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Users then get an email confirmation back with links to all the documents they have uploaded, that they can they pass on and share with any contacts.

Other recent improvements include an enhanced Onsite Upload tool which maked embeding documents even easier. Simply upload any documents onsite, and in the upload process as they are converting they generate an “embed link” so that you can instantly upload and embed documents anywhere around the web.

Now users can also embed documents as presentations (It did this by default for all .ppt files, but you can select .pdf or .doc or.xls to display as presentation as well).

Since the release of Docstoc Sync and Docstoc OneClick there has been a 250% growth in number of contributors to the site each month with contributors uploading over 100 documents each on average.

Initially users can only have a maximum of 15 applications showing on their home page. Listed below are three downloads that will give you more information about the new Apps at LinkedIn.

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For the first time, technology companies, election officials, and organizations on both sides of the political spectrum are working together to ensure that voters have easy access to election information online and on their mobile phones.

In partnership with state and local election officials, the Voting Information Project (http://www.votinginfoproject.org) and the League of Women Voters (http://www.lwv.org/Election2008/index.html), Google has released US Voter Info (http://maps.google.com/vote), an effort to simplify and centralize election information. With a few clicks, voters can find where to cast their ballots from now until Election Day.

Any group or individual with a website can make voting information available by embedding a simple search box on their site (http://tinyurl.com/6lgmxc). You can also get similar results on your mobile phone by going to m.google.com/elections or searching for the word “vote” with your address on Google Maps for Mobile.

Find more details about our efforts to get out the vote on the Official Google Blog.

Speck created the category of hard shell cases for MacBooks and iMacs with the award-winning SeeThru. Today, on the heels of Apple’s announcement, consumers can count on the trademark form-fitted hard case, with a new twist, designed exclusively for the new MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks. For images and information on Speck’s new SeeThru and Fitted cases for MacBooks, please visit: http://www.speckproducts.com/content/seethru-cases

“Speck continues to innovate time and time again. Today is no different. We’re excited to significantly expand our family of industry-first cases to the newly redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pro,” said Irene Baran, CEO of Speck. “We’re never satisfied with the status quo. Our designers continue to innovate, and with this fresh line of MacBooks it challenges us to bring forth new ideas on customization and protection.”

Fitted is the first of its kind and is a fabric covered, form-fit hard shell case available in several stylish variations. The Fitted, which launched for iPhone 3G last week, feels soft to the touch, and is authentically fashionable while offering custom-fit contours and openings to allow complete access to all controls and ports. Fitted is the perfect way to showcase individual style and will initially be released in editions ranging from $69.95 to $99.95 MSRP. New styles and patterns will also be announced seasonally.

Fans of the industry’s first hard shell case can also get the newly updated SeeThru for the new MacBooks. SeeThru is constructed of durable, polycarbonate plastic and comes in a wide Speck-trum of popular and personal colors and clear (color options vary depending upon model). With the easy snap-on/off design, users can shield their notebook from scratches and bumps while enjoying complete access to all features including keyboard, drives and ports. The shells also come complete with rubber feet to help prevent movement on slippery surfaces. The durable SeeThru is the perfect add-on whether transporting your notebook alone, in a sleeve, briefcase, backpack or other bag and is also priced at $49.95 MSRP.

Speck SeeThru and Fitted editions for the new MacBooks will be available starting in early December in a variety of color and style options, and will range in price from $49.95 to $99.95 respectively.

Previous-edition MacBook Pro 17-inch and 15-inch notebook SeeThru hard shells, as well as current MacBook 13-inch and MacBook Air SeeThru hard shell cases are currently shipping to consumers and retail partners with an MSRP of $49.95.

For more on Speck’s all-new SeeThru hard shell cases for the latest MacBook models, visit www.SpeckProducts.com.

About Speck

Founded in 2001, Palo Alto-based Speck is a leading designer and maker of original, high quality cases for the latest popular portable electronic devices. The company is best-known for its focus on creating refreshing designs that offer quality, thoughtful features, and distinctive style. For more information, visit www.SpeckProducts.com.

Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of IP multimedia processing, announced that Gadu-Gadu SA has launched a new beta version of its Instant Messenger application powered by Global IP Solutions’ voice processing technology. Gadu-Gadu is the most popular IM application in Poland, reaching more than 6 million customers. www.gadu-gadu.pl “After thorough testing, we are confident that Gadu-Gadu has chosen the best VoIP processing capabilities for Gadu-Gadu IM, and we’re excited to bring this excellent quality to our customers worldwide,” said Krzysztof Szalwa, a member of Gadu-Gadu’s Management Board. “Gadu-Gadu IM development strategy puts great emphasis on VOIP, which is why we see enormous potential for these services. Gadu-Gadu will allow millions of users to enjoy making not only “affordable” but also excellent quality calls from their PCs and their mobile phones.” With GIPS VoiceEngine’s unique capabilities, such as automated adjustments for echo, noise suppression and bandwidth constraints, Gadu-Gadu users will realize improvements in voice quality and overall user experience. “With Global IP Solutions voice technology powering Gadu-Gadu’s Instant Messenger, users will recognize significantly higher quality and reliability of call services provided by Gadu-Gadu,” said Joyce Kim, Global IP Solutions’ Chief Marketing Officer. “We’re excited to be working with the most popular Instant Messenger provider in Poland, and we look forward to working closely with Gadu-Gadu as they enter the global marketplace with differentiated Instant Messenger capabilities.”

About Gadu-Gadu S.A.

Gadu-Gadu S.A. operates in fast-growing Internet, media and telecommunication markets. Gadu-Gadu is a producer of popular instant messenger Gadu-Gadu – over 6 millions of Internet users have their own GG number and the messenger became a standard form of communications among friends, family and colleagues, also in business. Gadu-Gadu S.A. produces such web services as: social portal MojaGeneracja.pl, radio over IP

– Gadu Radio, VoIP services

– Gadu naG?os, discussion forums

– Fora.pl, twitter-style microblogging service

– Blip.pl and many others.

GG Team consists of more than 150 specialists

– programmers, marketing specialists and managers. Brand Gadu-Gadu is one of the most popular and well-known IT brand in Poland. Nowadays Gadu-Gadu goes abroad

– Ukraine and next regions in Eastern Europe. Gadu-Gadu S.A. is a part of the global media company Naspers Ltd.

Website: www.gadu-gadu.pl

About Global IP Solutions

Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS) provides best-in-class voice and video processing in IP communications. GIPS enables its customers to deliver unmatched quality, with a faster time-to-market and with less risk than alternative solutions. GIPS serves application developers, wired and wireless service providers and network and telecommunications equipment vendors. Its customer list includes Nortel, Oracle, Samsung, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL and other key players in the voice and video over IP market. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Stockholm, Boston and Hong Kong. More information at www.gipscorp.com

Brightcove 3 online video platform, which transforms the way video is published and consumed on the Web. Built from the ground up, the new platform empowers website producers to be successful in the era of pervasive video.

Video has gone from being a consumer-driven entertainment experience on the Web to being a basic feature of any professional website across all media and corporate sectors,” said Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove chairman and chief executive officer. “While online video is becoming ubiquitous, one size does not fit all. Built as an extensible SaaS application, Brightcove 3 provides tremendous flexibility to online publishers to meet the needs of the full spectrum of different end-user scenarios.”

Today, online media businesses and marketers need to do more than just put video on websites. Organizations need scale, efficiency, reach and audience engagement to operate successful online video initiatives. To address this, Brightcove 3 has four major new areas of functionality that provide tremendous flexibility to online publishers:

– Workflow - New media management and publishing tools that can be used by everyone from small businesses to the largest media companies in the world to vastly accelerate the publishing workflow

– Player Framework - Breakthrough new way to create and publish Flash-based online video players that are easily customized and tailored to the needs of a website and brand and are further extended through third party technology and services

– Media APIs - Rich suite of APIs that enable a new contextual publishing model, allowing producers to tightly integrate video with other editorial content and social media for improved SEO and increased viewer engagement and ad inventory

– Dynamic Delivery - Powerful new way of dynamically adjusting the bit rate of the video streams to ensure the highest quality video given the user’s bandwidth conditions

Brightcove 3 is an open platform designed to ease integration with third-party Web technologies. The company plans to fuel further innovation in online video and rich media publishing through its fast-growing ecosystem of development partners and services. These companies add to the flexibility of Brightcove 3 by giving customers more ways to address their unique challenges and needs.

