MONTREAL, QUEBEC and TORONTO, ONTARIO and PARIS, FRANCE–(Marketwired – Dec. 31, 2013) – Parta Dialogue Inc. (“Parta” or the “Corporation”) (TSX VENTURE:PAD) announces the results of its annual and special meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation held on December 30, 2013 at 10h00 in the offices of McMillan LLP located at 1,000 Sherbrooke street west, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3G4, suite 2700. All the following matters as more detailed in the information circular filed by the Corporation at www.sedar.ca were adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation: The special resolution consolidating the issued and outstanding common shares of the Corporation…
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MAHWAH, NJ–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – InterCore, Inc. (OTCQB: ICORD) announced that it has realigned management positions to better reflect the needs of the business as it moves forward. James F. Groelinger, the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer prior to the acquisition of SRG, Inc. in January 2013, has been reappointed to those positions effective January 1, 2014. Simultaneously, Claude Brun has resigned those positions to become President and Chief Executive Officer of SRG, Inc., InterCore’s wholly-owned subsidiary that is advancing the commercialization of the ADS™ System. “I’m pleased to return to the helm of InterCore at this…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 31, 2013) – ENGINEERING.com Incorporated (TSX VENTURE:EGN), a digital media company that informs, inspires and engages engineers, today announced that it has filed articles of amendment effecting the consolidation of its common shares on the basis of one new common share for each 350,000 pre-consolidation common shares (the “Consolidation”). Those shareholders who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares will instead be paid $0.03 in cash per common share held by them prior to the Consolidation. ENGINEERING.com obtained the required shareholder approvals to effect the Consolidation at its recent special meeting of shareholders held…
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – ePals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: SLN) (“ePals” or the “Company”) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary ePals, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) has amended the terms of its existing revolving promissory note (the “Note”) with ZG Ventures, LLC (“ZG”) and an affiliate of ZG. Under the prior terms of the Note, ePals, Inc. was entitled to borrow up to a maximum of US$3,000,000 and payment of all outstanding principal and interest was due December 31, 2013. The Note has been amended to extend the repayment date to June 30, 2014 and to reduce the amount that may be…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – Usablenet, a global technology leader for customer engagement and mobile partner for many premier retail, travel, energy and corporate brands around the world, was named in Forrester Research, Inc.’s The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Commerce Solution Providers, Q4 2013, which identifies the “10 most significant providers of mobile commerce solutions”.1 According to the report, “existing mobile commerce solutions have served their purpose well, but scalability, performance, and flexibility concerns are intensifying”.2The Forrester Wave states that today’s mobile commerce solution providers have four core “competency traits”:3 An obsession for mobile commerce trends and metrics.…
BANGALORE, INDIA–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – Mindtree announced to the stock exchanges today that Chairman Subroto Bagchi has gifted one-third of his shareholding in Mindtree Limited to his spouse Susmita Bagchi. This is purely a personal arrangement for estate planning and does not in any way change his professional capacity as Chairman of Mindtree Limited. This transfer also does not cause any change in the shareholding belonging to the category “Promoter and Promoter Group.” About MindtreeMindtree is a global information technology solutions company with revenues of over USD 435 million. Our experts are driven to engineer meaningful technology solutions to help…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 31, 2013) – Further to its previous press release of November 27, 2013 in connection with its takeover offer of an appointment scheduling software provider, Shortcuts Software Limited (“Shortcuts”), Constellation Software Inc. (“Constellation”) (TSX:CSU) today announced that its Jonas division has completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Shortcuts. About Shortcuts: Shortcuts is the leading global standard in smart salon technology, working with over 14,000 clients worldwide. Shortcuts solutions are tailored to suit the needs of its clients – from large franchised chains through to single site businesses in the hair, spa, school…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 31, 2013) – Constellation Software Inc. (“Constellation”) (TSX:CSU) announced today that it has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Constellation Software Netherlands B.V. (“CSN B.V.”), completed the purchase of 100% of the shares of Netherlands-based Total Specific Solutions (TSS) B.V. (“TSS”). Further details of the transaction were disclosed in a news release of December 16, 2013 at which time Constellation entered into a binding agreement with the shareholders of TSS. About Total Specific Solutions Total Specific Solutions (TSS) has 1,400 employees and a turnover of EUR174 million in 2012 (excluding employees and turnover of TASS). The TSS companies…
