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Apprio, a leading provider of specialized technology solutions, particularly for the health, defense and homeland security markets, and Jigsaw Meeting, a platform for live virtual classrooms, announced they will partner to provide virtual training solutions to government clients. Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) January 11, 2012 The Jigsaw Meeting application will provide a fully web based online virtual classroom platform that allows Apprio clients to hold meetings, training, reviews and...
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA) and Taco Bell Corp. today announced a new "Unlock the Box" promotion to give away one PlayStation® Vita (PS Vita) portable entertainment system for every 15 minutes to consumers beginning January 26, 2012. Fans will have the chance to win a PS Vita before it becomes available in U.S. stores on February 22, 2012, exclusively through Taco Bell. "This partnership is the...
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC today announced software launch details for the highly anticipated PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) handheld entertainment system, which will boast the biggest and best launch lineup across the history of PlayStation platforms. PS Vita will offer the most popular franchises in gaming along with entirely new titles - all built from the ground up to take advantage of PS Vita and the unique ways...
Mobile applications and games for smartphones and tablets will soon carry the same age-based ratings used by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) since 1994. The app ratings will include symbols like "E" for "Everyone" and "T" for "Teen" or suitable for ages 13 and up. ESRB President Patricia Vance said that the ratings also include descriptors detailing whether an app shares personal information or user-generated content. “Our rating system for computer and video games...
Provides Parents and Consumers Reliable Information about Age-Appropriateness of Applications Based on Content and Context WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CTIA-The Wireless Association® and the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) today announced a newly-developed rating system that six mobile application storefronts will voluntarily support as part of their application submission (or onboarding) process. The CTIA Mobile Application Rating System with...
In 2008, the ESRB began offering a supplemental source of information called rating summaries, which provide brief but detailed description of exactly the type of content that is in a game, including specific examples. The mobile app powered by MeMeMe’s technology makes it possible, for the first time, for shoppers to obtain the ratings information that they need while in the store and to search ESRB’s entire database of rated games, including rating summaries for those...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What: CTIA-The Wireless Association® will announce a mobile application rating system with the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). Applications will be rated based on age-appropriateness of their content and context. The details of the mobile application rating system will be released at the press announcement. (Logo: <font size="2"...
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today announced the North American release of the latest PlayStation®Move software lineup, which includes Carnival Island(TM), Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest(TM), EyePet(TM) & Friends, and LittleBigPlanet(TM) 2: Special Edition. Available exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system, each title delivers motion-based, HD precision gaming unlike anything...
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Type it. Photograph it. And now, just say it. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) - which assigns the age and content ratings for video games - today released a new version of its award-wining, free mobile app, now with voice recognition. Parents can now access a game's in-depth "rating summary" by simply saying the name of the game into their iPhone®, Android(TM) or Windows® Phone - just in time for the Holiday shopping season. To...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced that more than 20 million users have registered for Free Realms® since its launch in 2009. Free Realms, the free-to-play online world for the PC, Macintosh® and PlayStation®Network, features an endless array of exciting gameplay activities, minigames, and adventures to entertain a wide audience of players. "This benchmark is an honor and a true testament of SOE's success with Free-to-Play...
