• Cross-platform publisher Star Arcade brings mobile/social gamers together

    Star Arcade is an ambitious company. Begun in 2010 by a group of friends hailing from Lagos, Finland and the UK, its aim is nothing less than to unify the global mobile and social gaming communities. The international team has spent the last two years working hard to provide a venue by which gamers from 180 countries can come together and enjoy interactive entertainment, regardless of their chosen platform.

    Developing games that work for iOS, Android, Nokia, WP7, Blackberry, Meego/Maemo, Samsung Bada and Facebook, Star Arcade offers the things it seems most mobile and social gamers are looking for: simple, addictive games with real-time chat and lots of virtual goods. As of last year, Star Arcade games had been downloaded more then 5 million times and the company’s focus on accessibility will no doubt mean an even bigger user base in the future.

    This week I caught up with Harri Myllylla, CEO of Star Arcade for a quick chat about the singular challenges facing a multi-platform mobile/social game company.

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    Examiner: What are the biggest challenges in creating a cross-platform social/mobile gaming platform?

    HM: The biggest challenge to create cross-platform social/mobile gaming platform is fragmentation of mobile platforms. A simple task on certain mobile OS may be difficult and time consuming to implement on another platform. Another big challenge is to handle all kinds of mobile networks, long connection times and lost connections. Also, scalability of a server system is a challenge, since real-time multiplayer gaming requires a lot of processing power and network bandwidth. Being able to serve millions of users is a huge undertaking.

    Examiner: How does Star Arcade facilitate cross-platform play?

    HM: Cross-platform play is mostly facilitated by our server system which is quite a complex cluster of software communicating between each other and games. This is where the magic happens; load balancing, redirecting, scalability, matchmaking and game session handling to name a few.

    Examiner: What’s Star Arcade’s focus? Building its own games or building relationships with external developers?

    HM: Until today Star Arcade has only been developing and publishing our own games. Given the amount of requests from 3rd party developers and publishers both large and small we are considering opening up the platform to 3rd parties

    Examiner: Social games are about bringing people together. How do you think Star Arcade will amplify this experience?

    HM: Star Arcade is an easy way to challenge your friends or connect with new people to play games. Star Arcade fills the need of gamers both casual and more hard core to beat their friends and opponents as well as to earn bragging rights.

    Examiner: Your current distribution area (according to your own information) is South America, Africa, India and the Far East. How many subscribers do you currently have?

    HM: We have users from all continents but we see a lot of opportunity in the developing parts of the world. Currently we have close to one million registered users in our community.

    Examiner: Are you planning to expand into North America? If so, when?

    HM: We already have a good number of users in North America and our largest single market is the US.

    Examiner: Star Arcade is described as mostly freemium but mentions a small fee subscription. What does the small fee mentioned on your website, get your subscribers?

    HM: The premium subscribers get the games without adds and the receive virtual currency according to their subscription. In essence they get personalization features as well as advantages in the games and rankings.

    Examiner: Thank you for your time. Best of luck to Star Arcade!

    For more information about Star Arcade games, visit the official Star Arcade website.

     
  • Express broadcasts to go exclusively online

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    April 24, 2012 – Northwoods League (Northwoods) Eau Claire Express

    Eau Claire, Wis. – April 24, 2012 – The Eau Claire Express front office announced today that their 70-
    game Northwoods League schedule will be broadcast exclusively online during 2012. As in the past
    three seasons, the Express will be teaming up with Maverick Media to provide fans with a high-quality
    broadcast. The only change will be that the broadcast will be found at
    www.wayy790.com
    on your
    computer rather than on the 790 AM radio dial. Broadcasts will also be available by downloading the
    TuneIn Radio application on your iPad or smartphone.

    Smartphones compatible with the TuneIn Radio app are the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows
    Phone, Samsung Bada, or Palm webOS phone. To learn more about the free app, visit
    www.tunein.com/mobile
    . The functionality of this phone application will allow fans to continue to listen
    to Express games while on-the-go.

    NewsTalk 790 WAYY is a part of the Maverick Media family of radio stations that includes: WAXX
    104.5, I-94, BOB FM 99.9, 92.9 The Big Cheese and ESPN 1150. You can find a link to the NewsTalk
    790 online stream of Express games by clicking on the WAYY logo on the left side of the Express
    website.