Brightcove 3 has enabled Showtime Networks to launch ad-supported video clips as well as offer full-screen, broadcast-quality access to its award-winning programming on Sho.com.

“We were one of the earliest users of Brightcove 3, as we are constantly looking to evolve our online video offerings to create the best user experience possible,” said Rob Hayes, senior vice president and general manager of Showtime Digital Media. “We immediately recognized the value of infusing video throughout all the components of our website to help improve SEO and increase viewer engagement. This strategy has paid off, with a 200 percent growth in page views within two months of launching and continued strong results.”

Lifetime Networks was another early Brightcove 3 beta customer and has seen solid results since rolling out the new platform in June.

“Since launching phase one of our video platform with Brightcove 3, our video streams have increased 158 percent,” said Evan Silverman, senior vice president, digital media, at Lifetime Networks. “The new platform makes our video content more visible to search engines and we are looking forward to phase two of the project and leveraging more of Brightcove 3’s APIs to continue to grow our online video business.”

FEARnet, a Video on Demand service owned by Comcast, uses Brightcove 3 to publish clips and feature-length movies on its website.

“Brightcove provides an exceptional platform for FEARnet.com to maximize the user experience and provide our extensive community of fans with the highest broadcast quality video available online,” said FEARnet president Diane Robina. “With this recent partnership, Brightcove further enables us to offer a scalable, flexible and commercial grade video platform to increase our engagement with consumers.”

Canoe Inc., which is owned by Quebecor Media, is launching a new video initiative across many of its online properties, including its Internet television portal, Canoe.TV.

“We truly believe we chose the best technology partner to support our online video needs,” said Dominique-Sebastien Forest, general manager, digital media and e-commerce at Canoe. “Brightcove 3 is simply in a different class from other platforms when it comes to user experience, ad formats and search engine optimization.”

Rainbow Media is leveraging Brightcove 3 to extend its online video capabilities across its wide range of network websites.

“We’re always looking for ways to enhance the online user experience and are excited by the Brightcove 3 platform, particularly the Dynamic Delivery capabilities which support our ability to provide broadcast-quality online video across all of our websites,” said Rainbow Media’s Michael Cagnazzi, VP, Product Development, Digital Media.

Sun Microsystems has also tapped Brightcove’s platform to provide Sun’s corporate website producers with full access to the Brightcove online video platform for managing video content, publishing video players and accessing reports on viewing behavior.

“Using the network to market and to bring a richer content experience to our customers and communities is what we strive to do. We are continually looking for new and better ways to build our community interactions and to enhance the online experience of our developers, customers, partners, students and employees. Sun uses online video extensively for product education, corporate communications, and product launches through Channel Sun, our newly launched multimedia online experience,” said Ingrid Van Den Hoogen, senior vice president, Brand, Global Communications and Integrated Marketing, Sun Microsystems. “Brightcove 3 has enabled Sun to bring new video content to market quickly, while also giving all of our audiences a framework to extend the video experience with other website applications that help us build community and drive traffic.”

Brightcove 3 will be offered in three different pricing and packaging options: Basic, Pro and Enterprise to meet the online video publishing and distribution needs of any size organization or business strategy. For more information, visit http://www.brightcove.com/.

About Brightcove

Brightcove is an online video platform. Media companies, businesses and organizations worldwide use Brightcove to publish and distribute video on the Web. Founded in 2004, Brightcove is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business with offices across North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.brightcove.com/.

Source: Brightcove Inc.

“Most bloggers aren’t designers. They are people who want to express themselves. Offering free WordPress templates and themes was one extra step we could take to make our customers happy and productive, and we are glad to oblige,” said Safvan Malik, WebHostingBuzz’s CEO and founder, “These themes are free for everyone, whether they are a customer or not!”

These themes are free for everyone, whether they are a customer or not!
WebHostingBuzz also features a WordPress one-click install, a free domain name, a beautiful template/theme with each hosting package purchased. They also have a Partner Program that allows bloggers to earn money with every web hosting sale referred from their blog or website.

Press releases distributed by PR Newswire get used by media more often than copy from competing services and generate more clips when they are picked up, according to a landmark study of commercial newswires.

