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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...

Without apologies or regrets I have to call all those who cannot stop texting while driving as STUPID! And the following report has confirmed that the population of stupid people texting and driving is increasing. Why should stupid people continue to text while driving when there is a cheap and easy to use device for hands free voice texting in motion? See the demo video below. Young drivers are most at risk of having an accident as a result of using a mobile phone WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Distracted driving is a dangerous and common practice —and it's becoming an even bigger problem on the nation's roads as more drivers are text messaging while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the percentage of drivers who text messaged or manipulated their mobile devices while driving went up significantly, from 0.6 percent in 2009 to 0.9 percent to 2010. The latest federal figures show more than 3,000 people died ...

9 Nov 2011 08:00 Africa/Lagos Africa Now the World's Second Largest Mobile Market, Reports GSMA CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 9, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- New GSMA report calls on African governments to allocate spectrum and lower taxes to enable mobile network expansion across Africa,generating major economic and social growth AfricaCom: The GSMA today announced that Africa is now the world's second largest mobile market by connections after Asia, and the fastest growing mobile market in the world. According to the new GSMA Africa Mobile Observatory 2011 report*, Africa achieved this milestone as mobile penetration reached 649 million connections in Q4 2011 (having first exceeded 50 per cent mobile penetration in 2010). Over the past five years, the number of subscribers across Africa has grown by almost 20 per cent each year and will reach more than 735 million by the end of 2012. Ninety-six per cent of subscriptions are pre-paid with voice services currently dominating, althou...

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Joins the State Attorneys General and Ad Council to Unveil New Public Service Advertising Campaign to Urge Young Adult Drivers to ‘Stop the Texts’ and ‘Stop the Wrecks’ New National Survey Shows Eighty-Two Percent of Young Adults Say They Have Read a Standard Text Message While Driving Washington, D.C., October 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eighty-two percent of young adult drivers (16-24) have read a standard text message while driving, according to a national survey conducted by the Ad Council. In an effort to educate young drivers about the dangers of texting while driving, the State Attorneys General and Consumer Protection agencies, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)and the Ad Council are launching a new public service advertising campaign (PSA) nationwide. The campaign includes TV, radio, outdoor and digital PSAs. Additionally, to extend the campaign messages online, new Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media ch...

Samsung Mobile is the market leader for smart phones, because it is now the world’s largest maker of smart phones, shipping around 28 million of the devices — almost all Android-powered – in the third quarter, compared to Apple’s 17.1 million phones. This is just the latest milestone that helps put an end to the fallacy that iPhones will rule the world. Click here to read the full report Tweet

25 Aug 2011 15:37 Africa/Lagos How Smartphones Are Changing How People and Disaster Experts Respond To Emergencies allRisk says Smartphones Becoming a Necessity for Disasters PR Newswire SOMERDALE, N.J., Aug. 25, 2011 SOMERDALE, N.J., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- August has been a busy month for regional disaster experts, allRisk Inc. (www.teamallrisk.com). So far, a recent record-breaking rain led a New Jersey state university to hire the company to perform emergency water mitigation in areas where total repair estimates have reached $1.4 million. Cleanup from the massive flood needed to be completed within days, before students returned for fall classes. With Hurricane Irene upgraded in intensity, and on track to hit the area this weekend the company expects to be even busier. allRisk is in a "war room" mode, as they prepare to respond to what they anticipate to be a large volume of calls and texts for emergency help -- some from people wi...

NEW ADP MOBILE APPLICATION USHERS IN ERA OF ANYTIME HR Free Application Spurs Collaboration and Provides Employees with Fast, Easy Access to HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance and Benefits Information via their Mobile Devices ADP Chief Strategy Officer Jan Siegmund unveils the new ADP Mobile Solutions app (Credit: Feature Photo Service) ROSELAND, N.J. — July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — ADP®, a leading provider of human resource outsourcing, payroll services, benefits administration and integrated computing solutions for vehicle dealers, today added another tool to empower employee productivity: the ADP Mobile Solutions application, a free, easy-to-use app that gives employees access to their vital HR, Payroll and Benefits information via a mobile device. Using the ADP Mobile Solutions app, employees of ADP clients in the United States can view recent pay statements, access corporate directories and company news, manage time and attendance remotely, and review ADP Retirement Savings informa...