    Doug Raftery will be joining the Express this season to conduct play-by-play of all 70 games on the
    2012 schedule. He began his broadcasting career as a summer intern with the Rockbridge Rapids in the
    Valley Baseball League in 2010 and continued gaining experience with the Florence Freedom of the
    Independent Frontier League in 2011. In addition, he broadcasted basketball and softball while attending
    college at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. The Brick, NJ native is on track to graduate from Hood
    College next month with a Communication Arts degree with a broadcasting emphasis.

    Opening day of the Northwoods League season is just over a month away, with the first game scheduled
    for May 30. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM with gates opening at 5:30. Magnetic schedules will be
    given away as in past seasons, courtesy of Maverick Media and Lien Peterson Architects.

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    Northwoods League Stories from April 24, 2012

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    The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

     
  • AUFEMININ.COM : First-quarter revenue up 21%: ongoing aggressive investment strategy – 4

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    Press release

    Paris, 17 April 2012


    First-quarter revenue up 21% Ongoing aggressive investment
    strategy


    Sustained growth in the business

    Revenue in the first quarter of 2012 totalled €10.9 million,
    up 21% compared to Q1 2011. Excluding revenues from
    Netmums.com, which is consolidated under Group accounts
    since
    1 August 2011, organic growth levelled at 11%.
    The Group posted activity growth for aufeminin Publishing and
    Smart AdServer in France and internationally.
    With revenue currently at €8.1 million, aufeminin Publishing
    posted 25% growth in the business
    making up 74% of Group revenues. Smart AdServer posted 9%
    growth with revenue totalling
    €2.8 million.
    Business was brisk in France (+17%) and internationally
    (+25%), where the Group now generates 50% of its business.


    Ongoing ambitious investment strategy

    The Group pursued its investments in Q1 in line with its
    aggressive strategy.
    Continuing its multimedia roll-out, aufeminin Publishing
    launched its versions for Nokia
    Symbian, Windows Phone 7 and Samsung Bada, as well as
    Marmiton for the Windows 8
    Tablet. Deployment of aufeminin.com and Marmiton for Smart TV
    has also been underway since January.
    In an evolving market, Smart AdServer is keeping up its
    investments, adopting a strategy to pre-empt new market
    opportunities, particularly with the upsurge in the mobile
    activity and the launch of a new offer in 2012.
    This investment strategy has an impact on operating
    expenses.
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    Unaudited simplified consolidated income statement

    aufeminin Smart

    (in thousands of euros) Publishing* AdServer

    Q1 2012 Q1 2011

    Revenue 8,073 2,823

    Excluding exchange transactions 7,919 2,823

    10,890 9,022

    10,736 8,891

    EBITDA** 1,688 936

    % of revenue 21% 33%

    2,624 2,375

    24% 26%

    Amortisation, depreciation and -490 -183

    provisions

    -673 -361

    Operating income 1,198 753

    % of revenue 15% 27%

    1,951 2,014

    18% 22%

    Financial income

    Income tax

    101 62

    -614 -218

    Group net income

    1,450 1,897

    * aufeminin Publishing includes advertising, other services
    and foreign currency transactions

    ** EBITDA = Operating income before amortisation,
    depreciation and provisions

    Despite this data, EBITDA increased by 10% and amounts to
    €2.6 million, i.e. 24% of revenue.
    Amortisation, depreciation and provisions increased following
    the acquisition of
    Netmums.com. Including these allocations, operating income
    stands at €1.9 million.
    No longer benefiting from tax loss carryforwards in Spain and
    Italy, income tax expenses increased, resulting in a Group
    net income of €1.4 million.


    Outlook

    The Group forecasts sustained growth in 2012 with a high
    level of investments.

    Next publication scheduled for 17 July 2012: Second-quarter
    revenue for 2012


    About auFeminin.com

    The aufeminin.com Group is 82.25%-held by the Axel Springer
    Group, and is the world’s leading publisher of websites
    for women with 44.3 million individual site visitors per
    month worldwide(1), and 12.5 individual visitors
    per month in France(2). It operates in France,
    Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Italy,
    Poland, Switzerland, Canada, Morocco, Tunisia and Vietnam.

    The aufeminin.com Group has an editorial and community-based
    offer covering the themes preferred by women: Fashion, Baby,
    Beauty, Shopping, Cooking, News, Society, etc. This offer is
    available on all media: websites, mobile phones, tablets, TV
    and print.

