Ethertronics’ EtherModule 1.0 offers a highly modular and optimized wideband self-tunable antenna solution for wireless vendors designing M2M products. As a turnkey, plug-and-play, active antenna system module, EtherModule 1.0 combines Ethertronics’ advanced antenna architecture with its EtherChip 1.0™ tunable capacitor for easy integration by wireless product designers – minimizing the need for additional engineering design and getting products to market faster. Its compact size and ability to cover a wide range of frequency needs – from 100 MHz up to several GHz covering 2G, 3G, 4G cellular as well as Bluetooth, ISM, WiFi and ZigBee bands – make it ideal for M2M devices.

“On behalf of the Ethertronics team, I would like to thank CTIA, judges of the E-Tech Awards and our peers in the industry for recognizing our EtherModule 1.0 solution as a significant innovation in the wireless industry,” said Laurent Desclos, president and CEO at Ethertronics. “By combining expertise from our three divisions – antennas, systems and chips –we are able to provide designers with a way to differentiate their products and stand-out in a competitive market.”

Nearly 300 entries were judged by a panel of highly respected industry experts, reporters and analysts. Submissions were scored on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor. E-Tech winners, including Best in Show and Online Pick will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. PDT at CTIA’s Exhibit Innovations Stage on the trade show floor within CTIA World, booth #5646.

To learn more about EtherModule 1.0, visit http://ethertronics.com/products/M2M/.

Between now and May 20, website visitors may vote for the “Best Online Pick” at www.ctiashow.com/awards. CTIA 2013 show attendees will vote on-site via text message for entries in the E-Tech Awards display to win “Best in Show.”

To get smarter about CTIA 2013 or to register, visit www.ctia2013.com.

“Currently, there are no FDA-approved treatments for Duchenne; however, there are several potential therapies in development and currently in clinical trials,” notes Pat Furlong, founding president and CEO of PPMD. “It’s essential that patients and their families have ongoing access to information on the latest clinical trials. We’re proud to bring this new resource to the Duchenne community.”

The app was developed with the goal of filling a need for the Duchenne community and developed with the experts at PPMD.

Especially for rare disorders, enrolling enough patients in a clinical trial can be challenging. “With the explosive growth of mobile devices, people are using their smartphones to access information 24/7 whenever and wherever they need it,” says Wendy White, founder and president of Siren Interactive. “This app will make it easier for Duchenne families to find the right resources. We’re also very pleased to be able to support the amazing work of PPMD.”

About Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne is a fatal genetic disorder that slowly robs young men of their muscle strength. Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) is the largest, most comprehensive nonprofit organization in the United States focused on finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy—our mission is to end Duchenne.

We invest deeply in treatments for this generation of young men affected by Duchenne and in research that will benefit future generations. We advocate in Washington, DC, and have secured hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. We demand optimal care, and we strengthen, unite, and educate the global Duchenne community.

Everything we do—and everything we have done since our founding in 1994—helps boys with Duchenne live longer, stronger lives. We will not rest until every young man has a treatment to end Duchenne. Go to www.ParentProjectMD.org for more information or to learn how you can support our efforts and help families affected by Duchenne.

About Siren Interactive
Siren Interactive is a digital relationship marketing agency focused exclusively on addressing the challenges and unmet needs of patients, caregivers, and physicians dealing with chronic rare disorders. Because of this expertise, the agency can drive new patient starts and lifelong adherence to therapies for its biopharmaceutical clients. A recipient of the 2011 Manny Heart Award, Siren Interactive is the nation’s first and only marketing agency with dual regulatory compliance certification for Patient Relationship Marketing and Internet Promotion/Social Media. The agency was founded in 1999 as a woman-owned business and has been on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the US since 2010. Visit http://www.sireninteractive.com.

“After this latest round, where the system hit and killed 100 percent of the shots in a very demanding test series, the only rational conclusion is that the system simply works,” said Keith Brendley, CEO of Artis, LLC, developer of Iron Curtain. “We proved not only that Iron Curtain defeats threats and saves lives, but the risk from collateral damage is minimal, especially when compared with the alternative.”

Brendley said that the system protects military vehicles and other assets by intercepting threats such as rocket-propelled grenades inches from the vehicle and rendering them inert, even if the threat was fired from extremely close range. Iron Curtain uses two independent sensors, radar and optical, high-speed computing, and tightly controlled countermunitions to minimize the false alarm rate and provide extraordinary system effectiveness and reliability.

