More than 400 Million Devices Are Connected in U.S. Homes, According to The NPD Group

There are 425 million devices connected to the Internet in U.S. homes, according to a new Connected Intelligence report from global information company, The NPD Group.

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There are 425 million devices connected to the Internet in U.S. homes, according to a new Connected Intelligence report from global information company, The NPD Group. The Connected Home report found that while computers are still the primary connected device, numerous others are diminishing the computer’s relevance to the broadband content marketplace. This trend is being fueled by devices such as gaming consoles and Blu-ray Disc players adding to the number of Internet connected HDTVs, and the connectivity piped directly to the TV itself. Strong consumer retail sales in developing categories such as tablets and smartphones are also impacting the traditional computer’s share of Internet connected devices.
By the end of 2013, a shift towards more screen-sharing across devices is expected. Smaller screens such as the smartphone have the greatest reach now with an estimated 133 million users, with tablets contributing another 31.8 million screens. The development of the shared screen experience, by throwing content from a smaller screen to the TV, is converging device ecosystems and will allow for over-the-top content to become even more prominent on the TV.
“Mobile is adding another dimension powered by screen sharing technologies that allows users to project their tablet or smartphone onto their TV,” said John Buffone, director, NPD’s Connected Intelligence. “Through 2013, multi-screen and multi-device synergy will lead the growth in the broader connected device market, but only if services consumers desire are delivered in a simplistic manner. In this connected world, content providers and consumer technology OEMs need to determine the optimal mix of services and have them on the right devices.”
Are consumers embracing the ability to access apps on their TVs? Read John’s blog to find out.
Methodology

More than 4,000 U.S. consumers, age 18 and older were surveyed in the fourth quarter of 2012. The number of installed and internet connected devices includes those that deliver broadband applications such as computers, tablets, smartphones, HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc Players, video game consoles, and streaming media set top boxes. These devices must actually be connected to the Internet not just be Internet capable. Networking devices and others such as routers, modems, mobile hot spots, and pay TV set top boxes were excluded from this analysis. E-readers were also excluded due to the limited content array they offer.
About Connected Intelligence

Connected Intelligence provides competitive intelligence and insight on the rapidly evolving consumer’s connected environment. The service focuses on the three core components of the connected market: the device, the broadband access that provides the connectivity and the content that drives consumer behavior. These three pillars of the connected ecosystem are analyzed through a comprehensive review of what is available, adopted, and consumed by the customer, as well as reviewing how the market will evolve over time and what the various vendors can do to best position themselves in this evolving market. For more information: http://www.connected-intelligence.com. Follow Connected Intelligence on Twitter: @npdci.
About The NPD Group, Inc.

The NPD Group provides global information and advisory services to drive better business decisions. By combining unique data assets with unmatched industry expertise, we help our clients track their markets, understand consumers, and drive profitable growth. Sectors covered include automotive, beauty, entertainment, fashion, food / foodservice, home, office supplies, sports, technology, toys, video games, and wireless. For more information, visit npd.com and npdgroupblog.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdtech and @npdgroup.

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NewsWatch Features Creatoverse, a Sandbox App that Fosters Your Creativity, on AppWatch

NewsWatch, a nationwide television show, recently aired a news segment about “Creatorverse”, a new tablet app by Linden Lab. The segment aired as part of “AppWatch”, a weekly review of the top apps in the marketplace.

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NewsWatch, a nationwide television show, recently aired a news segment about “Creatorverse”, a new iPad app by Linden Lab. The segment aired as part of AppWatch, a weekly review of the top apps in the marketplace.
NewsWatch recently discovered Creatorverse, a sandbox style app that fosters a user’s creative side. Creatoverse is produced by Linden Lab, the developers of Second Life, and it allows users to design unique creations, from circular objects to motors, to ramps with jumping cars, and then set those designs in motion with simple commands.
The Creatorverse interface is intuitive and easy to understand for users of all ages. Andrew Tropeano, host of AppWatch, performed a demo of the app and was able to draw a car with two wheels on a road with several jumps. He added directional commands, gravity, and motion, then sent the car flying. It was easy, fun, and thought provoking.
Users can create their own designs or they can remix other Creatorverse user’s designs already made and shared to the cloud-based “Creatorverse Galaxy”. Once users create their design, they can save it to their device or share it to the Creatorverse Galaxy for everyone to play with and make their own. Creatorverse is a unique product that stimulates user’s creativity while still being fun and easy to use.
Creatorverse is currently available for iOS, Android, and Amazon devices for $4.99.

