- Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced the program for its 10th annual Directors Close-Up series, taking place February 2 – March 2, 2011 at The Landmark – West Los Angeles.  Writer/Directors James Gray (Two Lovers) and Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of [...]

In 1972 during a period of military dictatorship in Brazil, police officers raided the house of artist Rubens Camargo and seized eight paintings, which they considered subversive. Those paintings would have been his first solo exhibit. Camargo was then forbidden to paint and ended up going to exile in Paris where he died some 27 [...]

In a world full of network marketing opportunities EVO International has burst on to the scene with something so new and innovative it is sure to be duplicated. EVO 5:12 stands for “the five dollars and twelve days that can change your life” which has caught the eye of established network marketers and first timers [...]

The PCI Coach e-publication was born from the keen awareness and appreciation that many small and medium size businesses do not have IT or compliance staff to decipher credit card security requirements (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, "PCI DSS" or "PCI" for short) let alone how to comply with them without emptying your bank [...]

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Leading mobile application developer Handmark® today announced a new and exclusive “Zip It” feature for both the free and premium version of its popular TweetCaster app, used by more than a million Android Twitter fans around the world.

- Award-winning Microsoft IT consulting firm, Catapult Systems today announced it has acquired The Ad Ranch, an Austin-based advertising and interactive company, has launched Slingrock, a new interactive branding, design and marketing agency. Slingrock will offer valuable brand development, digital marketing, e-commerce, mobile application and design services to the roster of top companies that rely [...]

- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Pumps Market in India 2011

A new website launches for NFY Interactive, Inc. a San Diego web design, web development and application development firm. The website features a fresh new design utilizing the latest development technology for web design and includes a comprehensive portfolio highlighting the vast array of projects NFY has worked on over the past 12 years. The [...]

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Unlike most restaurant-finding apps, DiningGrades offers directed information on the sanitation and health of a restaurant, not just its decor, cuisine or friendly staff.

- Today, Zagat Survey released the results of its Las Vegas Restaurants Survey, with detailed local data, ratings and reviews available on ZAGAT.com, ZAGAT.mobi and ZAGAT TO GO for smartphones. The Survey covers 523 Las Vegas restaurants based on the opinions of 3,736 local reviewers who, all told, ate out roughly 637,000 times in the [...]

Fitness experts have noted that agility training can be more effective if the athlete has to respond to varying directional commands as it takes away the athlete’s ability to anticipate the next move. This is precisely what Zigyt does and so more closely mimics a real competitive situation than does executing static agility exercises.

- In 2011, members of the new Republican-led Congress will take their seats to finalize the Dodd-Frank Act, usher in tax changes and possibly decide the future of healthcare reform. To assess the impact these changes will have on the private equity industry, Dow Jones will convene top investors, industry association leaders and Washington insiders [...]

The spa travel website Spas of America today announced their annual ranking of the Top 50 Spas, based on consumer behavior on their website. “This year the list includes wine-tasting spas in Ontario and California, destination spas in Utah and the Midwest, and ocean spa experiences in Hawaii and British Columbia. The Top 50 Spas of 2010 offers insight [...]

DLS Internet Services announces the launch of its new website, TelephonyYourWay.com . The site is intended to promote the company’s business Voice/Video over IP Hosted PBX service and underline general benefits of Hosted Telephony to modern business. TelephonyYourWay.com features extensive educational and technical resources and simple and easy to use service cost estimator.

- Strategic Solutions Network (SSN), the parent company of the Medicaid Innovations Forum, today announced the 2nd Annual Medicaid Innovations Forum, February 1-2, 2011, beginning at 8:00 A.M. ET on Tuesday. The conference is being held at the Westin Grand Hotel in Washington, DC.

Even though a recently released national survey indicates growing hostility towards drunk driving, Seattle car accident attorney Dean Brett says that too many Washington drivers still engage in this form of reckless driving.

Flagship Property Ventures Corp., a Toronto-based apartment landlord, launches in- demand property videos of apartments for rent to integrate into online listings on RentSeeker.ca, a new Toronto-based listing company that focuses on the apartment rental industry in Canada. Flagship was at the forefront of using social media as a marketing tool. Their use of 3-D [...]

Marc H. Rudov, author, relationship coach, speaker, and radio/TV personality, announces today his fifth annual boycott of Valentine’s Day, which he calls “Nomance Day.”