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Multiplayer på väg till theHunter




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STOCKHOLM, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –

Världens mest avancerade jaktsimulator är på väg att bli ännu bättre. I sommar introducerar vi ett multiplayerläge i theHunter, vilket förvandlar ett redan unikt spel till en upplevelse helt utan motstycke.

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Från och med den 8 april kan registrerade jägare ansöka om att få delta i alpha-testet. Multiplayerläget har länge varit en av de mest efterfrågade funktionerna vilket medför begränsat utrymme, så för testet kommer ett antal lyckliga spelare att handplockas av Expansive Worlds. Varje spelsession huserar upp till 8 spelare, och den första iterationen bygger på samarbete – precis som verklighetens förlaga. I framtida uppdateringar kommer även tävlingsinriktat spelande att stödjas.

Expansive Worlds har inte glömt bort den ensamma jägaren. Det finns nu sex jaktområden och 14 djurarter att jaga, inklusive det rofyllda vinterlandskap som introducerades i mars. Med över 1.3 miljoner spelare från över 200 länder håller enspelarversionen av theHunter på att bli ett unikt fenomen. Men med introduktionen av multiplayerläget är konkurrensen bokstavligt talat obefintlig – det existerar nämligen inga andra multiplayer-jaktsimulatorer.

“theHunter är den mest realistiska jaktsimulationen i världen”, säger Expansive Worlds VD Pim Holfve. “Eftersom jakt i verkligheten är en social aktivitet, så bör även vår virtuella motsvarighet vara det. Att jaga med vänner skänker spelet ett djup som vi aldrig kunde ha föreställt oss. Vi kommer naturligtvis att behålla enspelarupplevelsen, men när du väl testat multiplayerläget är det svårt att gå tillbaka.”

“Det är med stor glädje som jag följer Expansive Worlds utveckling”, kommenterade Christofer Sundberg, medgrundare och CCO på Avalanche Studios. “När vi grundade studion 2010 efter att ha drivit theHunter internt i ett år, såg vi stor potential – en potential som nu till fullo har realiserats. Skiften inom spelbranschen är ofta svåra att förutspå, och Expansive Worlds erbjuder vår företagsgrupp styrka genom att bidra med mångfald. Som en av få självständiga utvecklare i världen täcker vi nu Free-to-Play, AAA-konsolspel och mobilunderhållning. När jag blickar framåt är jag mycket nöjd med den position vi nu befinner oss i.”

Om Expansive Worlds

Expansive Worlds, ett fristående dotterbolag till Avalanche Studios, är fokuserat på socialt sammankopplade onlinespel som distribueras direkt till spelare. Under 2009 släppte Expansive Worlds theHunter, ett förstapersons-jaktspel i en öppen värld. theHunter utvecklas i nära samarbete med dess växande community och förnyas kontinuerligt med nya funktioner och innehållsupdateringar. För mer information, besök http://www.expansiveworlds.com och http://www.thehunter.com.

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StarAfrica.com lance les séances cinéma du mercredi


ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –

Pour mettre à disposition de ses internautes toujours plus de contenus, StarAfrica.com lance aujourd’hui un nouveau service : les séances cinéma du mercredi en partenariat avec Vaziva TV.

Désormais, tous les mercredis, les membres de la communauté StarAfrica.com auront accès à une séance de cinéma offerte, accessible en streaming directement sur le site http://www.starafrica.com depuis l’Afrique.

Chaque mercredi, ils retrouveront ainsi 3 films sélectionnés par la rédaction, parmi des genres variés : films d’actions, films cultes, thrillers, films policiers… Ils n’ont ensuite qu’à choisir leur film, et StarAfrica leur offre la séance*.

Ce nouveau service est proposé en partenariat avec Vaziva.tv.

Pour regarder le film, rendez-vous tous les mercredis sur Starafrica.com :

1. Cliquer sur le titre du film de votre choix

2. Cliquer sur Visionner la séance

3. Indiquer vos identifiants ou complétez le formulaire de création de compte sur Vaziva.tv

4. Indiquer le code présent sur la page StarAfrica pour accéder au film.

Le film sélectionné peut être visionné pendant 48 heures.

