading global digital distribution platform, supplying the industry’s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, periodicals and streaming video to 34,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide. We support all major computers and devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Nook®, Android™ phones and tablets, Chromebook™, and Kindle® (U.S. only). OverDrive offers all digital media on a single platform, and offers APIs to streamline a seamless user experience. OverDrive Read, the breakthrough EPUB and HTML5 browser-based reading experience, now supports fixed layout and narrated eBooks. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, Ohio USA. 

For more information, visit: www.overdrive.com

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Cambridge, MA – On August 25 2015, Uri Kartoun launched a Kickstarter campaign for KneePh, a wearable mechanism that allows you to use your mobile phone or tablet more conveniently.

“A few months ago, I purchased an iPhone 6. It is a great device, quick and convenient. I realized, however, that when I lie on my back in bed and wish to read e-mails or browse the Internet, my hands quickly grow tired from holding the phone in one hand while tapping on the screen with the other,” the creator shares, “I noticed that although many types of phone holders are available, one that allows an individual to conveniently use a mobile phone or a tablet while lying in bed or on a couch has not yet been created.”

As a result, Kartoun decided to invent one. After many trips to hardware stores and also asking friends to provide feedback by trying several versions of the device, a functional prototype was created. Having used this prototype often, the creator has turned to Kickstarter to improve it further and share it with the world. KneePh is a revolutionary wearable device that allows you to use your phone without straining your arms – or accidentally dropping your phone on your face! Designed with users in mind, KneePh will make using your smartphone on a daily basis much more enjoyable. 

“Previous Kickstarter projects including Manatee and tablift developed solutions to the same problem KneePh attempts to solve, however, such products are expensive and heavy,” explains Kartoun, “KneePh is not only affordable, it is also light so you can carry it with you anywhere you travel to. If you are a parent, you can have your hands free to take care of your baby while your phone is conveniently accessible on your knee.”

In exchange for pledging to the project, backers can gain access to a variety of rewards including one KneePh for the early bird price of $12, a double package for $20, or a triple package to share with friends for $24! Backers can also pledge $72 to receive a twelve-pack of KneePh.

For more information, please visit the Kickstarter page here or contact the creator below.

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Dallas, TX – On August 24 2015, Jonathan Beck launched an Indiegogo campaign for Illest Vapes, the smartest electronic cigarettes available on the market today. 

“Our units are microprocessor-controlled with our patented electronics integrated with Bluetooth 4.0 technology which unlocks a host of features for users,” the creator explains, “This technology allows you to monitor how many puffs you take each day, how many cigarettes you would have smoked if you weren’t vaping, how much money you’re saving not smoking cigarettes, health benefits, and users can set plans to cut back on how much they smoke. Our graphs show you your smoking trends by day, week, month, or year so you can see how much progress you’re making.”

Not only can you track and monitor how much you smoke but in the app you can adjust the amount of vapor you get with each puff.  You can also view your battery life, atomizer resistance, voltage, and wattage. Simply open the app on your iPhone or Android device and the power is at your fingertips. Want to cut back? The app can help you control the amount of puffs you take by locking you out of your device once you reach a planned limit (if desired, you can unlock it within the app).

For this Indiegogo campaign, Illest Vapes is launching two new electronic cigarette models: Torpedo and #smokebomb

“The app is currently available in the Apple Store and in Google Play for Android devices. We have gone through rigorous product testing and development over the last year to ensure our product is ready for market,” says the team, “We have already invested a substantial amount of money to get us this far and now we need your help to finish. We want to upgrade our #smokebomb unit to 30 watts instead of 15 watts and go into mass production on both items and we can’t do it without you.” 

In exchange for pledging to the project, backers can gain access to a variety of rewards including an illestvapes.com sticker for $10, an early bird Torpedo for $45, or an early bird #smokebomb for $60. Vapor retailers can also pledge $425 for 10 Torpedoes at a discounted price, $575 for 10 #smokebombs at a discounted price and more! 

For more information, please visit the Indiegogo page here or contact the creator below. 

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Sep 2, 2015 – Have you ever searched for your own business on the Internet? Have you ever wondered why you have to scroll through several other related businesses to find yours? Search engines, such as Google, use a variety of factors to determine what you are looking for, which companies to list and the order in which to list them. One of those factors is citations. The more citations a business has the higher it will rank in an Internet search. The higher the ranking the further up it is in the list of prospective results. 

