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CHICAGO, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Google (Nasdaq:GOOG), Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), technology sector (AMEX:XLK) and Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Get the most recent insight...
Autoplicity announces the incorporation of Amazon payments MORTON GROVE, Ill., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Autoplicity co-founders Sean McWherter and Eddie Lichstein admit to being "a couple of gear heads" with extensive experience in automotive eCommerce. "We decided to partner and build something great together," McWherter says. They launched Autoplicity.com in 2011, specializing in performance-related aftermarket car parts. "The business really took off in early 2012, and...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Widespread agricultural expansion in Brazil destroys equally as much rainforest, negating any benefits for the region. In fact, researchers, publishing a paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters, have called the practice a “no-win situation.” The research, led by Dr Leydimere Oliveira of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), shows that deforestation will not only reduce the capacity of the Amazon’s...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Amazon is developing a new smartphone with a glasses-free holographic 3-D display as it moves to grow its hardware offerings beyond the current portfolio of Kindle devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the online retailer’s plans. “Using retina-tracking technology, images on the smartphone would seem to float above the screen like a hologram and appear three-dimensional at...
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brazil's efforts to better monitor forest clearings and enforce laws prevented the clearing of over 59,500 km(2) of Amazon forest area from 2007 through 2011, according to a new study by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Deforestation observed during this period totaled 41,500 km(2) - 59% less than would have occurred in the absence of the policy change. The deforestation rate in...
Next Release of EMC Isilon OneFS Will Add New Levels of Efficiency, Compliance and Security; New Integrations Offer Customers a Range of Options in Object Storage LAS VEGAS, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC WORLD -- Story Highlights: Updates to EMC Isilon's OneFS scale-out NAS operating system are designed to heighten efficiency and compliance for enterprise customers while supporting next-generation cloud, analytics and mobile workflows. Integration with EMC ViPR Software-Defined...
PlayScape Plus Platform on Amazon Features Brand-New Freemium and Ad-Free Premium Games, Top-Sellers from PlayScape Catalog, Premium Item Discounts and More NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Android-game publisher PlayScape has partnered with Amazon to expand distribution of its mobile gaming portfolio with a brand-new content platform called PlayScape Plus. Completely customized for Amazon's audience, PlayScape Plus features the best of the PlayScape's...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- May 1, 2013 Los Angeles, California (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130503/CG07070) Author/Actress Mara Purl honors her own mother by reaching out to mothers and daughters with her haunting, evocative small-town saga. The perfect Mother's Day Gift for just ninety-nine cents. Nothing touches the heart of a woman like a good story. Best-selling author Mara Purl proved this last Mother's Day when book one...
With inspirations about happiness, spiritual growth, personal development, and longevity in the 21st century, it features the wisdom of Eckhart Tolle, Neale Donald Walsch and Frank Ra; this best-selling book reveals perennial truth necessary for living happily and healthily in modern-day society VANCOUVER, Canada, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 30th, "BioHarmonizing" became an Amazon best-selling book in the Spiritual category, right after Chopra's "Seven Spiritual Laws of...
BALTIMORE, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for access to technology and education for the blind, commented today on Amazon's incorporation of new accessibility features into its application for the iPhone and other devices using Apple's iOS operating system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120815/MM57966LOGO) Dr. Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "We are...
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The Kindle Fire HD is the second generation of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It comes in three versions, the 7 inch, and the 8.9 inch touch screens, and a 4G version. They were released on September 14, 2012 in the 7-inch, November 16, 2012 in the 8.9-inch, and a 8.9-inch 4G enabled version released on November 18, 2012. The 7-inch and the 8.9-inch have 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage and the 8.9-inch 4G LTE has 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. It has a front facing camera for photo capture, and...
The Kindle Fire is a mini tablet computer that was released in the United States on November 15, 2011. On September 7, 2012, updates became available to areas where the Amazon website is accessible. The Kindle Fire has a color seven-inch multi-touch touchscreen; it can be used to stream movies and TV shows, read Kindle e-books, and includes access to the Amazon Appstore. Amazon’s tactic for offering the Kindle Fire at such a low cost, was to make their profits from the sale of the...
Symbol: VIAM9 Group: Dicot Family: Nymphaeaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Magnoliidae Order Nymphaeales Family Nymphaeaceae – Water-lily family Genus Victoria...
Symbol: NYAM Group: Dicot Family: Nymphaeaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: PR N Synonyms: CAAM23 Castalia amazonum (Mart. & Zucc.) Britton & P. Wilson Distribution: NymphaeaamazonumMart. & Zucc. distribution:USA+(PR) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division...
Symbol: LEPA3 Group: Monocot Family: Poaceae Duration: Annual Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: L48 N PR N Synonyms: DIHA4 Diplachne halei Nash DIPA13 Diplachne panicoides (J. Presl) McNeill LEFL6 Leptochloa floribunda Döll MEPA12 Megastachya panicoides J. Presl Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN, TX Classification:...