    The Group is also the owner of Smart AdServer, which develops
    and markets premium ad serving solutions for media agencies
    and publishers to manage display campaigns for Web, mobile
    and iPad/tablets. Smart AdServer currently

    has 300 clients on 1,600 sites across four continents.

    The Group generated €24.7 million in revenue and €9.5 million
    in operating income in 2011, and is listed in

    compartment C of NYSE-Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004042083,
    Ticker: FEM).

    (1) Source Comscore February 2012

    (2) Source Nielsen February 2012

    auFeminin.com

    Actifin

    finances@aufeminin.com

    Anaïs de Scitivaux/Emilie Debes

    edebes@actifin.fr

    Tel: +33 (0)1 56 88 11 11

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  • iPhone Applications Development | Anisrav IT Solutions

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    iPhone Application Development Services/iPad Application Development Services

    Apple iPhone/iPad devices are very popular as they have large number of iPhone applications or iPad application available on iTunes store. iPhone mobile applications or mobile applications in general on all major phone platforms are becoming popular with both consumer and business users as they are preferring to work with mobile applications for convenience sake.

    With 4g and 5g phone networks, it is possible to come up/work with mobile applications that deal with or use lot of data bandwidth. Applications such as playing videos, streaming video content, downloading books or engineering drawings or downloading database information in to local storage. With improved processor speeds , RAM and faster network speeds i.e. downloads on phones, the mobile platform is reaching the true potential as a computing device. Now, it is possible to work with remote servers, open and work with large files, process data using faster networks and use cloud as extended storage and monitor activity on cloud in real time.

    Now, whether it is managing enterprise fleet assets using iPhone 4 mobile device, or using iPhone app to manage service calls for your customers, keeping track of sales and service folks using iPhone 4 applications or mobile applications, managing the claims process using Apple iPhone applications as document scanner, picture taker, GPS coordinate locator or taking the video of the loss or damage.

    All these functionality and much more is feasible such as taking tests of various kinds,doing financial transactions, ordering groceries, buying various services like insurance, tickets, or checking availability of hotel or aeroplane seat, using mobile as diagnostic device, or managing factories, building, or homes remotely using video streaming functionality are possible on mobile devices nowadays whether it is a iPhone mobile application or iPad application.
    Special iOS development Services

    Anisrav is an iPhone application development company specializing in developing Apple iPhone applications and Apple iPad applications. We have expertise in integrating media, databases, web services and other packages. Whether it is dealing with H.264 codec, SOAP or REST web services, we can help you in creating complex applications integrating various advanced functionality.

    We are a mobile application development company in India specializing in iPad applications, custom iPhone application development involving advanced UI, Page transitions, media integration, encryption, data storage in local database.  

    Anisrav is an iPhone application development company / iPad application development company with extensive knowledge of the iOS operating system. We develop interactive business and individual applications which suits your requirements. With emphasis on efficiency, user-interface, and minimum budget, Anisrav is the perfect solution for all your iPhone / iPad application needs. With In-App purchase option a customer gets the flexibility to buy, subscribe and also receive notifications etc.
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    Custom iPhone / iPad applications provides a way to promote your business and increase your brand image and stay a step ahead of your competitors.
    Helps you get new customers and manage your business process on the go, thus always connected to your business and customers.
    Possibility of providing  creative high end games for the gaming lovers.
    Develop efficient applications to optimize the use of iPhone / iPad.

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  • ICQ seeks comeback with mobile app update, new iPad version

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    Munich, April 10, 2012 – ICQ, the pioneer instant messaging provider, announces the release of the latest version of its mobile app today, advancing a new strategic focus on mobile platforms.

    The app has gained two million active users in just four months since it was released for major smartphone platforms.

    ICQ has placed a renewed focus on mobile, selecting modern smartphone platforms such as Android and iPhone as priority targets for development. While ICQ currently supports all mobile platforms, the new Mobile Messenger app was created specifically for the advanced touch-based mobile OSs that have revolutionized mobile communications.

    Mobile messaging has emerged as a primary use for mobile devices and is increasingly displacing traditional SMS. The cross-platform availability of ICQ and the ability of ICQ users to stay in touch with all their friends, no matter what network they are on, have helped propel its rapid growth on mobile platforms.

    The new version expands on ICQ’s Mobile Messenger and provides critical new functionality for users. The new ICQ app now enables users to send photos to their contacts, including friends on ICQ, Facebook, Google Talk, studiVZ, Mail.ru and AIM. Additionally, the new version lets ICQ users share their location with friends and provide them with their exact whereabouts. With this new feature, users can share their location with their address book contacts who use one of the messaging platforms ICQ supports. The iOS version also supports a few advanced features such as the option to navigate to location, street view display of the sent address, and sharing locations from nearby Google places.