Pour cette première édition (mercredi 3 avril), StarAfrica.com propose à ses internautes les films suivants:

- Looper

Avec Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt

Genre : Science-fiction

Synopsis : Dans un futur proche, la Mafia a mis au point un système infaillible pour faire disparaître tous les témoins gênants. Elle expédie ses victimes dans le passé, à notre époque, où des tueurs d’un genre nouveau (les « Loopers ») les éliminent. Un jour, l’un d’entre eux, Joe, découvre que la victime qu’il doit exécuter n’est autre que … lui-même, avec 20 ans de plus. La machine si bien huilée déraille…    

Le Gang

Avec Maurice Barrier, Nicole Calfan, Alain Delon

Genre : Culte

Synopsis : Robert, dit « le dingue« , et ses quatre complices profitent de l’après-guerre pour s’enrichir par des hold-up audacieux. Ils dévalisent sans jamais tuer et, les poches pleines, ils peuvent mener la grande vie dans les endroits à la mode… Ils se croient invulnérables, les coups deviennent de plus en plus audacieux mais autour d’eux le monde change.

L’affaire Pélican

Avec Sam Shepard, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts

Genre : Policier thriller

Synopsis : Deux magistrats de la Cour Suprême sont assassinés sans que ni la CIA ni le FBI n’en trouvent la raison. Lancée sur l’enquête par son professeur de Droit, Darby Shaw réunit sur ce qu’elle baptise « L’affaire Pélican » un dossier explosif. Tandis que le journaliste Grantham enquête en parallèle, la Maison Blanche semble fort embarrassée par le dossier Pélican.

*offre accessible uniquement depuis l’Afrique

A propos de StarAfrica.com

StarAfrica.com, le portail de divertissement d’Orange en Afrique, agrège les contenus de l’ensemble des pays.

Avec plus de 1 million de visiteurs en janvier 2013**, StarAfrica.com est le portail de référence des jeunes en Afrique avec ses deux chaînes phares : football et l’éducation. StarAfrica.com propose 7 chaînes : actualité, football, + de sport, musique, éducation, jobs et la boutique diaspora.

Retrouvez StarAfrica.com sur internet : http://www.StarAfrica.com

Facebook : starafrica

Twitter : star_africa

**source Nielsen Janvier 2013

Contact presse:
Mylène Blin
mylene.blin@orange.com

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Acronis Solves Secure Mobile File Access, Enterprise File Sharing and Syncing Challenge

PRLog (Press Release)Apr. 4, 2013London, UK, April 4, 2013 – Acknowledging that the explosion of consumer mobility, media tablets and bring your own device (BYOD) programmes are creating serious security and compliance threats for IT organisations, Acronis® today launched two new enterprise mobility solutions in Europe. Designed to resolve secure mobile file management and enterprise file synchronisation and sharing (EFSS), mobilEcho® and activEcho® enable productivity and collaboration for mobile employees.

According to Gartner’s paper ‘MarketScope for Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing’, which was published in February 2013, organisations must deploy EFSS services to secure enterprise information assets. Failure to provide these capabilities will subject organisations to information leakage threats caused by users who move data through uncontrolled personal cloud services.  

Monica Basso, Gartner Research vice president and Jeffrey Mann, Gartner Research vice president, the co-authors of the report, said: “File synchronisation and sharing is a critical capability for mobile workforces whose organisations have ongoing mobility initiatives with media tablets and BYOD programs. We expect IT organisations will face increasing demand for these capabilities, with deeper focus on security and compliance by regulated or security-conscious enterprises.”

Without a mobile file management and EFSS strategy in place employees can share corporate documents with third parties, or store documents on home PCs and other personal devices, completely out of an IT organisation’s control. With this in mind IT organisations are looking for mobile file management and EFSS capabilities that enhance mobile workers’ productivity and collaboration to limit security risks.

Alan Laing, Vice President EMEA at Acronis commented, “Companies are being increasingly challenged by the management of their data outside the boundaries of the corporate infrastructure. With more and more people using tablets and smartphones in the enterprise there is a rapid rise in unsecure file and data sharing practices, leaving many enterprises exposed, it’s a time bomb waiting to explode.”