For more information or to download the “Creatorverse” app, go to the Creatorverse website.
NewsWatch is a weekly 30-minute consumer oriented television show that airs on the ION Network Thursday mornings at 5:30am across the nation. NewsWatch regularly features top travel destinations, health tips, technology products, medical breakthroughs and entertainment news on the show. A recent addition to NewsWatch, AppWatch is a weekly segment that provides viewers app reviews and game reviews of the latest and hottest apps and games out on the market for iOS and Android devices. The show airs in 180 markets nationwide as well as all of the top 20 broadcast markets in the country, and is the preferred choice for Satellite Media Tour and Video News Release Distribution.

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UN: Analysis suggests 60,000-plus killed in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — At least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war, with monthly casualty figures steadily increasing since the conflict began almost two years ago, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the United Nations.
The death toll is a third more than the figure of 45,000 given by activists opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad — the first time that the global body's estimates are higher.
It comes as activists report that a Syrian warplane blasted a gas station near Damascus on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people and igniting a huge fire in what could be one of the bloodiest attacks in weeks during the 22-month conflict.
Independent experts compared 147,349 killings reported by seven different sources — including the government — for the study, which was commissioned by the U.N. human rights office.
By removing duplicates they arrived at a list of 59,648 individuals killed between the start of the uprising on March 15, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012. In each case, the victim's first and last name, the date and the location of his or her death were known.
"Given there has been no let-up in the conflict since the end of November, we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement. "The number of casualties is much higher than we expected, and is truly shocking."
The real death toll is likely to be even greater because reports containing incomplete information were excluded and a significant number of killings may not have been documented at all by the sources available.
"There are many names not on the list for people who were quietly shot in in the woods," Pillay's spokesman Rupert Colville told The Associated Press.
The data, which didn't distinguish among soldiers, rebels and civilians, also show that the killing in Syria has accelerated.
During the summer of 2011, shortly after the uprising against Assad began, the monthly death toll stood at around 1,000. A year later, an average of 5,000 were killed each month, the U.N. said.
Most of the killings occurred in Homs, followed by rural Damascus, Idlib, Aleppo, Daraa and Hama. At least three quarters of the victims were male.
"The failure of the international community, in particular the Security Council, to take concrete actions to stop the blood-letting, shames us all," Pillay said. "Collectively, we have fiddled at the edges while Syria burns."
The U.N. rights chief warned that thousands more would die or suffer terrible injuries if the conflict continues, and repeated her call that those responsible for the killings — which in some cases could amount to war crimes — should be held accountable.
"We must not compound the existing disaster by failing to prepare for the inevitable — and very dangerous — instability that will occur when the conflict ends," she said.
"Serious planning needs to get under way immediately, not just to provide humanitarian aid to all those who need it, but to protect all Syrian citizens from extra-judicial reprisals and acts of revenge" like those seen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Congo, she said.
What began with peaceful protests has evolved into a full-scale civil war in Syria, with scores of armed groups fighting regime forces across the Arab country.
Anti-regime activists said Wednesday that a single Russian-built MiG fighter fired a missile that hit the gas station, setting off an inferno in the eastern suburb of Mleiha. Black smoke billowed from the site. An amateur video posted online showed charred bodies and gruesome carnage at the scene.
Mohammed Saeed, an activist who visited the site, said the missile struck as drivers waited in line with their cars at the station. Syria has been facing a fuel crisis, and people often must wait for hours to get gasoline.
Meanwhile, rebels have been targeting airports, including the Mannagh military helicopter base near the Turkish border.

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Iran says it captured 2 more US drones in past

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian navy commander claims Iran captured two small U.S. drones in past missions in addition to at least four others reported earlier.
Adm. Amir Rastgari says the two drones were of the small, low-altitude RQ-11 type, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency. He said one was captured in summer of 2011 and the other Nov. 2012.
Rastgari claimed most of the data from the unmanned aircraft was recovered.
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said last month that it captured a ScanEagle American drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. At the same time, Iran claimed it had taken possession of two other simple, small ScanEagles.
In 2011, Iran claimed it brought down a more sophisticated CIA spy drone after it entered Iranian airspace from Afghanistan.

