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Don’t be surprised if the HiddenRadio starts making an appearance in every household in the new year. In less than a month The HiddenRadio & Bluetooth Speaker has become a must have on the Crowd Funding site Kickstarter.com. San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) December 28, 2011 Two designers, 4 weeks and over $550,000 of crowd support is making the HiddenRadio a “not so hidden” success. The success of this design has been so massive that the HiddenRadio has been selected as part of...
LAUREL, Md., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third year in a row, Verizon Wireless is donating $10,000 worth of long distance calling cards to benefit wounded U.S. servicemen and women recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, now located in Bethesda, Maryland. The donation will provide hundreds of minutes of talk time for thousands of recovering soldiers during this holiday season and next year. Verizon Wireless' most recent $10,000 contribution...
LAUREL, Md., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As 2011 draws to a close, the nation's largest wireless provider, Verizon Wireless, wants to send thanks to everyone who donated their old wireless phones to the company's HopeLine® program. In Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, those contributions fueled donations to domestic violence prevention nonprofits totaling $175,000. Grants provided by the company ranged from $1,000 to $40,000 and supported a...
HotSOS customers can now use any Verizon Wireless phone for dispatching service orders and achieving fast, reliable delivery of messages Miami, FL (PRWEB) December 13, 2011 MTech, a leading developer of software as a service (SaaS) products aimed at improving service and efficiency for the hospitality industry, today announced their HotSOS product can now use any Verizon Wireless phone to rapidly and reliably dispatch service orders. Hotels are a business where things change...
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon announced today its commitment to Pennsylvania nonprofits with donations amounting to more than $590,000 in 2011 to help struggling domestic violence agencies. From cash grants to employee matches, "Telling Amy's Story" community awareness events and HopeLine(®) donations of used cell phones, Verizon remains committed to helping as many agencies as possible in Pennsylvania. A number of organizations have reported a spike in...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing that domestic violence is a serious social issue that plagues people in all walks of life, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is taking steps to heighten awareness on campus and better educate and train students and faculty, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation and Verizon Wireless' HopeLine program. The funding will support UMBC's Violence Prevention Advocates Program, which educates and trains...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA today announced it will voluntarily reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50 percent by the end of 2020, compared with a 2007 baseline. Like most companies, LG's energy use represents the vast majority of its GHG emissions. LG Electronics USA, the principal North American subsidiary of global leader LG Electronics, has operations in a dozen states with facilities using about 19.4 million...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to help Ayuda increase support services for low-income immigrant survivors of domestic violence in the Washington metropolitan area, the Verizon Foundation has awarded the agency a $10,000 grant. The funding will support Ayuda's Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program, which provides information on available protections and services for immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The program also aims...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is encouraging teachers to embrace mobile learning devices to effectively engage more students, especially those who struggle with conventional instruction. In an exclusive interview for the Verizon Thinkfinity Education Speaker Series, Dede discusses how technologies like cell phones, tablets, digital games and virtual...
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New Orleans Saints offensive tackle Zach Strief visited Lusher Charter School on Tuesday (Nov. 15) to lead a session of Training Camps for Life, a partnership of the National Football League Players Association, A CALL TO MEN and the Verizon Foundation, to educate students about teen relationship violence. The half-day, NFL-star-studded event addressed topics such as overcoming adversity; decisions and consequences; and healthy teen relationships...
