Ambient Industries Raises Additional Round of Funding from Amadeus and Eden Ventures for Flook, the Location Browser

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and LONDON, U.K. (PRWEB) February 1, 2010

Ambient Industries (http://www.ambientindustries.com), announced today that it has closed an additional round of funding led by the Amadeus Capital Partners and Eden Ventures. The capital infusion will be used for expansion and to increase development capability.

We have attracted loyal users who find that discovering and sharing the world around them with flook is a refreshing and creative change from other me-too location-based mobile applications said Ambient Industries co-founder Roger Nolan. Users are excited to discover quirky recommendations that they wouldnt find in the guide books and just as excited to express their creative side by creating flook cards sharing their own local secrets. Flooks competitive aspect allows users to take part in a real competition of skill, and to feel a genuine sense of accomplishment when their score increases.

We have seen so much potential realized from Ambient Industries and flook, said Will Dawson, partner Amadeus. We can’t wait to see how flook will continue to grow and to discover new ways in which people will use it. We see Ambient Industries in a unique niche where the discovery is more important than search, and creativity more important than simplistic game-playing.

“We see many investment opportunities in mobile applications, but flook hits a sweet spot of creativity, discovery and location that no other companies have, said Peter Jones, partner at Eden Ventures.

A video demo of flook is available here: http://flookblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/flook-sneak-peek-video/

ABOUT AMBIENT INDUSTRIES

Ambient Industries is a mobile software company founded by Roger Nolan, Jane Sales, Tristan Brotherton and Dave Jennings.

Nolan and Sales both worked at Psion, where they were responsible for the communications layer and the kernel, respectively. Their code was the foundation of the codebase that became Symbian OS and that still runs in millions of phones today. Jennings worked at the Parkes Radio-Telescope in Australia, was the first technical hire at Play.com and chief architect for Tigerex before joining Nolan at Sonopia. Brotherton founded FluidHR, which produced the U.K.s first online staff screen software platform and building software, before joining ROO Media/KIT Digital.

Ambient Industries is based in London and San Francisco. The company is funded by Amadeus and Eden Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.ambientindustries.com.

ABOUT AMADEUS

Amadeus Capital Partners is one of Europe’s leading technology venture capital firms. Since its inception in 1997, the firm has backed over 60 companies in industries that include communications and networking hardware and software, cleantech, medtech, computer hardware and software, media, and e-commerce. Amadeus has

Ambient Industries Raises Additional Round of Funding from Amadeus and Eden Ventures for Flook, the Location Browser

Rochen Raises Bar on Security, Offers New Proactive Cyber Security Notification Service

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) November 29, 2010

Rochen Ltd., a specialist in performance driven and secure web hosting for Joomla!, Drupal and WordPress, is now offering a proactive vulnerability notification service, Rochen Alert, to its global clientele.

Rochen has partnered with SalvusAlerting.com in an OEM agreement.

Chris Adams, Founder & CEO of Rochen Ltd, said: “Rochen offers a fully proactively managed hosting platform optimized for popular scripts like Joomla!, Drupal and WordPress. We manage everything security related for our customers at the hosting platform layer. Our customers are responsible for managing their actual script installs though and it has often been difficult for them to keep track of when updates for their scripts are released and in particular third-party extensions or plug-ins for those scripts. This has all been made easier with today’s release of Rochen Alert.”

Since many cyber-attacks occur at the script level, maintaining a patched and up-to-date site is vital to proper security. Keeping up with the number of patches and updates can be a time consuming task. With Rochen Alert, subscribers are notified about any vulnerabilities quickly. For example, if a vulnerability were to be discovered with an obscure third-party extension for Joomla then Rochen Alert subscribers would be notified about the threat almost instantly along with a recommended course of action.

According to a recent cyber security industry study it was found that most of the attacks could be prevented by taking simple preventative actions. Tom Canavan, a cyber-security expert and CEO of SalvusAlerting.com, said: “With cyber-crime on the rise, we see the launch of Rochen Alert as an important step in reducing the number of successful attacks against websites.”

Rochen Alert is available exclusively to existing Rochen customers for $ 95.95 per year and subscribers can choose which security alerts they wish to receive. Learn more at http://www.rochenhost.com/other-services/rochen-alert

About Rochen Ltd.