“In addition to these compelling test results, Iron Curtain has an approved safety architecture as unanimously recommended by the Joint Services Weapons Safety Review Board. These accomplishments along with our cost studies show that this system is affordable and ready to integrate today,” said Brendley.

The system’s radar was developed by Mustang Technology Group in Plano, Texas. BAE Systems integrated the system onto a combat vehicle as a system demonstrator for government testing.

Mark Signorelli, a BAE Systems executive, said, “We evaluated many active protection systems. Iron Curtain was selected because of its test history, maturity, robust capability against many types of threats, and safety to personnel outside the vehicle. Clearly, the outstanding result from these tests vindicates our decision. The BAE protection systems team picked the best APS in the market, and then did an excellent job in integrating it with our platform.”

Retired Army Gen. Walter “Skip” Sharp, former head of U.S. and U.N. forces in Korea, said, “The threat posed by small rockets and missiles is very real in places such as Korea and around the globe. When I first heard how Iron Curtain shoots down threats just inches from the vehicle, my reaction was, ‘No way!’ But after I examined the data and witnessed a live fire demonstration, I was convinced. It defeats a real threat, and I can’t see any technical, safety or affordability reason why this shouldn’t be deployed today and save lives.”

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Expeditionary Warfare, Brian Detter, said, “This is clearly a life-saving technology, and the testing demonstrates it is ready to be included in existing ground vehicles and those under development, such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Currently, there is no plan to include APS, and modifications can be made which preserves this capability at very little cost.”

About Artis, LLC

Artis is privately held and a partially owned subsidiary of Plasan U.S. Founded in 1999, the company specializes in advanced concept development of technology supporting defense and security markets. Its focus includes advanced real-time information systems, with an emphasis on distributed sensor and actuation networks operating at extremely high speeds.

President and CEO, Barry Sloane said, “Despite an improved lending environment and recent highs in the equity market, the small business economy continues to limp along without much growth or momentum. We still see a lack of business confidence, particularly in the areas of weaker retail sales and anemic to negative small business formations. Entrepreneurial spirit and business confidence is lacking in the small business economy to make any major difference and contribution to the overall economy.”

About Newtek Business Services, Inc.

Newtek Business Services, The Small Business Authority®, provides the following products and services:

• Newtek Advantage™: Mobile real-time operating platform for business intelligence. The Newtek Advantage™ puts all critical business transactions in real-time. Access data on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or PC as it relates to eCommerce for credit/ debit transactions, website statistics, payroll, insurance and business loans.
• Electronic Payment Processing: eCommerce, electronic solutions to accept non-cash payments, including credit and debit cards, check conversion, remote deposit capture, ACH processing, and electronic gift and loyalty card programs.
• Managed Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing): Full-service web host, which offers eCommerce solutions, shared and dedicated web hosting and related services including domain registration and online shopping cart tools.
• eCommerce: A suite of services that enable small businesses to get up and running on-line quickly and cost effectively, with integrated web design, payment processing and shopping cart services.
• Business Lending: Broad array of lending products including SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 loans.
• Insurance Services: Commercial and personal lines of insurance, including health and employee benefits in all 50 states, working with over 40 insurance carriers.
• Web Services: Customized web design and development services.
• Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval designed to meet the specific regulatory and compliance needs of any business.
• Accounts Receivable Financing: Receivable purchasing and financing services.
• Payroll: Complete payroll management and processing services.

Newtek Business Services, Inc., The Small Business Authority, is a direct distributor of a wide range of business services and financial products to the small- and medium-sized business market under the Newtek^® brand. Since 1999, Newtek has helped small- and medium-sized business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools needed to manage and grow their businesses and to compete effectively in today’s marketplace. Newtek provides its services to over 100,000 business accounts and has positioned the Newtek^® brand as a one-stop-shop provider of such business services. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are over 27.5 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7% of all employer firms.

Gregory Kennedy, VP Marketing, TapSense comments: “It’s great news that UDID is finally being phased out and marketers should be excited about the new IFA alternative, which has been available since the release of iOS 6 last year. For a long time, many advertisers have found themselves in a legal gray area as the compliance guidelines have been unclear. Marketers now have the clarity they have been looking for and we anticipate advertising on iOS to increase significantly because of this.”

Apple’s IFA alternative is built into iOS 6 and users can opt out of any tracking method by changing a setting at the device level. The device level solution also puts iOS ahead of the PC web, where legal compliance with ad tracking has to be handled on a site-by-site basis via cookies.