With so much confidential corporate content regularly leaving companies secure networks, IT directors must be able to offer secure file access and file sharing among multiple devices while maintaining administrative control to enable a productive workforce. The two new solutions from Acronis are designed to address new demands for data availability, accessibility and protection against the rise in enterprise mobility, the volume and velocity of content creation, user driven collaboration tools and rising storage costs.

mobilEcho is a secure enterprise mobile file management solution for mobile workers. It enables enterprise IT departments to provide secure and managed corporate file access for enterprise tablet users, based on existing security and access control policies.

activEcho is a secure enterprise file sharing and syncing solution. It provides an alternative to consumer file sharing services by giving enterprise IT control over internal and external file sharing.

Jon Woodley, head of systems at the University of East Anglia, discovered the simplicity of mobilEcho in his search for a single solution to provide enterprise-level security. He said: “We installed our first trial on 15 iPads in under a day. mobilEcho just worked, with no complex deployment or lengthy learning curve. The user can start the app and go straight to their files, just as they would with a desktop or laptop joined to our Active Directory. Nothing else in the market allows you to do that in such a transparent and easy manner.”

“When we installed mobilEcho, it enabled us to get secure file access, even in the middle of a meeting,” said Iain Reeman, ICT systems director for the university’s Information Services Directorate. “I can pull up a document to reinforce or support an argument, which is absolutely fantastic. Previously, if someone asked a question that required finding a reference document on the server, you’d have to get back to them later. Now I can look up the answer and give it straight away,” he said.

Laing concluded: “Security, compliance and management are top priorities for IT organisations in mobile file management and EFSS, as well as in mobile device management (MDM). Organisations planning BYOD initiatives should include mobile file management and file synchronization and sharing requirements in conjunction with MDM. Last year we acquired GroupLogic, so that we could help organisations of all sizes get to grips with enterprise mobility and secure collaboration whilst keeping corporate content and systems available and accessible at all times. These product launches mark the first step towards this vision.”

Further information on Acronis mobilEcho and activEcho can be found at www.acronis.co.uk

About Acronis
Acronis is leading the next wave of data availability, accessibility and protection solutions to simplify today’s complex IT environments. Acronis technology enables organisations of all sizes to manage the always-on anywhere data access demands of users, reducing risk against the loss of valuable corporate data, and controlling management and storage costs. With proven technology for data migration and disaster recovery for physical, virtual and cloud environments, and secure enterprise file-sharing and synchronisation regardless of type or platform, Acronis is enabling organisations to embrace new IT strategies and options such as BYOD and Mac in the enterprise. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.co.uk. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis.
Acronis® and the Acronis logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis International GmbH in the United States and/or other countries.

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Conscio Technologies psyched up for Infosecurity 2013 with Rapid Awareness

Logo ConscioPRLog (Press Release)Apr. 4, 2013Conscio Technologies, the software developer of Sensiwave, the turnkey awareness-raising solution in SaaS mode, is extending its service range by rolling out Rapid Awareness. Conscio Technologies will present Rapid Awareness at the Infosecurity 2013 trade show, to be held in London between 23 and 25 April.

Conscio Technologies is a specialist software developer that supplies companies and other client entities with awareness-raising solutions (as training tools, among other applications) in SaaS mode. The company’s flagship package is Sensiwave. Today, Conscio Technologies is announcing the launch of Rapid Awareness, which represents an extension of its service offering.

Whatever the client entity’s sector of activity may be, the organisation continuously meets new challenges and is faced with new regulations on an ongoing basis, which require compliance with a number of security and confidentiality rules. This pushes today’s businesses towards raising the awareness of co-workers in order for the entity to better comply with the evolving regulatory demands.

In order to respond to this need in a fast and effective manner, Conscio Technologies has created Rapid Awareness — a turnkey solution which is accessible on line, in SaaS mode, or in Box form. This new service incorporates an awareness-raising campaign designed to meet international standards and the demands of certification audits (such as FISMA, ISO, HIPPA, PCI, etc.).