    The new version brings compatibility with the iPad, with the app designed to take advantage of the larger screen on the tablet. This comes in addition to support for Android tablets which was already available.

    The new version of the ICQ Messenger is available as a free download on both Google Play (Android Market) and Apple App Store. The new version comes on the heels of the recent release of ICQ Mobile Messenger for Windows Phone and Bada.

    “We have equipped the Mobile Messenger with many new features such as sharing photos and location. In this regard ICQ offers its users not just a better mobile communication experience, but also a richer and a more tailored one,” said Moshe Kigler, ICQ VP of Product. “Following the recent releases of ICQ Messenger for Windows Phone 7 and for Samsung Bada, completing the vast ICQ mobile offering, our future plans now include the continued development of the ICQ app for smartphones and tablets as well as striving to maintain our cross-platform capabilities with even more free communication options.”

    The new version also includes new privacy and safety improvements, designed to reduce unwanted messages. These new improvements minimize interference to the users without interrupting their ability to add new friends and chat for free with everybody, everywhere.

    Additional features include:

    -Review chats even when there is no connection (Android version)
    -Send messages to Facebook friends, including pictures and location details, even if they are offline
    -Redesigned “quick reply” function, that lets users answer messages directly from the home screen

    About ICQ:
    ICQ is a leading instant messaging service provider with a global online communications community. ICQ offers a full range of free communication tools for Mobile devices, tablets, PC, Mac and web. ICQ, created in 1996 by the Israel-based company, Mirabilis, is now wholly owned by Mail.ru.

     
  • 5 Best Apps for IPL 2012

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    Bangalore:  Every cricket fan must have these apps in their smartphone for this IPL season. It is surly a dream to watch all the IPL 2012 matched sitting at home, even if that is not possible you can stay connected with the IPL matches on the move with these apps. All these apps will provide you with live updates of every cricketing action and the match schedules. Check out the best mobile apps for IPL 2012.

    1. IPL 2012 for Samsung Bada OS

    The IPL 2012 for Samsung Bada OS offers real time match updates along with the player statistic. It also provides the full details about the match schedule; date, time, venue, teams and even the history of IPL series along with a detail profile of the player and his achievements in the IPL series till date.

    The interesting feature of this app is the reminder, just set the match for reminder which you don’t want to miss, then the app will remind before 30 minutes of the match.

     
  • 5 Best Apps for Indian Premier League 2012

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    Bangalore:  Every cricket fan must have these apps in their smartphone for this IPL season. It is surly a dream to watch all the IPL 2012 matched sitting at home, even if that is not possible you can stay connected with the IPL matches on the move with these apps. All these apps will provide you with live updates of every cricketing action and the match schedules. Check out the best mobile apps for IPL 2012.

    1. IPL 2012 for Samsung Bada OS

    The IPL 2012 for Samsung Bada OS offers real time match updates along with the player statistic. It also provides the full details about the match schedule; date, time, venue, teams and even the history of IPL series along with a detail profile of the player and his achievements in the IPL series till date.

    The interesting feature of this app is the reminder, just set the match for reminder which you don’t want to miss, then the app will remind before 30 minutes of the match.

     
  • Brit pockets £100k in Samsung Bada dev compo

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    Samsung has announced the winner of its Bada Developer Day UK Challenge, a “futuristic” flying game for mobile phones.

    The Korean chaebol wanted developers to come up with an idea for an application, programming of course on the Bada platform.

    The competition, which carried a prize of £100,000, was won by Marc Fontin for his TurboFlyHD app, which allows users to fly around a virtual race track in a specially designed aircraft.

    “I’ve always loved racing games which is why I decided to create a futuristic racing game that would have a real sense of speed and most importantly be really fun to play,” Fontin said in a canned statement.

    Quite why he thought his game was futuristic is unclear since people do fly around race courses in things like the Red Bull Air Races and the Rocket Racing League and there are plenty of flying games around, but nevertheless, Fontin was “over the moon” to have one.

    He programmed the app on the Samsung Wave III and gameplay is pretty simple, just requiring the user to tilt the phone from side to side.