The comprehensive study was conducted by the market research and intelligence firm Diagnostics Plus. Other third party data from web analytics providers shows PR Newswire outperforms its peers in web traffic rank and reach and in blog links, as well.

“Our entire team is gratified that an impartial review of our industry has verified that there is a significant difference in newswire services,” said Dave Armon, president of PR Newswire. “In our estimation, this study verifies a long-held belief within PR Newswire that successful news dissemination is more than simply putting a release over a wire. Consistent and impactful coverage requires a combination of state-of-the-art technology, the ability to simultaneously issue news on a global scale and in an extremely targeted manner, and a deep understanding of the media industry, in all its forms. To this point, we have always treated the news media as if they were our clients. This dedication, we believe, has endowed PR Newswire with a high level of credibility and trust that pays off in better results for issuers.”
THE STUDY

To objectively gauge media pick-up of press releases distributed by PR Newswire and its competitors - Business Wire, Marketwire and Nasdaq-owned PrimeNewswire, which has since been re-branded as GlobeNewswire - PR Newswire engaged Diagnostics Plus, an independent market research company located in State College, Pa. On each business day from April 1 to June 30, 20 press releases - five per wire service - were randomly selected and tracked using the online content libraries LexisNexis and Factiva for media pickup over a two-week period. A pick-up was defined as any reference to the release subject matter in media published after the date and time of the release. Republication of the release without alteration was not counted as pick-up.

“The release selection process was designed to minimize bias and produce a truly random sampling,” said Jim Fong, president of Diagnostics Plus and head of the five-person team that conducted the study. “The goal of the study was to measure the frequency with which media outlets pick up press releases from each of the major newswire services and the volume of coverage that those announcements received.”

PR Newswire beat its competitors across all categories measured, according to the study.

Press releases transmitted by PR Newswire were used 55% of the time, versus Marketwire’s 43% pickup rate, Business Wire’s rate of 38% and a rate of 37% by PrimeNewswire, according to the study. The difference between PR Newswire’s rate of pickup in comparison to the other wire services produced a statistically significant p-value of 0.0003. A p-value of 0.05 is the generally accepted mark of significance in scientific research. 0.01 indicates extreme significance.

Of those releases attracting attention by the media, the volume of coverage was highest with PR Newswire, followed by Business Wire, PrimeNewswire and Marketwire. PR Newswire has nearly twice the pick-up frequency as PrimeNewswire and more than twice that of Marketwire. Pick-up frequency, the number of times a single press release was reported in the media, was also significant between PR Newswire and the combined average of other services, producing a p-value of 0.0298.

Ken Dowell, executive vice president of products for PR Newswire, commented, “The study affirms the quality of content that is delivered by PR Newswire as well as the effectiveness of our media relations, including our PR Newswire for Journalists web site that has registered 100,000 journalists since launching in 1998.”

A variety of third party measures also indicate that PR Newswire leads its competitors in new media realms. For example, by two measures — Quantcast and Compete.com - the daily average number of unique visitors to prnewswire.com was double that of businesswire.com in August.

“Our content has been referred to in more blog posts, Diggs and Delicious Links than any other commercial wire service,” said Armon. “PR Newswire has the highest Google page rank in our industry, and has been referenced as a source on Wikipedia more than any other wire service as well. We believe this proves PR Newswire is the most trusted and credible source for news from the corporate and public policy sectors.”
About PR Newswire

PR Newswire Association LLC (http://www.prnewswire.com/) provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments.

Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 14 countries and routinely sends its customers’ news to outlets in more than 170 countries and in more than 40 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from the source. PR Newswire’s leading services include ProfNet(SM), eWatch™, MEDIAtlas™, Search Engine Optimization, MediaRoom, MediaSense™, MultiVu™, U.S. Newswire, the preeminent policy newswire in the industry, Vintage Filings, the fastest growing Edgar filing company, and Hispanic PR Wire, LatinClips and Hispanic Digital Network, the foremost Hispanic communications services. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited of London.
About Diagnostics Plus

Diagnostics Plus has been serving clients for over two decades. The company specializes in providing market and media research for clients in a variety of sectors. Diagnostics Plus has worked with more than 700 organizations in 18 countries and is a member of several major research organizations including the Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR), Market Research Association (MRA) and the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO).