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Give Dad the Tools He Really Wants this Father’s Day with Great Gift Ideas from Sprint
Posted in Technology on 16 June 2010Getting the perfect present for dad can be tricky but you can save him from a tacky Father’s Day tie this year and get him something he’ll really enjoy – a sleek and powerful device from Sprint (NYSE:S) packed with all of the latest tools dad needs to make his life easier and more enjoyable. [...]
New York Residents Gather to Volunteer Their Time in Exchange for Free Lady Gaga Tickets
Posted in Business on 16 June 2010Virgin Mobile USA: WHAT: Virgin Mobile USA, sponsor of the upcoming second leg of Lady Gaga’s North American tour, is providing volunteers in the New York City area with an opportunity to earn tickets to Virgin Mobile Presents the Monster Ball starring Lady Gaga coming to New York on July 6-9, 2010. A group of [...]
Sprint Earns No. 3 Spot – out of 500 – on Everything Channel’s Top Technology Integrators and Solutions Providers List
Posted in Technology on 16 June 2010Sprint (NYSE:S) has received the top ranking among telecom providers, and the No. 3 ranking among all industry sectors, on the Everything Channel’s VAR500 list of North America’s top technology integrators for 2010. The 16th annual VAR500 ranks the leading technology integrators and technology solution provider organizations in North America based on gross worldwide revenue [...]
Sprint To Host 10th Annual Open Developer Conference, Oct. 26 – 28 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Posted in Technology on 16 June 2010Sprint (NYSE:S) announced that its 10th annual Open Developer Conference will be held Oct. 26 – 28 in Santa Clara, Calif. Developers can register for the conference at http://developer.sprint.com/devcon2010. Mobile applications are the fastest growing wireless segment in the industry. According to a report by consulting firm Chetan Sharma Consulting, mobile application downloads across all [...]
Machines talk together and transform business operations with Sprint’s M2M wireless mobility solutions
Posted in Technology on 16 June 2010When machines talk, smart companies listen. M2M, or machine-to-machine communication, is fast becoming a market-changing force for a wide spectrum of entrepreneurial businesses. Since launching its Emerging Solutions Group in October 2009, Sprint (NYSE: S) has worked with solutions partners to help a growing number of businesses serve customers – and in some cases outflank [...]
Southern California Edison Salutes Graduates and Reminds Celebrants That Metallic Balloons Can Cause Outages
Posted in Business on 16 June 2010The month of June means final exams, the start of school vacations, and graduations for many people, but while Southern California Edison (SCE) salutes all the grads it also reminds everyone that June often sees a rise in power outages that easily could have been avoided if metallic balloons outdoors were handled more responsibly. In [...]
Southern California Edison to Install Smart Meters in South Bay Communities
Posted in Business on 16 June 2010Southern California Edison (SCE) will start installing smart electric meters throughout South Bay communities in Los Angeles County as part of the Edison SmartConnect program. SCE customers in those communities are receiving new meters starting this week through the end of July, and later this year will be able to take advantage of new programs [...]
Ascendis Selects Softscape for Talent Management Partnership
Posted in Business on 16 June 2010Softscape, an innovator powering complete people management solutions, today announced Ascendis, a leading consultancy company in Romania, has selected Softscape as its premier partner to resell the industry’s most complete talent management SaaS solution. This alliance will provide Ascendis’ customers with an advanced strategic HR software platform to better manage their workforces and drive growth [...]
7-Eleven Selects Softscape’s Retail Human Resource (HR) Solution for Complete Talent Management
Posted in Business on 16 June 2010Softscape, an innovator powering complete people management solutions, today announced that 7-Eleven, Inc., the world’s largest convenience store retailer, is deploying Softscape for Retail talent management solution to better align and manage its approximately 30,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada. Leveraging Softscape’s latest Human Resources technology, 7-Eleven can achieve its business objectives by providing [...]
Skype now available for Sony Ericsson Symbian smartphones
Posted in Technology on 16 June 2010Skype announced today the availability of Skype on three Sony Ericsson smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Users of Sony Ericsson’s flagship smartphones Satio™, Vivaz™ and Vivaz™ pro can now use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (3G, GPRS, EDGE). It can be [...]