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MUMBAI, India, February 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Appoints former Yahoo, Nokia & MIH executive as VP - North America Vserv.mobi, a leading Global Mobile Ad Network for app developers, publishers, advertisers and telecom providers, today announced [http://blog.vserv.mobi/vserv-mobi-to-help-us-app-developers-monetize-in-emerging-markets ] the appointment of Lance Johnson as Vice President - Business Development, North America. This appointment comes at a...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. --- Revenue and profits at Craigslist resumed steady growth in 2012 after a one-year dip, according to new estimates from the AIM Group, but the major classifieds site faces major challenges ahead. In a new report released today, the AIM Group projects revenue at Craigslist increased to 9.7 percent in 2012 to $126 million, with profits of up to $103 million, or a profit margin of almost 82 percent. (Photo:...

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The new universal differentiator among real estate portals around the world can be summed up in one word: service. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120802/CG51572) Service is the only way the three leading real estate sites in a given market can distinguish themselves from one another, for example, when all three have the same 3 million home listings. Listings have become a commodity, or almost so; only through service can one...

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- A classified advertising battle is under way in Latin America, with regional classified portals expanding and evolving in hopes of fighting off major multinational media classified publishers moving in from outside the region. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120426/CG95209) Opportunities abound, as demonstrated by companies like EBay and Naspers targeting the traditional family-owned media companies in...

SAO PAULO, Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Movile (www.movile.com), the most complete company offering cell phone services in Latin America, recently merged with Cyclelogic, has announced the introduction of Mozca (www.mozcapag.com), the largest platform in Latin America for micro-payments of virtual goods by cell phone and other means of payment. Now the huge universe of Brazilian and Latin players on the growing market of social games can purchase items in some of their favorite games...

BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Myriad International Holdings unit of Naspers Limited (NPN-JSE) has acquired a controlling interest in Multiply, Inc., operator of the market leading Social Shopping site Multiply.com. Multiply, which blends social networking with an online marketplace that now numbers over 70,000 merchants and 20 million monthly unique visitors, will continue to operate under the same management team. The Multiply Marketplace (http://multiply.com/marketplace)...

VIENNA, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Irdeto, the leading expert in content and business model protection solutions and services, today announced enhancements to its Cloakware Password Authority (CPA) offering. The privileged password management solution now provides customers with improved usability, greater job scheduling flexibility, easier tracking of password access and change activity, "click to connect" to target systems, and expanded application client coverage. Increases in...

SAO PAULO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A survey conducted in September by comScore, a leader in audience measurement in the digital universe, shows BuscaPe, a pioneer in price comparison service for various product categories on the internet and the largest site in this segment in Latin America, in 11th place among the most accessed sites in the country and fourth among Brazilian owned sites with the largest audience in Brazil. Growth over last year was 74%. Acquired in September for US$342...

VIENNA, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloakware Inc., the provider of proven software solutions for securing business and digital assets, has announced that its technology will now be made available to cable operators and conditional access (CA) vendors to address requirements for highly effective, software-based security to enable development of low-cost set-top boxes for the North American market. Cloakware simultaneously announced that Irdeto, one of the world's leading experts in...

ZUG, Switzerland and AMSTERDAM, October 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - Unger Newly Appointed CEO of Leading Swiss Media Group Ringier - Group's Online Growth Perspective Remains Positive - MIH Group - Hein Pretorius Takes up CEO Position From Christian Unger Hein Pretorius, former COO and Business Development Director of MIH Group takes up the CEO position of MIH Internet BV from Christian Unger. The transition takes place in connection with the appointment of Christian Unger as the new CEO...