Rapid Awareness is built around interactive contents (i.e. sketches, 3D videos, quizzes, and so on) for setting up a practical, real-life example of the relevant situation or problem — for example, a case study focusing on the issue of information security in the workplace, with a view to training the workforce in this respect and avoiding future breaches of security. In due course, Rapid Awareness generates a complete report, which enables the client entity to take stock of the results and impact of the awareness-raising campaign that has been conducted.

In order to enable the client to have genuine flexibility in the use of Rapid Awareness, but also because raising awareness is not only done on line, Rapid Awareness is also available as a complete case study, called Box. This includes a full guide to help the user determine a best-practice approach in matters of awareness raising; an awareness-raising campaign in CD-ROM format, together with its interactive content (i.e. sketches and quizzes); and, finally, the necessary tools in order to raise awareness among co-workers (with dedicated PPT content).

Easy to use, the Rapid Awareness Box enables the client entity to comply with requirements in three key stages, as follows. First of all, the client entity is able to configure its awareness-raising campaign by choosing a specific theme — information security, PCI DSS, business ethics in the workplace, healthcare, sustainable development, etc. Second, the Rapid Awareness Box facilitates the registration of the users or target population for the awareness-raising campaign. Finally, the client entity is in a position to launch the campaign and subsequently gather all relevant statistics, from participation rates and average costs to expansion parameters, proportion of correct answers given, and so on.

As a ready-to-use solution, ideal in relation to a specific need for raising awareness, Rapid Awareness can be said to represent the most effective solution — both technically and economically — in order for the business to achieve compliance. Rapid Awareness can be tailored to all types of users, in terms of company size and types of activity.

Conscio Technologies has priced the Rapid Awareness package in proportion to the size of the target population: from a rate of £690 (exclusive of tax) for a group of fewer than 100 users, with the price going up in proportion to the number of users.

Rapid Awareness is a new service, launched by Conscio Technologies in the first quarter of 2013. The specialist company will present its latest solution at the Infosecurity 2013 trade show, which will be held from 23 to 25 April of this year at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in central London. Conscio Technologies will have a stand on the French Pavilion at the trade fair.

About Conscio Technologies

Conscio Technologies is based in Paris (France) and London (UK). The company was founded in 2007 by Michel Gérard and Fabrice Frade, together with Grant Partners, a Belgian investment fund.

Conscio Technologies has developed Sensiwave, which is an innovative, interactive and flexible software solution facilitating the implementation of in-house awareness-raising campaigns within client entities. The platform developed by Conscio Technologies takes over the management of users and content, the creation of interfaces and communication portals, the uploading of material for the internal campaigns (aimed at the client entity’s staff), and the extraction of statistical data (individual and collective).

Conscio Technologies will be attending the Infosecurity trade show, due to take place at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in central London, from 23 to 25 April 2013. The specialist company will be on the French Pavilion.

For further information about the trade show, please go to: http://www.infosec.co.uk/

For more information about the company, please go to: www.conscio-technologies.com

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Best Selling Authors to Join Editorial Team at Phinkit.com

Dean  Sarah-Jayne Gratton aka @grattonboy  @grattongirlPRLog (Press Release)Apr. 6, 2013LONDON, U.K.TeamGratton join the Editorial Team at Phinkit

Best-selling Social Media authors and high profile husband and wife consultants Dean and Sarah-Jayne Gratton (aka @grattonboy and @grattongirl) have joined the editorial team at the new social media platform Phinkit.

The platform, which was launched in February of this year has been described as “Facebook’s cooler, more sophisticated cousin” and has already amassed a wealth of followers, due to it’s easy to use interface and its ability to share across multiple social channels.

The Gratton’s will be providing weekly columns on social media and technology related topics and will be appearing regularly on Phinkit TV in a series of interviews with Phinkit.com founders Martin Lucas and Simon Jack.  

“We loved the concept of being part of a social media platform that welcomes you in without an pretension and allows you to just ‘be yourself’” said Sarah-Jayne “Being on Phinkit is a bit like being invited into a friends living room”.  Dean agreed, adding “this is a platform that’s come along at just the right time. It fulfills the social multimedia promise in a fresh new way”.

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