Rochen is a specialist in “performance hosting”, providing premium business hosting, reseller hosting, virtualized computing and enterprise hosting solutions with a focus on Joomla, WordPress and Drupal. Rochen owns and manages their servers and does not simply lease hardware from a larger data center. Rochen uses the best quality Supermicro enterprise-grade hardware and performance tunes all of their servers to ensure sites are served fast and reliably. When ordering a plan from Rochen, customers can choose to either host on a US or UK server. Visit Rochen at http://www.rochen.com

About SalvusAlerting

SalvusAlerting.com is a leader in tracking of vulnerabilities and patching information, using a purpose built engine to gather, collate, identify and alert subscribers. SalvusAlerting is wholly owned by FactNgN, LLC of Dallas, TX Visit SalvusAlerting at http://www.salvusalerting.com

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Rochen Raises Bar on Security, Offers New Proactive Cyber Security Notification Service

Digital Subscriptions Provider MediaPass Raises $1.75M in Series B and Partners with Automattics WordPress.com VIP

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 28, 2012

MediaPass (http://www.mediapass.com), a leading subscription solution for websites, announced today it raised a $ 1.75M Series B round. Comprised of several investors, the funding will fuel the companys rollout of extensive tools and solutions that simplify subscription deployment for MediaPass partners.

The news of the funding raise follows on the heels of MediaPasss participation in Automattics new Featured Partner Program for WordPress.com VIP. MediaPass Subscriptions is now one of the select new publisher tools available to WordPress.com VIP customers with seamless integration into the webs leading CMS. MediaPass Subscriptions will support configuration and management of a sophisticated subscription model directly from the WordPress.com VIP dashboard. Carefully vetted and reviewed, MediaPass Subscriptions (http://www.wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mediapass/) is now one of the exclusive WordPress plugins officially certified by the WordPress.com VIP staff.

The webs largest publishers can no longer ignore the monetization opportunities emerging from subscription based models, said Matthew Mitchell, CEO of MediaPass. Our solutions make it easy for content publishers of any size to deploy subscriptions for any portion of their content. WordPress.com has taken notice of the web’s growing desire to optimize revenue opportunities via premium content models, and our new partnership with Automattic allows us to be the premier solution for subscription management issues. Were thrilled to use our funding to propel the most robust content monetization offering on the web.

Based in Los Angeles, MediaPass is a full-service subscription solution with customizable features and secure billing management. Merchant processing, fraud protection, and subscriber support is provided to all MediaPass publishers. The latest version of MediaPass Subscriptions for WordPress will also be available to WordPress.orgs more than 30 million websites through the official WordPress.org Plugin Directory: http://www.wordpress.org/extend/plugins/.

About MediaPass

MediaPass (http://www.mediapass.com) is a leading subscription solution for websites and works on any platform or CMS. Using MediaPass, a website can sell recurring subscriptions to their online content, without the resources and costs typically associated with in-house development. Founded by experts in online subscription models, MediaPass aims to service the growing world of web publishers who are frustrated with the limitations of an advertising-based revenue model and desire a simple, yet customizable subscription product.

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Digital Subscriptions Provider MediaPass Raises $1.75M in Series B and Partners with Automattics WordPress.com VIP

BudGenius Raises the Bar for Cannabis Laboratories, Again!

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2012

BudGenius.com, an online medical marijuana testing and laboratory system developed by BG Medical Technologies, Inc. (OTC:RIGH), has upgraded its cannabis strain management features and online services. Clients utilizing BudGenius testing services are given a marketing edge with new online tools for more efficient strain management. BudGenius has also opened their system to all dispensaries and mobile cannabis delivery services nationwide. All cannabis professionals can now sign up for free accounts to utilize free marketing tools to improve their businesses. Clients that choose to test their medicine with BudGenius are given additional features.

The companys newest product, MenuGenius, is also fully integrated into the new client services area. Cannabis professionals are invited to take advantage of this free menu for displaying tested and non-tested medicine in an interactive format on all websites and forums. MenuGenius is best utilized by dispensaries and delivery services to attract new patients, service current patients, and lower website development costs. WordPress-based portals can utilize an integrated plug-in to enable site search capabilities. A Joomla-compatible module will be released soon.

New upgrades include a new strain management area, a photograph management area, new social features, and a statistics module. The new strain management area assists clients that maintain a large catalog of tested medicine. Clients now have the ability to add photographs to their strain profiles. This enables BudGenius dispensaries and farmers to display medicine in its growth stages, showcasing the focused care involved in growing medicinal-quality cannabis. All high-definition photos provided by BudGenius Labs are now instantly downloadable in print-ready format for use in magazine advertisements or website placement. Social networks StumbleUpon and Digg have been integrated, adding to the existing options for posting strains on Facebook and Twitter. Lastly, unique tracking features have been added to chart effectiveness of social strain postings and patient interactions with MenuGenius.