Now that Apple’s IFA is available for marketers, TapSense offers the following tips on how to get the most out of app conversion tracking:

1. Understand user Lifetime Value (LTV): Conversion tracking lets you understand an acquired user’s LTV and focus on getting users who spend in your app.
2. Avoid Software Development Kit (SDK) conflict: With one conversion tracking SDK in your app you can avoid the headaches of managing multiple SDKs.
3. Work with multiple publishers: With conversion tracking in place you can easily work with new publishers, ad networks and other third parties.
4. Acquisition deduplication: Don’t pay twice for the same user from different networks. Conversion tracking attributes users to the right source.
5. Focus on iOS: With the legal gray area surrounding UDID now clarified, you can track all your advertising campaigns with confidence.
6. Get better ROI: With conversion tracking you can optimize your marketing by channel and creative to reduce your cost per acquisition.
7. Improve your product: Follow users through the conversion funnel and identify the drop off points so your team can correct them.
8. Get back to marketing: With Apple’s IFA and the right conversion tracking in place, marketers can stop worrying about tech issues and get back to doing what they do best – marketing.

TapSense is happy to answer questions from marketers and provide consulting on how to make their analytics and mobile marketing work with Apple’s IFA. Questions should be directed to help@tapsense.com.

For more information on TapSense, please visit: http://www.tapsense.com

For more information or an interview with a senior TapSense executive, please contact:

Dan Gamble
Hotwire PR
1-415-971-7938
Dan.gamble@hotwirepr.com

About TapSense
TapSense creates tools to make mobile marketing simple. Their flagship product, M3 Cloud, is an enterprise platform that allows marketers to do conversion tracking, monitor multi-channel funnel analytics and optimize campaigns directly to revenue. TapSense boasts over 40 customers, including: Fab, Trulia, HotelTonight, Poshmark, Pocket Gems, and Tiny Co.

TapSense was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

To learn more, visit: www.tapsense.com

Hosted through the secure Cloudcuity Management Portal, NCOIC members will have access to CloudScreen™, an automated set of evaluation tools that:

• Determines cloud infrastructure feasibility
• Estimates cloud infrastructure cost and benefits
• Conducts physical capacity for cloud translations
• Matches application requirements to cloud provider capabilities based on features and functionality
• Compares provider costs and quality of service

“NJVC is honored that NCOIC chose the Cloudcuity Management Portal as its brokerage of choice to offer cloud services to the geospatial community,” said Kevin L. Jackson, vice president and general manager of NJVC cloud services. “This NCOIC demonstration is significant as it will represent a new procurement model for the geospatial community, which is at the frontlines of protecting and responding to national and international crises in times of conflict. Procurement of cloud services will be less complicated, making deployments to the cloud easier and more efficient than ever before. This will benefit first responders and other non-traditional NGA users.”

Team members’ unique contributions include:

• The Boeing Company: Geoservices through a Boeing-developed set of capabilities via its OpenGeo software
• The Aerospace Corporation: An OpenStack-based cloud and a virtual organization management system patterned after the one used by the Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid
• OGC: Expertise to monitor, offer advice and report on the use of OGC standards throughout the demonstration period

Once feasibility is assured and providers are selected, Cloudcuity Management Portal users will leverage the integrated virtual application and data center manager services to design virtual data centers through a user-friendly console. Once the design is finalized and approved through an automated review process, virtual resources will be provisioned simultaneously, across the group of selected providers through the cloud service bus, which has application program interface connections to different cloud providers.

The Cloudcuity Management Portal also will provide advanced monitoring, consolidated billing, chargeback and policy governance to ensure provider compliance and NCOIC satisfaction.

About NJVC®
With a focus on information technology automation, NJVC® specializes in supporting highly secure, complex IT enterprises in business- and mission-critical environments, particularly for the intelligence and defense communities. We offer a wide breadth of IT and strategic solutions to our customers, ranging from strategic consulting to managed flexible services in five business areas: Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Data Center Services, IT Services and Print Solutions. We partner with our customers to support their missions with security-cleared, dedicated and talented employees ready to deploy globally. To learn more, visit www.njvc.com.

“eFileCabinet is focused on small businesses increasing their profitability. SecureDrawer is popular because it reduces cost of sending critical files between businesses and clients, but it also increases quality of service which means more revenue long term,” said Matt Peterson, president & CEO of eFileCabinet. “With the iOS and Android mobile apps for SecureDrawer, we are now making the access to this web portal even easier as more people use smart mobile technology to keep in touch with business needs.”