So, what exactly is a citation? A citation or Business Directory Listing is a reference to your local business. This reference includes all of your business details such as name, address, phone, description, website, keywords, hours of operations, payment methods, logo and images with links to your website that results in higher search engine rankings locally. You don’t have to understand complicated algorithms or how search engines rank pages. Belisted.org will do all of the work for you. 

Search engines, such as Google, love Business Directory Listing well most of them anyways. The credibility of a citations source is directly related to how favorable a citation is to Google. Citations that come from less than reputable sources can have a negative impact on how Google ranks a business. However, citations that come from reputable sources verify the reliability that the business does exist and therefore they have a positive impact on how Google ranks a business in a local search. The more credible citations a business has the higher the business will rank in a local search.

Credible citations can come from many different places. While the quickest way to get many high quality citations is to hire a local business listings submissions service to enter your business’ information to online business directories, there are ways that you can create high quality citations yourself. 

First, you should create a Google Places listing for your business. This is a great example of an online business directory submission. Your citation building campaign on Google is what will be seen in Local search results. A further benefit is that Google tends to favor those business that have a local profile over those who do not. Yahoo Local and Bing Local are another two good Local listing profiles that you should have for your business. Like Google, both Yahoo and Bing offer specific Local searches. 

Are you a member of your local Chamber of Commerce or Better Business Bureau? If so, look at their website and ensure that your business information is displayed correctly. If it isn’t, take the time required to contact them and have it corrected. Why? Google, like other search engines, loves the credibility of such websites. If your business is a member then it has to be legitimate. 

Social media sites, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are great sources of citations as well. Having your own page and being shared increases your credible citations.

Here at http://CitationBuildingGroup.com, we pride ourselves in our ability to deliver quality and cost-effective citation building services for both business owners and SEO agencies. Watch as your business skyrockets to the top of all the major search engines, your phone lines become inundated, and your inbox overflows. CitationBuildingGroup.com offers on-time high quality local business listings submission service, bulk discounts, and a simple ordering process.

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A new WooPress theme for WordPress was recently launched by the 8Theme company. Attractive design and a bunch of useful features can be implemented into any e-commerce website using the WordPress engine.

What is 8Theme

8theme.com is a London based digital marketing company specializing in web development, sales and support of customized WordPress themes.

Besides years of experience in building profitable websites with our own innovative themes, 8Theme is, foremost, a strong team of website developers, designers, expert coders who work on customers’ projects together. The team aims at building websites that work in the long run and make customers (both owners and users) satisfied.

What we offer

• Web development and eCommerce services;
• Innovative WordPress templates;
• Installation services;
• Outsourcing and peak resources;
• Full-cycle application development.

Features of 8Theme’s WooCommerce templates

Meet 8Theme’s line-up of brand new woocommerce themes. There is a number of different WooCommerce themes that can significantly improve the online image of your business.

Pick up any WooCommerce theme made by 8Theme – all of them can help you get optimal results from any eCommerce online project. With these WooCommerce themes you can:

• Get more conversions and increased traffic results;
• Have an attractive design for your corporative website;
• Improve your online project’s image and recognition;
• Focus on business efficiency by solving quickly any eCommerce-related problems;
• Satisfy your customers with a fast, appealing and easy-to-use website;
• Make you website really unique and different from competitors that are mostly using cheap and non-effective templates;
• Get an individually customized template developed and set up by 8Theme’s professional team.

Make your business work for you with awesome WordPress themes you can check here: http://www.8theme.com/wordpress-templates

Why do you need our WooPress theme

Putting an eCommerce shop online is no easier than opening an actual shop in the busiest area in town with multiple competitors who are trying to win customers from you. That is why you need to make sure to open an online retail in the most appealing way. 8Theme knows what you need and offers a professional WooPress theme that will make your project more attractive and successful among customers.

8Theme’s WooPress template offers:

• A fully customizable interior for your shop;
• Appealing tiles and wallpapers;
• The peculiar display scheme;
• Easy-to-use board and your goods/services catalogue.

With WooPress theme you get the best WordPress eCommerce that money can buy!

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Wrike, the work management platform for high-performance teams, today launched Salesforce project templates for Wrike Enterprise to help improve collaboration between sales and cross-functional teams. The templates help keep track of all the work being done for customers across industries like legal, marketing, and professional services that do not work in Salesforce.

