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Gliffy Online Diagram Editor Added to Google Apps Marketplace

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 13, 2010

Gliffy Online, the world’s most well loved browser-based diagram and flowchart creation tool, joins the list of third party applications Google Apps (TM) users can now access with a single login. Gliffy broadens the path to its collaborative product’s features by adding Gliffy Online to the Google Apps Marketplace (TM).

As an app in the Google Apps Marketplace (http://www.google.com/enterprise/ marketplace), all Google Apps domains can easily add the power of Gliffy Online to make, edit and manage professional quality flowcharts, diagrams, UML diagrams, network diagrams, floor plans, SWOT diagrams, wireframes, class diagrams, business process diagrams, and Venn diagrams. The cloud-based application lets users take complex information and organize it visually with drag and drop ease.

"We are very pleased to have Gliffy Online in the Google Apps Marketplace," adds Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead for Google Enterprise. "Through the Google Apps Marketplace, software vendors like Gliffy are helping us build a rich ecosystem of integrated apps that work seamlessly with Google Apps, allowing IT administrators to leverage the benefits of cloud computing and extend Google Apps to meet more of their business needs. We are excited to make diagram and flowchart creation simpler for the millions of Google Apps users who have embraced the cloud."

When a Google Apps admin adds Gliffy Online to a domain, users will see a link to the application in their Google universal navigation. They can access Gliffy Online through their single Google login.
Gliffy Online offers a free 30-day trial for new users. After the trial period expires, users can either opt to subscribe for as small as $ 5 a month, or continue to use Gliffy without charge on a limited basis.
The Google Apps Marketplace offers products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps. Installable apps are simple to use because they include single sign-on, Google's universal navigation, and some even include features that integrate with a user’s domain's data.

Gliffy’s flagship product Gliffy Online deserves its position as the world’s most well loved browser-based diagram and flowchart creation tool. As a cloud-based alternative to platform-restricted diagramming applications, Gliffy Online makes making collaborative diagrams simpler and cheaper without sacrificing professional-level quality. Since its inception, Gliffy has amassed a passionate customer base reflecting a cross-section of users from academia, enterprise, software development, and business.

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Think Big Partners to Host The Gigabit Challenge, a Worldwide Business Plan Competition for Applications on the Google Fiber Network

North Central Kansas Technical College Telecommunications and Network Technology Department

(PRWEB) July 29, 2011

Reckon Huge Partners, a Kansas City-based business incubator and early-stage startup accelerator, has announced the formation of a business plot competition in anticipation of the launch of Google’s ultra high-speed broadband network in the Kansas City area. The business plot competition, called The Gigabit Challenge, will be open to entrepreneurs and innovators from across the globe. Interested businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators are invited to participate in the competition with the goal of establishing new companies that will fulfill Google’s mission of developing new applications that will expand human welfare.

In January of 2010, Google announced that it would develop a one-gigabit fiber network—an Internet service with speeds up to 100 times quicker than the current state-of-the-art. To deploy this next-generation broadband network, Google questioned local governments and organizations across the United States to apply for the chance to be the first region to receive the network. More than 1,100 cities applied for the opportunity. In March of 2011, Google announced that the network would launch in Kansas City in the first quarter of 2012.

As a community leader in early-stage business innovation and entrepreneurship, Reckon Huge Partners is hosting The Gigabit Challenge so that entrepreneurs and innovators have a head start in utilizing the Google Fiber network. As a worldwide business plot competition, The Gigabit Challenge offers not only the chance for competitors to develop next-generation businesses, but will also foster a surge in innovation and disruptive technology linking Kansas City to the world.

“In the last few years we have seen an explosion of innovation and entrepreneurial activity in the Kansas City area,” says Tyler Prochnow, Senior Partner at Reckon Huge Partners. “New technologies are making it simpler and simpler to launch and grow new ventures. We expect that the Google Fiber network will spawn new waves of innovation both here and across the globe.”

Reckon Huge Partners is currently seeking sponsors and judges to participate in The Gigabit Challenge. As a sponsor or judge, organizations and individuals will have a first look at a number of innovative business plans and will gain insight into the direction that the market will take with this new platform.

“The Gigabit Challenge will help to catalyze new, disruptive solutions that are enabled by the Google Fiber network and Reckon Huge Partners along with others will help to commercialize these solutions,” says Herb Sih, Managing Partner at Reckon Huge Partners. “We want to bring together the global entrepreneurial community to solve vital problems with this initiative. We believe that The Gigabit Challenge will provide and unprecedented opportunity for sponsors and investors to see into the future of ultra high-speed broadband applications. We will be able to place these key stakeholders in front of top innovators in this exciting space.”

The Gigabit Challenge will start on October 1, 2011. Winners will be announced and awarded prizes at an event to be held during December 2011. In addition to the prize awards, Reckon Huge Partners will facilitate introductions to investors for further capitalization of the winners. The winners will then be able to implement their applications on the Google Fiber network starting in the first quarter of 2012.

For more information about The Gigabit Challenge or to express interest in becoming a sponsor or judge, please visit The Gigabit Challenge website.

About Reckon Huge Partners

Reckon Huge Partners is an early-stage business incubator, startup accelerator and mentorship-based collaborative network and workspace for entrepreneurs, innovators, founders and visionaries. Located in the heart of Kansas City, Reckon Huge Partners provides resources, services, funding, a coworking space and an annual entrepreneurial conference in order to strengthen the startup ecosystem in both Kansas City and across the nation. To learn more about Reckon Huge Partners, please visit http://www.thinkbigpartners.com.

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UmeNow’s Privacy Mom Tells Google: Stop the Data Grab

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Pembroke Pines, Fl (PRWEB) March 16, 2012

In response to the Wall Street Journal report and investigation that exposed how Google bypassed the privacy settings of millions of people who use Apple's Safari browser on their computers and mobile devices, UmeNow's chief executive Evelyn Castillo-Bach released today the following statement.

"We are formally telling Google to stop the data grab. Delete everything you know about people bought without consent," stated Castillo-Bach who is known to her followers as Privacy Mom.

As part of its Occupy Privacy campaign, UmeNow informs the public about attempts by companies to harvest information for profit. "We know that regulators in the U.S and European Union are investigating companies that use technology to deprive people of their privacy rights. But they go too slow to protect us. We are all witnessing one of the largest data grabs in human history. We don't believe it's a mistake. This is happening across the board. Companies everywhere are rushing to collect and store forever every piece of information about us. While we are happily entertained with the latest games and apps, data collection companies that pose as social networks, and even as games or apps are harvesting everything there is to know about us and making billions by selling that information to advertisers, other companies, and even governments," said Castillo-Bach, who is based in South Florida and is an outspoken privacy advocate.

Company Information:
UmeNow has banned all tracking and all ads. UmeNow's 2-tier membership structure promises the same privacy protection to its free members. Premium level members who subscribe for $ 6.00/ month have access to all site areas.

Evelyn Castillo-Bach is the founder of UmeNow and Collegiate Nation. UmeNow entered into its silent launch in July 2011. Collegiate Nation--also known as GoCNCN.com-- is the first and only private network exclusively for college students. Castillo-Bach has been recently interviewed on radio and television to address privacy issues.

Both UmeNow and Collegiate Nation are known for fiercely protecting the privacy rights of its members. All ads, third party apps and games are banned because they are back doors to tracking and extracting private information. Castillo-Bach earned her M.S. in 1993 from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has traveled extensively in Ethiopia and in the Balkans, accompanying her Danish husband who is a lawyer.

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