SecureDrawer can be accessed through the mobile apps to manage folders, drawers and even change the permissions for drawer access. With an Android phone or iPad, businesses can link accounts to enable relationships to be established for easy management, access important files, preview them, send documents to clients and even sign documents with their finger through the electronic signature capability of SecureDrawer.

SecureDrawer mobile apps are now available for download for free at iTunes and Google Play Store.

About eFileCabinet, Inc.
eFileCabinet, Inc. offers a suite of document management software (DMS) products and services that help businesses and individuals work quicker, smarter and more profitably. With more than 10 years in the document management industry, eFileCabinet is the trusted choice for more than 5,000 businesses and 31,000 users worldwide to store, share and protect their valuable and confidential data. Learn more at http://www.efilecabinet.com.

“We believe CloudByte has been leading the technology revolution in storage, making it a lot more intelligent, software-defined, and grid-like. In this context, it is extremely satisfying to be identified as the most innovative technology startup by an esteemed panel of judges at Tech Trailblazer,” said Felix Xavier, CTO and founder, CloudByte. “ElastiStor 1.0 is just the beginning of our exciting journey and we look forward to enabling more groundbreaking technologies such as data mobility in our future releases.”

CloudByte ElastiStor 1.0 is architected from the ground up for virtualized environments, enabling thousands of applications to be hosted on a single extensible storage platform while delivering tailored storage performance (IOPS, throughput and latency) to each application. CloudByte’s fully shared storage allows enterprises and CSPs to reduce their storage costs by 80-90% and drastically lowers their management overhead with on-demand provisioning. CloudByte ElastiStor 1.0 has been recently certified Citrix Ready for Xen Server 6.0 and CloudPlatform 2.x and 3.x.

“On behalf of the international judging panel, I would like to congratulate all the winners of the first-annual Tech Trailblazers Awards. We were truly impressed by the ingenuity shown in the entries, Prezis and YouTube videos,” said Rose Ross, Chief Trailblazer. “Winners of this year’s Tech Trailblazers Awards are some of the most inventive and visionary enterprise tech startups in the world today. I’m sure we will be hearing more from them all in the future.”

About Tech Trailblazers

Tech Trailblazers (http://www.techtrailblazers.com) is a new concept in awards, designed explicitly for smaller businesses and startups that are less than five years old and at C-series funding or below. The awards have low barriers to entry and prizes that not only recognize startup innovation, but also proactively help startups grow their businesses with exclusive coaching, mentoring and development as well as an estimated prize fund worth in excess of $1m. For more information, please email innovate@techtrailblazers.com or follow on Twitter @techtrailblaze.

About CloudByte

CloudByte Inc. is a next-generation storage product company developing solutions for the new-age datacenter demands. Architected from the ground-up for virtualized environments, CloudByte ElastiStor helps replace fragmented storage islands in datacenters with a single extensible shared storage platform, while delivering tailored storage performance to all applications. An industry first, this capability allows customers to drastically cut down their storage capex and opex, while lowering their management overhead. CloudByte ElastiStor is software-defined and runs on industry standard hardware, thereby allowing cloud service providers and enterprises to custom build their storage infrastructure free from any proprietary lock-in. For more information, visit http://www.cloudbyte.com, http://www.blog.cloudbyte.com, or follow on Twitter @CloudByteInc.

The Blu-ray Player is equipped with advanced technology to help users play Blu-ray movies released from different regions and different times. Even the latest Blu-ray discs with DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD Audio play well with perfect video, audio and image quality. Along with supporting 1080p HD video, this software offers a wonderful Blu-ray audiovisual experience. The software can handle Blu-ray discs as well as Blu-ray folders and ISO files on any Windows or Mac computer without any trouble.

Moreover, 4Videosoft Blu-ray Player can handle other popular video and audio formats, including MP4, WMV, AVI, 3GP, MOV, VOB, MTS, MKV, MXF, MP3, WMA, AAC, and more.

4Videosoft Blu-ray Player is easy to use and is compatible with full versions of Windows & Mac operating systems, including the latest Windows 8 & Mac OS X 10.8. The Mac version of this Blu-ray Player can play Blu-ray/video files on all Mac platforms like MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, iMac and Mac Pro.