How it works:

Wrike Enterprise users can now link project templates in Wrike to Salesforce providing a menu of projects for sales reps to choose from. For example, users can create a template for post-sale implementations and when account executives close new deals, they can select the implementation package from a menu in Salesforce. When they do, the user’s implementation team will immediately see a new project in Wrike and get notifications so they can start work right way. Watch this short video to see it in action.

Project templates are great for teams that work frequently with sales. Instead of starting every project from scratch, Wrike will automatically create the project and schedule the tasks based on when the work needs to start or finish. Here are some common examples of how others are using templates:

• Professional Services – Implementation teams with several standard packages can create templates for each of them so the sales team can quickly pick the right template after closing a deal.

• Legal review – Create a template for legal reviews so legal teams can keep comments, discussions, and versions together in Wrike and keep it linked to the customer record in Salesforce.

• Demo requests – Make it easy for sales teams to schedule a sales engineer for a demo by creating demo templates.

• Marketing support – Create templates for the different types of marketing materials provided to customers (emails, hand-outs, manuals, etc.) and keep track of the support provided.

The Wrike Salesforce integration is available for all Wrike Enterprise accounts. Wrike Enterprise customers can install the integration from the apps and integration page. A Salesforce Administrator will need to install the integration. Once installed, linking templates to Salesforce only takes a minute. Click here for instructions on how to setup templates in Salesforce.

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mountain View, Wrike is a SaaS based work platform with over 9,000 organizations using its paid product. It has raised a total of $26 million from Bain Capital Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, DCM Ventures and TMT.

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TOKYO, JAPAN – Sep 2, 2015 – Type Project, Inc. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan today announced the launch of AXIS FitFont enabling detailed adjustment of weight and width. Type Project has partnered with Monotype, the world’s largest font provider headquartered in Massachusetts, USA and Commercial Type, a quality custom font maker headquartered in New York, USA, to provide combined font sets with their Latin fonts.

FitFont is Type Project’s unique service to allow use of an onscreen slider bar to toggle font settings before purchase based on the firm’s proprietary technologies. FitFont enables AXIS Font, one of Type Project’s popular retail fonts, to offer a wider range of expressive possibilities as AXIS FitFont. The expanded portfolio provides a sans serif typeface empowered with adjustable functions of weight and width, which can be modified from Basic of 100% to Compress of 60%, to meet with diverse tastes and needs. This will accelerate the FitFont momentum initiated by the first product, TP Mincho FitFont launched in April 2015.

Expanded service

AXIS Font is the world’s first font product dedicatedly designed to a bilingual magazine written in Japanese and English. The modern and bright design has been a choice of a number of brands such as SQUARE ENIX and POLA. AXIS FitFont, available as of today, has expanded the font offering to a total of 1,071 typefaces composed of 21 width levels and 51 weights, as opposed to the retail version of AXIS Font, which offers three font widths for a total of 18 typefaces.

The newly signed international partnership enables offering of unified versions of AXIS Font or TP Mincho combined with Latin fonts provided by Monotype and Commercial Type. This is intended to meet the needs of global firms required to use corporate Latin fonts as well as design firms that have created original Latin fonts of their own, achieving a higher expressive potential. As a result, AXIS FitFont can be easily deployed in applications and systems without font merging functions.

Full renewal of FitFont service

Type Project has renewed its online shop so that users can adjust, confirm, and purchase AXIS Font and TP Mincho to fit with popular Latin fonts of Monotype and Commercial Type simply selectable from the FitFont service pull-down menu. The modifications screen allows for free entry of text (within 1,006 basic kanji characters) to determine what the font will look like in actual use.

Isao Suzuki, president of Type Project, says, “We are very pleased to be able to offer fonts that provide consistent design and quality while giving users the ability to make subtle adjustments to kerning through weight and contrast. This solution provides ideal fonts for corporate brands, as well as immediate integration with Latin fonts that have served numerous companies up to now. We believe this service will increase brands’ value.” 

Availability

AXIS FitFont is available as a single font for ¥29,500 from Type Project’s official online shop. Users can select the weight and width they desire before adding the item to their cart.  FitFont is available exclusively as a download. 

Type Project Online shop: https://shop.typeproject.com/en/

Those wishing to combine AXIS Font with Latin fonts from other foundries can contact Type Project via the “inquiry” on online shop page for details or an estimate. Combined fonts require a license for AXIS Font or TP Mincho, a license for the respective Latin font, and fees for the integration (from ¥250,000). The resulting combined font will be delivered in about two months.