    “TurboFlyHD met all of the required criteria however, offering users a fun game that is simple to use, yet reassuringly difficult. What’s more, TurboFlyHD is appealing to all users, children and adults alike,” Keith O’Brien from Samsung UK and Ireland said. ®

     
  • In 2011, a Billion Smart Devices and Counting

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    Taking Stock of the Landscape

    Android held 29.4% of the market for devices running ARM CPUs in 2011 and is expected to grow to 31.1% in 2016. Apple’s iOS devices held 14.6% of the market and is expected to grow to 17.3% in 2016.

    Android’s worldwide channel strategy is what gives it a leg up over iOS and Windows Phone. Android competes directly with lower-end “smart” devices from the likes of Nokia (Symbian), Samsung (Bada), BREW-based feature phones with connection to the Internet, and lower-end BlackBerries. And Android is winning the race because, on a feature level, it is a better product than any of those alternatives. Samsung knows this well. As the leading Android purveyor, it has flooded the market across the world with a variety of Android devices at varying price points. Say what you want about the Samsung Galaxy II versus the iPhone 4S, Samsung is starting to own the lower-end of the smartphone market.

    Chart: Worldwide Smart Connected Device Shipments, 2010-2016 (Unit Millions)Description: This data comes from IDC’s WW Quarterly PC Tracker, WW Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, and WW Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker.Tags: Tracker, mobile phones, tablets, forecast, PCs, devices, consumer, IDC …Author: IDCcharts powered by iCharts

    Nokia will have something to say about that. As the leading cellphone-maker in the world for the last decade, the province of the lower-channel and emerging markets has belonged to the denizens of Espoo, Finland. It is targeting its Asha devices at young consumers in emerging markets and will spend a lot of money to ensure that those devices find their way into users’ pockets.

    The question becomes, what drives the 15.4% growth over the next four years? The U.S. market is not far from saturation, and Europe is not far behind in smartphone adoption. Nearly two-thirds of all young consumers in the U.S. have a smartphone. Overall smartphone market penetration in the U.S. will likely eclipse 50% in Nielsen’s March Mobile Insights report. As of February, penetration is at 49.7%.

    Windows Phone, Market Leaders and the World

    nielsen_smartphone_feb12.jpgIn the last three months, Android accounted for 48% of smartphone purchases in the U.S. Apple’s iOS wa second at 43%. That leaves 9% to be split among the remaining competitors, and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry took 5% of that.

    There is not much room left in the U.S. market for competitors to make a dent. That does not mean that Nokia and Microsoft will not try to break down the door. The Nokia Lumia 900 is set to hit the market through ATT on April 8th and will feature a multi-tier promotional blitz from the carrier, Nokia and Microsoft. In terms of up- and down-channel marketing, expect to see a lot of ads for the Lumia 900 wherever you go.

    But will it make a difference? Nokia is targeting the U.S. market where news of its products have fallen on deaf ears since the beginning of the smartphone revolution. Michael Woodward, VP Mobile Device Portfolio at ATT, told us yesterday that the Lumia 900 will be prominently featured in the front window of ATT stores upon launch, and the staff will be trained to use the device. He also said that the “Smoked By Windows Phone” campaign would not be coming to ATT stores but that sales representatives would be made aware of it.

    We will have much more on the Lumia 900 next week. Stay tuned.

    nielsen_smartphone_penetration_feb12.jpg

    The fact of the matter is that right now, there is not a lot of room for horizontal movement within the U.S. for new manufacturers. Samsung dominates Android with HTC and Motorola picking up the slack, Apple has the iPhone and BlackBerry is a decaying brand. Can that change between now and 2016? Perhaps, but the first movers (Apple and Google) are cementing the advantage and closing the sales loop. While many pundits will point to the fact that Android has come out of the blue and captured an astounding amount of U.S. and world market share since 2009, it was built on a ubiquitous sales channel strategy, price and the access to apps, and, to a certain extent, the “cool factor.”

    Any manufacturers looking to repeat the success that Android has had and dethrone it from the top spot will have to beat the platform on several different layers. Android’s rise has come at the expense of BlackBerry because it was touchscreen, had more apps, and better marketing and the backing of a hip tech giant. With billions of dollars now swirling around Android from a variety of sources, it is a very difficult incumbent to break.

    nokia_lumia_610.jpg

    Image: Nokia Lumia 800

    With Windows Phone, Nokia should play up to one of its key strengths: Down-channel shipments and price. Like Android did in the U.S., Nokia has a chance to disrupt a market. The only difference is that the market Nokia will disrupt is its own, by phasing out Symbian and providing cheap but elegant Windows Phones.