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Israel orders Bedouins to leave West Bank area

KHIRBET AL-MEITEH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote area of the West Bank.
The military said the order was temporary, and that the Palestinians were living illegally in closed military zones. The Bedouins say they have lived in the area for decades. While the army has issued temporary evacuation orders in the past, Bedouins say they have increased in frequency, and they charge the practice is meant to pressure them to leave their homes.
Israel has used largely empty areas of the West Bank for military bases, firing ranges and maneuvers since shortly after it captured the territory in 1967, marking off large areas for exclusive use of the military and bringing frequent complaints from Palestinians. The Palestinians claim all of the West Bank as a key part of a future state.
After receiving the latest evacuation order, one family dismantled its tents, and loaded sheep and small children onto a trailer in the community of Khirbet al-Meiteh alongside thin mattresses, pillows and blankets. "We will sleep here tonight, in this trailer," said Walid Zawahiri, 57. "There's nowhere else to go."
He and other residents said they had to leave their youngest sheep behind because they had nowhere warm to keep them. They feared that they would be eaten by wild animals or shot during military training. The communities rely on herding animals to survive.
Zawhiri said it was the fourth time he had been ordered to relocate in a year. Nearby, soldiers arrived in military vehicles, setting up dummies for target practice.
The evictions occurred in the Jordan Valley, a section of the West Bank along the border with Jordan. Although Palestinians have a measure of self-rule in other parts of the West Bank, Israel retrains overall military and administrative control over most of the Jordan Valley.
The area, mostly desert, is home to 60,000 Palestinians, the United Nations estimates. Some 8,000 are Bedouins, a culturally distinct community that once roved between winter and summer grazing sites with its livestock. Now they are mostly tethered to one area, and rely on sheep herding and manual labor to get by. They tend to live on the poor margins of Palestinian society.
The Jordan Valley is among the 60 percent of the West Bank that remains under full Israeli control, nearly two decades after interim peace accords granted the Palestinians autonomy elsewhere in the territory. The Israeli-controlled section includes military bases, nature reserves and Jewish settlements.
In a separate incident Wednesday, dozens of Israeli settlers tried to block access to a strip of land that Palestinians sought to cultivate near the northern West Bank village of Jaloud. The Palestinians obtained a court order allowing them enter their lands after Israeli settlers in the past tried to claim the land as their own, said lawyer Qamar Mashriqi.
The military said soldiers dispersed the crowd.
The settlers of the Esh Kodesh outpost rolled flaming tires at Palestinian-owned tractors before the soldiers intervened.

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UN estimates Syria death toll more than 60,000