In addition, those who purchase this Blu-ray Player during the Christmas and New Year period have a change to get more free amazing software. For more detailed information, please visit: http://www.4videosoft.com/blu-ray-player/

Mac users can get detailed information and a free trial version from: http://www.4videosoft.com/blu-ray-player-for-mac/

SystemRequirements for Windows Version
OS Supported: Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Hardware Requirements: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU or above; 512MB RAM or more

SystemRequirements for Mac Version
OS Supported: Mac OS X 10.5 or above
Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher

About4VideosoftStudio
4Videosoft Studio is a professional multimedia software provider, which aims to constantly produce excellent multimedia desktop applications for all Windows and Mac users, so as to give 4Videosoft users an unparalleled digital life. With advanced technologies, dedicated R&D team and progressive spirit, it can always bring multimedia users various surprises and excellent audiovisual experiences. For more information, please visit: http://www.4videosoft.com.

Whilst this ‘World’s Toughest App‘ is based upon the principles of Positive Reinforcement, it will generate an enormous amount of public interest due to the subjective and emotional nature regarding one’s beliefs about the boundaries of Political Correctness. It’s an ‘in-your-face’ App that will either delight or upset the user and who they decide to share the content with. Each phrase is subjective in its nature, therefore, users must consider their ‘target audience’ when sharing the content of this App.

The user can choose whether they are male or female as the App contains two libraries of recorded audio phrases, written phrases and Politically Incorrect content that is gender specific. There are also daring animated videos for both male and female versions. Depending on how the user is feeling, they can choose two options, ‘Hard’ represents that they’re feeling tough and confident and ‘Soft’ represents that they’re feeling a little low, sooky or whiny. The shock and awe of the phrases you read and the recordings you hear grabs the user’s attention as soon as they start the App. The humour-based, satirical, Politically Incorrect content and recordings can then be shared via a large number of social media-based options, such as SMS/MMS, Email, Facebook and Twitter.

Following the release of their first Android App (the HardenUpApp™) will be a number of updates that will vastly expand upon the content, audio recordings and Politically Incorrect phrases contained within the App, as well as a proposed build and release of a modified iPhone version of the HardenUpApp™.

The App is available on the Google Play Store now for only 99 cents.

Peter Smit, the owner of Unlockaniphone.org explains, “Factory unlocks are the only decent unlock for iPhone owners who want to break free from their locked carrier. Factory unlocks are permanent unlocks that work hassle free.”

While the unlock is not instant and the unlock itself is not cheap, there are a variety of benefits to having an official factory unlock. In addition to the unlock being permanent and hassle-free, unlocking the iPhone with the official IMEI unlock will not void the iPhone’s warranty, so no jailbreak is required. Additionally, there is no complicated software involved for the unlock to function, meaning any iPhone can be updated without worry. Put simply, there is zero risk of losing any iPhone functionality with the IMEI factory unlock.

Perhaps most appealing is the fact that the IMEI factory unlock works with any iPhone model. Regardless of whether the locked phone is the 3G model, the newest iPhone 5, or future iPhone models, Unlockaniphone.org is able to provide an official factory unlock that won’t harm the phone or its operating system.

The IMEI unlock available from Unlockaniphone.org is the best solution out there. While prices do vary depending on the country the iPhone was purchased in and the carrier the phone is locked to, this official unlock can increase the value of an iPhone by as much as $100.

ABOUT UNLOCKANIPHONE.ORG

Unlockaniphone.org is an online retailer of official factory unlocks. Since the iPhone 3G was first released in 2007, unlockaniphone.org has provided iPhone users with efficient and affordable unlocks. For more information, follow “UnlockaniPhone4″ on Twitter or Facebook, or visit www.unlockaniphone.org/IMEIunlock.html.

Space Settlers is now available for free on iTunes Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/space-settlers/id586157383?ls=1&mt=8

The story is rooted in the contributions of Doctor Hawking, who is said to have proved that God Particle discovered in 2012 could be dated back to 13 billion years ago since when Time Gate formed by Dark Matters has been open for human beings. He also predicted that “Dark Energy Crystal” was the most powerful energy source in the universe. Space Settlers therefore offers Terra as the place for the first settlers to open up the technological remains left by the ancient people.