    Nokia and Microsoft cannot beat Android in the U.S. using the same blueprint that Android did. That opportunity has passed. The best it can hope for is to usurp RIM’s remaining marketshare and take a small sliver from Android.

    But, as the IDC numbers show, that does not mean that Windows Phone is doomed. There will be about 7.615 billion smart devices sold between 2012-2016 and most of those will be smartphones. The ingredients are there for the platform to spread and still rake in billions of dollars in sales across the world.

    The pie is getting bigger. That will give rise to opportunities for everybody.

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    A Game of Phones

    Does Apple and iOS reign supreme? Can Android smother the entire ecosystem with sheer numbers? Is the clock ticking for Research In Motion and BlackBerry? The Mobile Platform Game of Thrones examines the developments and developers in the mobile OS wars to give an extensive view of what is happening and what is on the horizon in the evolution of smart devices.

     
  • Unicon Offers Rapid Start uMobile Package for Quick Deployment of Free and Open Source Campus Mobile Solution

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    Rapid Start uMobile package delivers personalized, role-based content via browser-based or native applications.

    Gilbert, AZ (PRWEB) March 07, 2012

    Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider specializing in open source for the education market, announced today that it will offer a Rapid Start uMobile package for institutions needing to deploy an economic, next-generation mobile solution quickly and easily. With the Rapid Start uMobile package, institutions can deliver on-demand, authenticated mobile content via mobile browsers or native applications. Modules in the package include announcements, calendar, campus map, campus news/ RSS feeds, directory, search, videos, and custom static content (e.g. text or imagery). uMobile is open source software supported by Jasig. The Jasig community has developed optional modules that can be integrated with campus feeds/ information. These include athletics, computer lab alert, courses, dining menu, and laundry alert.

    uMobile provides an enterprise framework for an institution to target its applications, content, and data in a mobile environment. Designed by and for higher education, uMobile’s lightweight codebase contains authentication, groups and permissions, layout management, and preferences out of the box. uMobile is an extremely mature product with the support of a highly active open source community. uMobile’s native app currently supports iPhone™ and Android™ devices. Browser-based mobile support is available for iPhone and Android, as well as smartphones based on recent versions of the Blackberry®, Windows Mobile®, webOS®, Samsung bada®, and MeeGo™ operating systems.

    Unicon deployment services for Rapid Start uMobile include:

    •     Institutional Environment Assessment
    •     uMobile Server Installation and Configuration
    •     Authentication (CAS server authenticating to a campus LDAP or Active Directory server)
    •     Person Attributes (Server configuration to consume person directory attributes from a single LDAP or Active Directory source)
    •     Branding and User Experience
    •     Content Configuration (e.g., announcements, calendars, maps plus the institution’s existing mobile elements)
    •     App submission to the Apple® Store and Android Marketplace
    •     Training

    Institutions can deploy the Rapid Start uMobile package for $20,000. Unicon can provide hosting services for the Rapid Start uMobile package at an additional cost, to relieve the IT burden associated with an on-premise solution.

    Learn more about the Rapid Start uMobile package.

    About Jasig

    Jasig, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3), international consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates supporting open source software development and promoting open computing architectures for higher education. Jasig has been in operation for over ten years, sponsoring open source software applications like uMobile, the next-generation mobile solution; uPortal, the enterprise-grade portal solution; CAS, a flexible Central Authentication Service deployed for single sign-on; and Bedework, an enterprise calendar system for public, personal, and group use. For more information, visit the Jasig website at http://www.jasig.org.

    About Unicon

    Unicon, Inc. is a leading provider of IT consulting services for the education market. Unicon works closely with colleges, universities, and corporations to find the best solutions to meet their business challenges. Unicon specializes in using open source technologies to deliver flexible and cost-effective systems in the areas of enterprise portals, learning management systems, identity and access management, online video, calendaring, email, mobile, and collaboration. Unicon is a Sakai Commercial Affiliate; an InCommon Affiliate and Participant; an Industry Member of Internet2; a Jasig and VMware Partner; an authorized Solution Provider for CAS, uPortal, and VMware; a Solution Partner of Kaltura; and a Services Partner and reseller of Liferay and Zimbra. For more information, visit: http://www.unicon.net.

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    Unicon is a Registered Trademark of Unicon, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.

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