Plantronics Announces the New Savor M1100 Bluetooth Headset With Advanced Voice Controls to Raise the Power of Communications

Posted by Simone Boswell on 28 September, 2010 in Digital Media & Entertainment | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

Plantronics Vocalyst Service Lets Users Send Email, Listen to Text
Messages and Reminders With Simple Voice Controls

Plantronics, Inc. today extended its premium headset leadership with the Plantronics Savor(TM) M1100(TM) Bluetooth(R) headset. The Plantronics Savor combines precision three-mic audio performance and a new online voice service, Plantronics Vocalyst(TM), to deliver exceptional audio experiences for conversations, text-to-speech, audio streaming, and much more.

“We’ve established ourselves as the leader for premium headsets through an unrelenting quest for product, design and technology innovations that delight our customers and make communications simple and convenient,” said Elizabeth Bastiaanse Hamren, vice president of Marketing at Plantronics. “The Plantronics Savor with Vocalyst builds on the worldwide successes of the Discovery 975 and Voyager PRO, delivering a breakthrough in voice-driven simplicity and performance.”

Plantronics Vocalyst & Voice Commands Plantronics Vocalyst is a cloud-based voice service integrated with the Plantronics Savor and Plantronics Voyager(TM) PRO+ that significantly enhances the user experience with convenient features and capabilities. By pressing Savor’s dedicated voice button and speaking commands, users may:

  • Send and listen to emails and text-to-speech messages,
  • Record and listen to reminders,
  • Post messages to Twitter and listen to their streams,
  • Update Evernote accounts to easily capture moments and ideas with their voice,
  • Listen to the latest news, finance, sports and weather reports.

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An Opportunity to Present your Technology to Verizon Wireless

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 27 September, 2010 in Analytics | Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | Entrepreneurship | Events | InfoSecurity | Medical Technology | Software/Services | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

DATE:
November 17-18, 2010

Application Submission Deadline
October 22nd, 2010

CommNexus San Diego would like to invite you to apply to meet with Verizon Wireless through MarketLink™. Marketlink is a FREE program that pairs local companies with multinational corporations hoping to identify and license new technologies. MarketLink brings parties of mutual interest together by orchestrating an event that will offer selected companies the opportunity to present to technology executives from visiting corporations in a personalized 1-on-1 session. Learn more and apply today

WHAT VERIZON IS LOOKING FOR:

  • Privacy/identity management
  • Collaboration tools
  • Personal health & wellness monitoring
  • Consumer Cloud-based services (content sharing, gaming, etc.)
  • Mobile security
  • Mobile Services and Applications marketing tools
  • Mobile Application Development enablers (API management, porting, voice APIs, context awareness, mash-ups, etc)
  • Customer Analytics
  • In-car mobile experience
  • Hardware innovation
  • Voice innovation

Learn more at… http://www.commnexus.org/programs/event_2010062170224.php

CALLING ALL MUSIC LOVERS

Posted by Simone Boswell on 24 September, 2010 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment - (Be the first to comment)

Tunepresto Public Beta Lottery Now In Session
Sign-up for a chance to test-drive the new online platform
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Tunepresto™ an online platform to help you create original, royalty-free background soundtracks, is looking for beta testers. Perfect for videos, slideshow presentations and more, Tunepresto analyzes video content and based on individual musical style selection, creates a background tune.

Whether you are trying to jazz-up that graduation footage, or you are a professional looking to avoid the painful process of piecing together video soundtracks, users of all levels are encouraged to come “make music” with Tunepresto. For a chance to test-drive the new online platform and create the perfect tune for that special occasion, please visit: http://www.tunepresto.com/make-music. Testers will be picked at random in upcoming weeks and notified via e-mail if they were chosen. (more…)

Amulet Devices Ships Voice Remote

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 13 September, 2010 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | EI Client News - (Be the first to comment)

Amulet’s new remote brings Voice Control into your living room via Windows 7 Media Center – your music, pictures, movies and TV now only a voice command away.

Amulet’s unique remote control, previewed at CES 2010, allows control of Windows Media Center through simple voice commands. It is fully compatible with Microsoft’s Windows 7 Media Center, and also older Windows Vista Media Center systems.

With the recent proliferation of digital entertainment, navigating large volumes of content is cumbersome. Voice control enhances the Media Center user interface experience, providing an intuitive, efficient means to search and control your music, movies, photos and TV.

The Amulet Voice Remote also operates as a standard infra-red Media Center remote. It includes full IR learning capability to allow users to control up to four additional audio visual devices. (more…)

Tethras & 3D4Medical at APPNATION

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 10 September, 2010 in APPS | Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | EI Client News | Medical Technology | Software/Services | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

EI-Americas clients Tethras and 3D4Medical are attending and demonstrating their latest advances at the APPNATION in San Francisco September 13th & 14th at the Moscone Convention Center.  Stop by their booths to see how these two exciting Irish companies are pushing the APP envelope.

Tethras
Stop by the Tethras booth where they will be demonstrating their online translation platform that provides a fast and uncomplicated localization solution for mobile application developers. This service seamlessly integrates into the development process, allowing developers to translate their apps into multiple languages. Tethras facilitates mobilizing your apps and reaching customers around the world. Beta Registration now open! Request an account and take Tethras for a spin at… http://www.tethras.com/

3D4Medical
3D4Medical will be demonstrating their latest, soon to be released ground breaking 3D app technology. 3D4Medical already have had phenomenal success, having 4 of the top ten grossing iPad medical apps on iTunes. 3D4Medical are looking for medical partners and financial angels to expand their business rapidly. Stop by and see the latest applications in action – a giant technical leap forward for medical applications on the iPhone and iPad platforms. http://www.3d4medical.com/

An Opportunity to Present Your Technology to LG Electronics October 18-20

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 9 September, 2010 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | Software/Services | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

CommNexus San Diego would like to invite you to apply to meet with LG Electronics through MarketLink.

MarketLink a.k.a. High-Tech Speed Dating:
CommNexus San Diego would like to invite you to apply to meet with LG Electronics through MarketLink™. Marketlink is a FREE program that pairs local companies with multinational corporations hoping to identify and license new technologies. MarketLink brings parties of mutual interest together by orchestrating an event that will offer selected companies the opportunity to present to technology executives from visiting corporations in a personalized 1-on-1 session.

Who LG is:
At LG, we believe that technological innovation is the key to success in the marketplace. Founded in 1958, we’ve led the way in bringing advanced digital products and applied technologies to our customers. With our commitment to innovation and assertive global business policies we aim to become a worldwide leader in advanced digital technology.

What LG is Looking For:

* Consumer Content Management: We’re looking for innovative solutions to accessing, sharing and managing content
* New Applications and Services: We are seeking partnerships to bring new applications and services to consumers. These include Social Networking, Video Communication, Productivity, Convenience, Health and Wellness, Life Management, Shopping, Mobile Banking/Wallet, Messaging, etc.
* User Interaction: We’re looking to move beyond the current generation of user interfaces. To do this, we need elemental technologies to help us achieve this – touchless screens, proximity detection, gesture recognition, voice recognition (including ‘speech to text’ and ‘text to speech’), motion detection, location awareness etc. We’re also interested in innovative software to enable these technologies.
* Wireless & RF Technologies: We’re looking for new ways to send data between consumer electronics devices wirelessly. We’re looking for un-compressed transmissions that can be used for all sorts of data between many devices. We also want to hear about antenna technologies.
* Next Gen Displays: We’d like to hear about technologies related to displays, addressing the current trends in 3D, OLED, LED backlight, slim dimensions etc; as well as more longer term visions such as whole wall displays and ways to drive super high resolutions or scalable modular systems.
* In Car Telematics: One of the B2B areas that LG is involved in is In Car Telematics. In this category, we’re looking for different types of driver assistance systems.
* Energy Efficiency Technologies: We would like to hear about technologies for improving energy efficiency and lower power consumption in our products, and also environmentally friendly home energy generation and storage.
* Security & Surveillance: LG is looking for technologies that will take home, building and related security applications to the next level. This includes content recognition and tracking, pattern analysis, unusual activity detection systems, storage technology, etc.
* Personal Healthcare: We are interested in mobile and in home monitoring, non-invasive testing, health tracking, etc. We’re also interested in technologies that help to maintain a healthy life, such as air quality management solutions, water filtration and treatment solutions.

The LG team attending:

Ehtisham Rabbani
Corporate V.P. Innovation and Marketing
LG MobileComm USA

Won Joon Suh
Senior Director Product Strategy
LG MobileComm USA

Warren Naugler
Senior Manager Marketing Intelligence and Product Strategy
LG MobileComm USA

Ann Cole
Director Business Development
LG MobileComm USA

Nandhu Nandhakumar
Senior Vice President Advanced Technology Office of the CTO
LG Electronics

Dongho Lee
Collaborate & Innovate Team, Office of the CTO
LG Electronics

Changhae Jung
Collaborate & Innovate Team, Office of the CTO
LG Electronics

Five Finalists Selected for Silicon Valley, IBM SmartCamp

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 8 September, 2010 in Archive | Awards | CleanTech | Consumer | Consumer/Retail | Digital Media & Entertainment | Entrepreneurship | Programs/Events | SmartCamp | Software/Services | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

Regional Winners from around the globe headed to
Dublin in November

Enterprise Ireland congratulates the five finalists in the Silicon Valley IBM SmartCamp final(below). IBM’s SmartCamp is a global program being held in seven cities around the world in 2010. The program culminates with one selected company from each city being invited to SmartCamp week in Dublin (Ireland) in November. There one will be named “The World’s Smartest Start-up”.

Enterprise Ireland is keen to talk to high tech entrepreneurs who are interested in setting up part of their business in Ireland. Enterprise Ireland is working with IBM and will be delighted to welcome the winners to Dublin for finals week in November.

Final winners will be offered an Incentive Package to give them the opportunity to spend 3 months in Dublin to explore the advantages of setting up a part of their business in Ireland. The package includes financial support in the region of €20,000 and a mentor support programme provided by top class highly experienced entrepreneurs and business people and access to incubation space.

Check back with us on Thursday afternoon as we feature video presentations of each of the finalist below. (more…)

The San Francisco Irish Film Festival is quickly approaching!

Posted by Enterprise Ireland Admin on 3 September, 2010 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | Events - (1 Comments)

The San Francisco Irish Film Festival 2010

  • This year’s theme: Irish Romance, and that’s the overanalyzed, undercommunicated, post-apocalyptic, Bollywood-dancing, rockabilly love-dueling, what-70-women-secretly-think-about-their-men kind of romance. Watch the event video trailer
  • Opening Party: Thursday, Sept. 23th 2010 At Picaro Tapas Cafe 16th Street (opposite the Roxie).
  • Opening: Thursday, Sept. 23th 2010
  • Closing: Saturday, Sept. 25th, 2010
  • Tickets: ($10) available at The Roxie box office and through ticketweb.com

The seventh annual San Francisco Irish Film Festival returns to the Roxie Theater in San Francisco’s Mission District on September 23 to 25 with its best line-up yet and a theme of romance. With “the most fumbling, indirect, over-intellectualized proposal ever secretly caught on camera” in the documentary The Bass Player, or what 70 Irish women think about their men in the multi-award-winning film His and Hers, we’re talking romance Irish-style. Forget that saccharine Hollywood nonsense.

As a special treat, four filmmakers will be present at question-and-answer sessions after the films. They are available for interviews before the event as well as in San Francisco from September 23 to 25.

In celebration of low-budget Irish independent filmmaking, the Festival will also be honoring one of the directors with a special New Director’s Award. See the Festival website schedule page for the dates and times of screenings, descriptions of movies, and links to movie trailers. Press copies of movies are available on request.

The Festival kicks off on Thursday, September 23 with A Film With Me In It. This black comedy, directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, won the Best Film award at the Istanbul Film Festival. The story follows two would-be filmmakers trying to cope with a mounting body count resulting from freak accidents they didn’t cause but, if discovered, will make them look like murderers. The film features standout comic performances by Mark Doherty, who wrote the script, and Dylan Moran. (more…)

“App Development Made Easy”

Posted by Simone Boswell on 2 September, 2010 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | Software/Services | Telecom/Mobil - (Be the first to comment)

Nokia encourages Irish developers to create apps for Ovi Store

According to a recent article at SiliconRepublic.com “Nokia is pushing to boost its apps market for the release of the Nokia N8 at its second Ovi Developer Day, which took place yesterday at the Guinness Storehouse.”

Shane O’Brien, Nokia’s Irland software and services manager stated in the article “For me, in the Irish market, I want to get as much local content as possible. Lots of other people look at other different platforms that are out there and there’s quite a lot of availability on those platforms. Apps are changing consistently the whole time and what we want to do is make sure that people who have a Nokia device can go on to the Ovi Store and have the same, if not more choice.”

A key component to Nokia’s developer support is an App Wizard which allows new developers to easily create apps without extensive programming in as little as 15 minutes. In addition to the App Wizard Nokia is promoting it’s Forum Nokia developer community, tutorials and access to information and workshops all promoted through the Ovi Store.

Read the full story here

Weedle awarded €200,000 to define future of search

Posted by Simone Boswell on in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | Software/Services - (Be the first to comment)

SiliconRepublic.com reported today that Enterprise Ireland client Weedle has been awarded €200,000.

“Social media player Weedle and UCD scientists have been awarded a €200,000 innovation ward to combine their expertise to enhance online search and connect technology.

With users in more than 60 countries after just six months, Weedle.com, the Irish-based social media company, is fast establishing its online presence as ‘The World’s Trusted Network of People with Skills’. They’ve even trademarked it!

It is a free web service where people can showcase their skills as part of a trusted network. The unique advantage of the Weedle platform is that it combines the trusted connections of online social networking with a search for specific skills.

In June, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Batt O’Keeffe revealed Weedle is to create 50 new jobs as it pursues its mission.

“The UCD scientists based at CLARITY are leading experts in web search and information discovery systems which help distill vast quantities of online information into timely and accurate search results for users,” says Weedle co-founder and CEO Iain Mac Donald. (more…)

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