Popular Messaging And Voice App Viber Unveils Version 4.2 For iPhone With A Redesigned Look, Many New Feature Updates, And Long Awaited BlackBerry 10 App

LONDON. - Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Viber, (www.viber.com) the leading mobile communications platform offering free messaging and HD-quality phone calls, announced today the release of its redesigned iPhone app that is designed for iOS 7, bringing multiple enhancements to iPhone users. The company has simultaneously released a new mobile app for BlackBerry 10, bringing Viber to BlackBerry’s latest OS with many of the most popular Viber features for the first time.

“Viber has been redesigned from the start for simplicity and ease of use. For our iPhone release we took our cue from the clean, flat look of iOS 7, we wanted Viber to feel like a completely seamless part of the device,” said Talmon Marco, CEO of Viber. “Our BlackBerry 10 app is a beautiful twi ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, April 24th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502), one of the world's leading suppliers of thermal power generation equipment, today announced that it has been selected to supply thermal power generation equipment for the retrofit and modernization of the Altamira Thermal Power Plant in Tamaulipas State, northeastern Mexico. Under the terms of the contract, Toshiba will supply Isolux Corsán a major constructor of EPC generation plants, with two high-efficiency 165MW steam turbines and related equipment. Altamira is currently equipped with two 158MW steam turbines and generators that Toshiba shipped to Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico's state-owned electricity utility, in the early 1970’s.

CFE, the owner of Altamira, awarded an Isolux Corsán -led consortium, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the retrofit and upgrade of the plant, including fuel conversion from oil ... Read more »

RICHARDSON, Texas - Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir Systems (NYSE: MVNR), a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, today announced its Converged Video and Voicemail solution, which enables mobile operators to offer an exciting new, differentiated service for their subscribers and enhances their Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service offering.

Mavenir’s Converged Video and Voicemail solution utilizes common functional components, such as cloud storage, message delivery and notifications that are needed to enable VoLTE and Rich Communications Services (RCS), while providing valuable cost efficiencies and synergies needed to seamlessly transform mobile operator networks to 4G LTE. It improves the user experience by extending the mobile operator’s call completion service offering, while providing meaningful cost savings through n ... Read more »

AGC Showcases New Possibilities of Chemically Strengthened Glass

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TOKYO & SAO PAULO - Thursday, April 24th 2014

AGC today unveiled the official glass roof for player benches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The glass roof, made from chemically strengthened glass, provides unparalleled visibility, durability and damage resistance, and is an evolution from the model provided last year by AGC to the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013.

It also shows that this technology, originally developed to protect small electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets, can be applied to large fixtures, paving the way for greater potential for chemically strengthened glass to be explored by architects and designers.

The player benches, composed entirely of AGC-made materials such as fluoropolymer-coated frames made with fiber reinforced plastic, will be supplied to all 12 venues, and be used at all matches of the worl ... Read more »