At our launch, BudGenius.com became the first laboratory to display tested cannabis strains online, recalls CEO, Angel Stanz. These new upgrades represent our commitment to excellence, by maintaining our leadership position as the provider of the most advanced online cannabis laboratory strain management system. We expect these tools to become the new industry standard rather than competitive systems that often overcharge dispensaries for subscription advertising services.

Dispensaries and delivery services can sign up for a free account here:

http://budgenius.com/signup.php

Companies interested in MenuGenius can learn more here:

http://budgenius.com/menu-genius.php

About BudGenius.com

BudGenius.com is a social networking website, and leading provider of medical marijuana testing services located in California. In addition to cannabis safety screenings, BudGenius provides a unique rating system to assist patients in selecting marijuana strains more likely to efficiently treat specific medical conditions.

http://www.BudGenius.com

About BG Medical Technologies

BG Medical Technologies develops ancillary support services for medical cannabis patients and professionals, including its flagship medical marijuana research laboratory and website portal, BudGenius.com. BG Medical Technologies, Inc. currently trades under the symbol OTC:RIGH. Symbol and name change pending.

http://www.BgMedTech.com

BG Medical Technologies and its companies do not sell, grow, harvest, cultivate, nor distribute medical cannabis.

Contact:

Angel Stanz

Chief Executive Officer

pr(at)bgmedtech(dot)com

(855) 723-3283

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BudGenius Raises the Bar for Cannabis Laboratories, Again!

71-year-old Former Marine Completes Coast-To-Coast ElliptiGO Run and Raises More than $11,000 for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 05, 2012

71-year-old former Marine Rick Hermelin made history this week as the first person to run coast-to-coast on an ElliptiGO elliptical running machine. The intrepid septuagenarian made the epic 3,000-mile trek to raise funds for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, a non-profit set up to provide support for injured and critically ill members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. Hermelin began his transcontinental journey on March 23, 2012 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina and finished his fundraising run in exactly 100 days at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California on June 30, 2012.

With the goal of raising $ 10,000 for the Semper Fi Fund, Hermelin made the crossing self-supported, carrying only a small backpack. His mission quickly captured the hearts of the people he met along the way. Families opened up their homes to him, restaurant owners fed him free of charge and a network of fire departments hosted him for 53 nights. In the end, Rick exceeded his fundraising goal and as of July 3, 2012, he had raised $ 11,462 for the Semper Fi Fund.

Hermelin served in the Marine Corps from 1959 to 1963 as an Aviation Communications Technician, but it wasnt until later in life that he developed his love of running. Over the course of 35 years, from 1976 to 2011, he completed 100 marathons, 100 half-marathons, and 100 10K races. Having reached this incredible milestone in June 2011, he started looking for a new challenge.

I had thought about running across the U.S. before, said Hermelin, but I wasnt sure if my body would hold up for the entire journey. Plus, it would take me about 6 months. Thats when one of his clients suggested he try out the ElliptiGO as an alternative.

Designed by runners, the ElliptiGO is the first outdoor, low-impact, fitness device specifically designed to emulate the running motion. It allows athletes of all levels to get a high-intensity workout without experiencing the repetitive impact of running. Healthy athletes and injured athletes alike have found it the most effective way to get an outdoor running experience without the usual pounding on their bodies.

In keeping with his 100 theme, Hermelin put together a plan to run across the country on the ElliptiGO in 100 days to raise awareness about the benefits of being physically fit, something he learned in the Marines. ElliptiGO co-founder and co-president, Bryan Pate, was impressed with his idea. As a fellow former Marine, I admire his courage in completing this crossing alone and appreciate his desire to help out injured Marines.

The Marine Corps had such a positive impact on my life and supporting the Semper Fi Fund seemed like a great way to honor that influence, Rick said. To finish this 3,000-mile trek is a great personal accomplishment, but raising money for the Semper Fi Fund and helping out other Marines is what makes my effort more meaningful.

Crossing the country on the unconventional fitness machine, Rick racked up some impressive statistics:

Daily average distance

71-year-old Former Marine Completes Coast-To-Coast ElliptiGO Run and Raises More than $11,000 for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund