Software
AppTech completes Jesus App
AppTech has completed company’s first app designed for the Christian community throughout the world. The Jesus app has been submitted to the iPhone App Store in English and is being translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
Approval to commence sales is expected from the App Store in the near future. AppTech will donate twenty percent (20%) of [...]
Former Hitachi executive to lead RPX’s Asia operations
Former Hitachi executive, Hisao Yamasaki, has joined RPX, a San Francisco-based provider of patent risk solutions. Yamasaki, 46, will serve as president of RPX Asia, responsible for client relations and new client development in the region.
Yamasaki will be based in the company’s new offices in Tokyo. He joins RPX at a time when the company [...]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts launches app for BlackBerry phones
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has launched the SPG App for BlackBerry smartphones. The app is based on its Starwood Preferred Guest program.
The SPG App enables BlackBerry smartphone users to browse and make reservations at 1,000 Starwood properties across the globe. Members can also use the new application to manage current reservations, view their Starpoints [...]
Alcatel-Lucent acquires Openplug
Alcatel-Lucent has acquired Openplug, a mobile software and applications development tools vendor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Alcatel-Lucent can now extend Openplug’s functionality to service providers, enterprises and developers so they can create and deploy applications across multiple mobile devices and within service provider app stores.
As a result, applications that had previously only been [...]
FSV Payment Systems announces new CEO
FSV Payment Systems, a provider of pre-paid debit processing and program management services, has announced that Richard Savard has succeeded Jonathan Palmer as FSV’s President and Chief Executive Officer, reporting to FSV’s Board of Directors.
Palmer who has served as President and CEO since October 2005, will remain with the company as a Director. He Palmer [...]
Chrysalis launches outbound notification service
Chrysalis Software, a provider of contact centre professional services and products, has introduced a cloud or premise-based multimedia information delivery service that manages outbound notifications for contact centres.
The Chrysalis Notification Service delivers information via a variety of media such as phone, text message, e-mail, or Twitter. Messages can be sent on a one-by-one basis, or [...]
IG Index dealing app now available for iPhone
IG Index, a financial spread betting firm in the UK, is now offering its new iPhone dealing app for download.
Available free of charge from the AppStore, the application aims to offer clients all the functionality of the traditional dealing platform, as well as a real-time charting package and breaking news headlines from Thomson Reuters.
IG Index [...]
360Works launches scribe text processing plug-in for FileMaker
360Works, a FileMaker product developer, has released Scribe, a text processing plug-in that allows users to read and write text from Microsoft Office and PDF files, find what changed in a text field and highlight text matching any criteria.
Scribe will allow users to read and write Word, Excel, and PDF documents and forms directly from [...]
iPhoneApplicationList.com launches a marketplace for apps
iPhoneApplicationList.com, a portal for iPhone app discovery, app reviews and videos, has launched a service named AppExchange, an open marketplace where developers can find the potential buyers for their apps and underlying technology.
There is a range of apps in App Store developed by developers who do not have much time for app support and promotion. [...]
Grockit launches social network for LSAT studying
Grockit, a social network for studying that uses collaborative learning and develops adaptive programs for students, announced the launch of its LSAT test prep program.
The program incorporates the most current, licensed Law School Admission Test (LSAT) questions available with collaborative online learning methodology and peer-to-peer interaction to provide a customisable test prep program. Students have [...]