* The usage approval by the Latin font maker (designer) is necessary to combine fonts for not listed in the pull-down menu.

Chris Roberts of Monotype, a global sales partner of Type Project, says, “With growing diversity among digital devices and media, we increasingly get inquiries from companies for corporate fonts and branding fonts for specific products. As most of our clients are firms with a global reach, we have more and more projects these days that involve pairing European and Japanese fonts. FitFont is a revolutionary service that met this demand faster than the rest, and we have high expectations about its ability to meet clients’ needs in a speedy fashion.” 

Christian Schwartz, a founding member of Commercial Type, says, “We think FitFont is a very impressive system, and we expect that it will make it much easier for publications and corporations to find the right multilingual typographic voice. We are delighted to be part of this cross-cultural collaboration, with Japanese and Latin-based type designers each concentrating on what they do best.”

About Type Project

To broaden the potential of letters. This is the central motivation behind Type Project. Since its founding in 2001, the company has provided fonts like AXIS and TP Mincho that are intended to serve as new standards. In 2003, AXIS Font Basic received the Good Design Award, and in 2008, the Condensed and Compressed versions of the font received the award. Type Project has also achieved many milestones with corporate fonts for company branding and “city fonts” that have defined various cities’ identities. “Make life more comfortable and richer through letters.” With this guiding principle, Type Project envisions our role as a 21st-century typeface design company presenting the letters that are ideally suited to the information-based society of the future.

About Monotype Imaging

From era of mechanical typesetting machines, Monotype has been providing typefaces of high quality for more than 125 years. We are proud that outstanding type designers of Monotype are constantly producing new typefaces and our library has more than 18,000 fonts, including famous typefaces; Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, and Frutiger. Customers of today are in a variety of industries; Printer manufacturers, ITs, Automobiles and Game makers etc.  We are growing with 450 employees. Our group turnover is 185 million US$, and EBITAT is 52 million US$.  Monotype KK, operating for more than 20 years, is providing our services to Japanese customers. Now we have 10 employees here in Japan.

About Commercial Type

Commercial Type is a joint venture between Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz, who have collaborated since 2004 on various typeface projects, most notably the award winning Guardian Egyptian. The company publishes retail fonts developed by Barnes and Schwartz, their staff designers Miguel Reyes and Greg Gazdowicz, and outside collaborators, and also represents the two when they work together on type design projects. Following the redesign of The Guardian, the team headed by Mark Porter, including Barnes and Schwartz, was awarded the coveted Black Pencil by the D&AD. The team was also nominated for the Design Museum’s “Designer of the Year”  prize. In September 2006, Barnes and Schwartz were named two of the 40 most influential designers under 40 in Wallpaper*.

Official site: http://typeproject.com/en/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/typeproject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/typeproject

Type Project, Type Project logo, TP Mincho and FitFont are registered trademarks of Type Project Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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LONDON, UK – Sep 2, 2015 – UK Secure Web Hosting is pleased to announce that they are offering six months of free hosting with each new annual web hosting plan. There are no hidden catches. The coupon code 6FREE should be entered at checkout to receive six months free of charge for each new annual web account. The high quality of the service remains the same; it’s just the price that is reduced.

When there is a need to find reliable web hosting UK services offered by UK Secure Web Hosting is well ahead of its competition. The firm offers options which are the highest quality as well as those which are flexible, in order to meet the exact needs of the clients. The paid services are dependable and contain the necessary components to fill the needs of most clients. In addition, there are free services such a minor upgrades and tweaks. There are no hidden costs to surprise the customers. Standard web hosting is as low as £2.99 per month.

The features which make UK Secure Web Hosting outstanding include instant account creation on UK cloud web servers. More than three hundred PHP Scripts are included (Word Press, Joomla, Drupal and others). Customers receive a free transfer from an existing website from the old host and a fast and easy-to-use online website builder. The satisfaction of customers is of prime importance, so a 30-day “No Quibble” money back guarantee is offered.

UK Secure Web Hosting was launched in 2001. They moved from Lincolnshire to Central London in 2003. Thousands of clients world-wide have picked the firm for its top-tier web hosting services. The solutions for web hosting come in simple packages for customers which range from personal website to small and mid-sized businesses. Three package sizes are available with 1 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB disk space included. Pricing per month is £2.99, £4.99 and £8.33, respectively.

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