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Vonage Launches New Mobile App Providing Free Calling and Texting to Other App Users around the World Savings of more than 70 percent on international calls to those without the app HOLMDEL, N.J., February 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) announced the launch of Vonage Mobile®, the new iPhone® and Android™ app that lets users make free high-definition calls and send free texts to all users of the app, worldwide1. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G wireless data networks. When calling those who have not yet downloaded the app, Vonage Mobile provides ultra low-cost international calling with per-minute rates that are on average 70 percent less than major mobile carriers and 30 percent less than Skype™2. Users can instantly add calling credit directly from the app through iTunes® or Android Market™ in increments of $4.99 and $9.99. Vonage Mobile uses the phone’s existing mobile number and contact list, eliminating the need for unique user names and duplicate identi...

16 Dec 2011 00:56 Africa/Lagos Aloha Wanderwell: First Woman to Travel Around the World in an Automobile IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- What's blonde, blue-eyed, six-feet tall and looks like a leading actress? She's Aloha Wanderwell – the first woman to travel around the globe in a car; she was 16. And, AlohaWanderwell.com is dedicated to preserving her nitrate films, books and more. It all started when Aloha read an ad in the Riviera edition of the Paris Herald: "Brains, Beauty and Breeches – World tour offer for lucky young woman wanted to join an expedition – Asia, Africa..." She quickly set out to convince the expedition's leader, Captain Walter Wanderwell, that she was the one for the job. "This true story of an incredible journey – the Wanderwell Expedition – took place in the 1920s. Over the years, it's been buried and now needs to be preserved and retold," says Richard Diamond, Aloha's grandson. During this world tour, ...

29 Sep 2011 05:00 Africa/Lagos Google is the World's Most Attractive Employer STOCKHOLM, September 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world's 12 largest economies, Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The World's Most Attractive Employers 2011 [http://www.universumglobal.com/Top50 ]". The index, split in the business category - preferences from business career seekers - and engineering category - preferences from engineering career seekers - reveals the current level of attractiveness companies have as employers - and their potential to lead the world of tomorrow. On the Business index, Google repeats the win for the third consecutive year, with KPMG keeping its second place and with PwC overtaking Ernst & Young to secure a podium finish. "The talent market for business career seekers is being dominated by the professional services firms, k...

30 Aug 2011 12:01 Africa/Lagos The Sunday Times Launches New Android Tablet App LONDON, August 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- This week The Sunday Times' award-winning app edition becomes available for the first time on Android tablet devices. The new Android tablet app is the latest addition to The Sunday Times' digital portfolio, following the hugely successful Sunday Times iPad app, which has been voted Newspaper App of the Year* and the World's No.1 Newspaper and Magazine app**. The new Android tablet app includes all 12 sections of Britain's biggest and best-selling quality newspaper, with exclusive video and stunning photography, interactive graphics, high definition slideshows plus live and updated news and sport results. Tristan Davies, Executive Editor of The Sunday Times says, 'We are delighted to launch our full app edition in the Android Marketplace. The Sunday Times Android tablet edition has all the qualities of design and interactiv...

Nigeria is currently the most populous country in Africa and seventh most populous in the world with 154,728,890 people as at 2009. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators . Nigeria will become the fourth most populous country in the world by 2050 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. See the detailed report in the following news release. 27 Jun 2011 15:10 Africa/Lagos U.S. Projected to Remain World's Third Most Populous Country Through 2050, Census Bureau Reports PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 27, 2011 WASHINGTON, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Through 2050, the United States is projected to remain in third place behind India and China among the world's most populous countries, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. These findings are derived from the population estimates and projections for 228 countries and areas released today through the Census Bureau's International Data Base. This release includes revisions for 19 countries and provides information on ...

Philips Livable Cities Award: Left to right: Harry Hendriks, CEO of Philips Electronics, Sabrina Faber, Overall Winner and Richard Florida, Chair of Supervisory Panel. 28 Apr 2011 11:19 Africa/Lagos Innovative Thinkers From Across the Globe Awarded Grants to Address Significant Challenges Faced by City Living AMSTERDAM, April 28, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- - Philips Awards EUR125,000 to Help Make Cities More Livable Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) has today announced the winners of the Philips Livable Cities Award, a global initiative designed to generate innovative, meaningful and achievable ideas to improve the health and well-being of city-dwellers across the world. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110428/452767 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110428/452767-b ) The overall winner of the Award, announced at a gala ceremony held at the world famous Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, was named as Sabrina Faber from Sana'a, Yemen, for her idea 'Rainw...

The Vanguard is the most popular Nigerian newspaper in the world according facts obtained from Alexa.com on the most popular Nigerian newspaper websites. The Vanguard has over 995 inbound links from external websites in the world with over 200,000 pageviews daily and over 7, 000, 000 pageviews monthly. The second most popular Nigerian newspaper in the world is The Punch and the third is 234 Next The following is the current top 10 newspaper websites in Nigeria 1. Vanguard 2. The Punch 3. 234 Next 4. Daily Sun 5. The Nation 6. Nigerian Tribune 7. The Guardian 8. This Day 9. Daily Independent 10. PM News

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy ( November 20 , 1925 – June 6 , 1968 ), also called RFK, was the 64th United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a US Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. Robert F. Kennedy Associates Gather for a Look Back at '68 Campaign Associates and observers of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign will examine what made that endeavor significant and what lessons are to be learned 40 years later from Kennedy's brief but transformative run for the White House. "To Seek a Newer World: A Symposium on the Life and Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy" will be held May 27 at the Freedom Forum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Freedom Forum, Vanderbilt University and the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, the program will begin at 1 p.m. with an introduction by Kennedy's eldest daughter, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, followed by two panel discussions. The symposium is being...

7 May 2008 17:24 Africa/Lagos Bread for the World Calls for More Help for Hungry Families WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In his testimony this morning to the members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Bread for the World president David Beckmann said that a short-term solution is needed immediately to address rising food prices in the U.S. "A stimulus package should include funding to provide an immediate boost in food stamp benefit levels to help struggling families meet today's rising food prices, additional WIC funding to ensure that all eligible women and children continue to receive benefits, and additional funding for TEFAP so that food banks can help families weather higher food prices," he said. Rev. Beckmann asserted that the impact of rising food prices should not be viewed in isolation, rather, as one in a long list of increasing costs for basic needs, such as housing, childcare, healthcare and fuel, which, ...