Features and Highlights of Space Settlers:

1. 25+ mecha chariot types, 100+ accessories;
2. Compact store line, and extraordinary visual impact;
3. Diversified elements, including tech study, base construction, building upgrade, mecha refitting, interactive chat, group fight, planet exploration, honor gaining and so on;
4. It allows for multiple players to fight in the intense battlefield, and everybody can create and join in legion;
5. Small in size (63.1 MB) and easy to play even for online game newbie, with the help of user-based UI;
6. Online multi-task upgrade guaranteed.

Device Requirements:

* iPhone (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5)
* iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation)
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later.
* iPad
* iOS 4.3 or later.

Learn about the game through the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/embed/M0I2NavC4gY

About Digiarty Software, Inc.

Digiarty Software, Inc. is a professional developer and publisher of iOS games and multimedia software, specialized in various types of iPhone iPad iPod games development and DVD & video related solutions. More information about the online iOS games can be found at: http://www.iphogame.com/spacesettlers/ or contact us at: contact AT iphogame.com.

“The story surrounding the single player campaign was of paramount importance to the developers at Treyarch. I wanted to do my part to give that story as much emotional depth as I could with the music. I think the fans will really appreciate how deep the story is in Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” said Jack Wall.

Releasing the same day as Treyarch’s blockbuster game, the Call of Duty: Black Ops II soundtrack, featuring more than 40 tracks, will be available online on iTunes and through select digital marketplaces and can be purchased separately for $11.99. Additionally, the Soundtrack will be included in both the Call of Duty: Black Ops II Hardened Edition and Call of Duty: Black Ops II Care Package Collector’s Editions, respectively.

Trent Reznor, one of the most critically-acclaimed talents in the music industry known recently for his award-winning composition on the score for The Social Network, as well as the riveting feature film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo brings his distinctive style to the biggest entertainment property of the year. Jack Wall, one of the most well-known and highly-acclaimed composers in the video game industry, composed the emotional score for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, bringing the visceral title’s audio landscape to life.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is scheduled to release worldwide on November 13. Developed by Treyarch, the title will be published by Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), and is rated ‘M’ for Mature. For more information, visit www.callofduty.com/blackops2, www.facebook.com/codblackops, or @Treyarch on Twitter.

About Treyarch
Treyarch is an industry-leading game developer, wholly owned by Activision Publishing, Inc. whose previous game Call of Duty: Black Ops set an entertainment launch opening record upon its release in 2010 and continues to be one of the best-selling games of all time, according to NPD and GfK Chart-Track.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, mainland China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements about the expected release date of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY, and CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

On Saturday 26 January, 30 international app developers, selected by Music Hack Day organisers, will gather on the midem Innovation Factory stage for a one-hour call for ideas session where midem participants will pitch them hack ideas. The hackers will then have 48 hours to conceptualise, collaborate and build a brand-new generation of music-related hacks, apps, software, hardware, music, art… Hackers will freely utilise available application programming interfaces (APIs) which allow them to incorporate advanced functionalities without having to build everything from scratch. All applications built will be unveiled and demonstrated to the midem audience at the end of the hacking, on Monday 28 January.

Submissions can be made until Friday 23 November 2012, from designers, front-end developers, software engineers, mobile app developers, who can be in Cannes, France, from 26-29 January 2013. Applicants should also submit a hack idea along with their applications — they won’t have to build that particular hack during midem, but midem Hack Day organizers need to get an idea of the kind of hack they’d be interested in working on.

“The music industry is more and more interested in working with hackers,” said Bruno Crolot, Director of the Music Markets at Reed MIDEM. “At midem, the music community is involved in the creation process of new music-related apps; artists, managers, labels, have a chance to express their hack ideas to the developers and all midem participants are the first to get a glimpse at a new and global wave of music apps.”

The 18 apps created during the 2012 midem Hack Day truly demonstrate the tech community’s creativity and innovation around music. Several of the hacks attracted immediate attention from labels interested in creating their own versions for official use. The event also inspired Brazilian artist Taynah Reis, who created her own company after midem based on the hack idea she expressed to the hackers. One of the apps invented at midem Hack Day is the site “Takes Questions,” which went on sale shortly after midem. Emerging from the encounter between singer/songwriter Imogen Heap and developers at midem Hack Day, “Takes Questions” has since been used by numerous artists.

To access the entry form click here

If you wish to register for midem, please click here.

About midem – midem is an annual international b2b event dedicated to the new music ecosystem, with a tradeshow, conferences, competitions, networking events and live performances. It’s the place where music makers, cutting-edge technologies, brands & talents come together to enrich the passionate relationship between people & music, transform audience engagement and form new business connections.