CLEARWATER, FL–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – eDiets.com, a brand of As Seen On TV, Inc. (OTCQB: ASTV) and the leading digital destination for nutritional products and information, today announced the expansion of its online dieting platform. eDiets will now offer several new meal planning platforms, powered by nutritional technology providers Nutrihand and Vitabot, to give eDiets members a more diverse selection of online and mobile-friendly meal planning solutions along with additional tools to facilitate weight loss and weight management, including comprehensive fitness plans. “We are very excited to partner with eDiets to bring our mobile app and web based…
SARASOTA, FL–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – In an interview with the British newspaper The Sun former Take That singer Robbie Williams confessed, “I am going to have everything done. I am going to have a facelift, the chin can go, liposuction.” According to Williams these plans are a result of feeling like “midlife crisis is creeping up” on him, now that he is approaching his 40th birthday. From Gwyneth Paltrow to Nicole Kidman and Emma Thompson — more and more stars admit to having turned to plastic surgery to improve their looks. But it is not just stars anymore.…
MIAMI, FL–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – Can the use of marijuana cause man boobs? According to an article Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon from Detroit, wrote for CNN earlier this month, it can. The reason behind it is the drug’s effect on hormone levels, causing an imbalance between testosterone and estrogen. “When the ratio between testosterone and estrogen tips in favor of estrogen, the body responds by creating excessive breast tissue. Hence, man boobs,” explains Youn. Based on this theory it does not come as a surprise that “moobs” or gynecomasta, as the condition is officially called, is especially common in teenagers, affecting…
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – Dec 31, 2013) – In a precedent-setting Christmas Eve ruling, Ifrah Law PLLC won a major victory in a retaliatory discharge case filed against its clients, Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions LLC (TAES) and Scott Torres, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. In a 26-page opinion, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson dismissed all four counts of the First-Amended Complaint, agreeing with Ifrah that the Defense Base Act (DBA) provided the exclusive remedy for the plaintiffs’ causes of action and otherwise preempted their case. “Judge Brown Jackson’s ruling sets important precedent regarding federal pre-emption in workers’…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Dec 30, 2013) – Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that Cyberport will deploy Juniper Networks® Contrail as the virtual network solution for its Cyberport Community Cloud. The new offering from Cyberport is designed to give ICT (information and communications technology) start-ups hands-on experience with a state-of-the-art cloud environment and serve as a gateway to public cloud services. To grow top line revenue and control cost, Cyberport was looking to migrate from traditional data center architecture to a more flexible and agile cloud infrastructure. They have been testing and piloting a cloud…
CLEVELAND, OH–(Marketwired – December 30, 2013) – MCPc, a leading technology consultancy and integrator, today announced a new partnership with Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry. MCPc will be working with Gartner in 2014 and beyond, including utilizing the research provider’s massive resources in conducting industry research, emerging technology reports, and insights in technology go-to-market metrics. “This is a huge deal,” said Jed Ayres, MCPc’s senior vice president of partner management and marketing. “Gartner is the industry standard in research and optics in information technology. This is something that many firms…
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 30, 2013) – VoIPshield, a global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) security solutions, announces third party confirmation that VoIP systems can create significant enterprise information security gaps. Since 2007, the company has been developing products to address these security concerns and recently launched VoIPaudit 3.1TM, which enables organizations to easily assess, monitor and secure their VoIP communications environment. “We engaged J Arnold and Associates to conduct a thorough analysis of the VoIP market,” stated Rob Gowans, President and Chief Executive Officer of VoIPshield. “We believe we have a valuable solution to help enterprises better…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Dec 30, 2013) – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), the global leader in solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world, will host a happy hour panel entitled, “Why Security Matters” at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas. As the world becomes increasingly connected (people, smart phones, money, cars, homes, factories, etc.) cyber security grows as a societal concern. Governments and businesses spend $1 Trillion a year on security solutions and yet there is still much work to be done. With connected cars that communicate with one another, smart phones that make payments, and…