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's 21-month-old uprising against authoritarian rule, a toll one-third higher than what anti-regime activists had counted. The U.N. human rights chief called the toll "truly shocking."
Opposition activist groups had been estimating the death toll at more than 45,000 and this was the first time that the U.N. estimate was higher.
"Given there has been no letup in the conflict since the end of November, we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement. "The number of casualties is much higher than we expected, and is truly shocking," she added.
"The failure of the international community, in particular the Security Council, to take concrete actions to stop the blood-letting, shames us all," Pillay said. "Collectively, we have fiddled at the edges while Syria burns."
A regime airstrike on a gas station in a Damascus suburb on Wednesday pushed that death toll in the civil war even higher. Anti-government activists said dozens were killed and wounded when the strike ignited an inferno and left behind a gruesome trail of charred bodies. It may be one of the bloodiest attacks in weeks.
Mohammed Saeed, an activist who visited the site in the eastern suburb of Mleiha, said the missile struck as drivers waited in line with their cars at the station. Syria is facing a fuel crisis and people often wait in line for hours to get gas.
An amateur video posted online showed the carnage at the scene, where black smoke billowed from the fire.
In northern Syria, rebels clashed with government troops near at least three airports, part of their push to cut into the government's air power.
A number of rebel groups, including the Islamic extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, attacked a helicopter base near the village of Taftanaz in Idlib province. Videos posted online showed them blasting at targets inside the airport with heavy machine guns mounted on the backs of pick-up trucks.
The videos appeared to be genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting on the issue.
Rebels also clashed with government forces near the Mannagh airport in Aleppo province and near the Aleppo international airport, shutting down air traffic for a second straight day, activists said.
In another blow to the regime and Syria's economy, a Philippine-based container port operator says it has pulled out of Syria and withdrawn all of its Filipino workers from a key port because of the civil war.
The move by Manila-based International Container Terminal Services Inc., through its Syrian subsidiary Tartous International Container Terminal, could effectively derail cargo services in the northwest port city of Tartus, Syria's largest port.
The family of American journalist James Foley revealed Wednesday that he had been missing in Syria for more than one month. He was providing Agence France-Press with videos and his family said he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thanksgiving day.
The family called on those holding him to contact them.
"James is a professional journalist who has remained totally neutral in this conflict," AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog said in a statement. "His captors, whoever they may be, must release him immediately."
Covering Syria has been a challenge for journalists. The government rarely gives visas to journalists, prompting some to sneak in with the rebels, often at great danger to themselves.
The new U.N. analysis said monthly casualty figures have been steadily increasing since the conflict began in March 2011.
Independent experts compared 147,349 killings reported by seven different sources — including the government — for the study, which was commissioned by the U.N. human rights office.
By removing duplicates they arrived at a list of 59,648 individuals killed between the start of the uprising on March 15, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012. In each case, the victim's first and last name, the date and the location of his or her death were known.
The real death toll is likely to be even greater because reports containing incomplete information were excluded and a significant number of killings may not have been documented at all by the sources available.
"There are many names not on the list for people who were quietly shot in the woods," Pillay's spokesman Rupert Colville told The Associated Press.
The data, which didn't distinguish among soldiers, rebels and civilians, also show that the killing in Syria has accelerated.
During the summer of 2011, shortly after the uprising against Assad began, the monthly death toll stood at around 1,000. A year later, an average of 5,000 were killed each month, the U.N. said.
Most of the killings occurred in Homs, followed by rural Damascus, Idlib, Aleppo, Daraa and Hama. At least three quarters of the victims were male.
The U.N. rights chief warned that thousands more would die or suffer terrible injuries if the conflict continues, and repeated her call that those responsible for the killings — which in some cases could amount to war crimes — should be held accountable.
"We must not compound the existing disaster by failing to prepare for the inevitable — and very dangerous — instability that will occur when the conflict ends," she said.
"Serious planning needs to get under way immediately, not just to provide humanitarian aid to all those who need it, but to protect all Syrian citizens from extra-judicial reprisals and acts of revenge" like those seen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Congo, she said.
The U.N. refugee agency said about 84,000 fled Syria in December alone, bringing the total number of refugees from the conflict about a half million. Many more are displaced inside Syria.

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3 Egyptian officials fly to UAE to discuss arrests

CAIRO (AP) — Three senior Egyptian officials flew to the United Arab Emirates Wednesday to discuss the arrest of 11 Egyptians accused of forming a Muslim Brotherhood cell in the emirate, Cairo airport officials said.
A statement from Egypt's president said one of the envoys, Essam el-Haddad, presidential adviser for foreign affairs and international cooperation, was carrying a letter from President Mohammed Morsi to the UAE President Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Later Wednesday, airport officials said Maj. Gen. Mohammed Rifaat Shehata, the head of Egypt's intelligence services, traveled to the Emirates.
Morsi is from the Muslim Brotherhood, which has emerged as Egypt's most powerful political force in the aftermath of the uprising that ousted longtime President Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago.
The statement from the president's office did not disclose the contents of the letter. It said el-Haddad will also meet officials in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The UAE's Al-Khaleej newspaper reported Tuesday that the 11 Egyptians were arrested last month after allegedly collecting security information about the UAE, holding secret meetings, recruiting members and sending large amounts of money to Brotherhood leaders in Cairo.
All political parties or groups are banned in the tightly controlled UAE.
Relations between the Emirates and Egypt have taken a sharp downward turn after the rise of Islamists to power in Egypt. The rich Gulf nation has cracked down on Islamists from other Arab countries in its territory since the outbreak of protests against Arab leaders in the region nearly two years ago.
The crackdown prompted some Islamists in Egypt to sharply criticize the Emirates, which had warm relations with the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
Envoys are expected to discuss relations between the two countries, which soured further after Egyptian presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq flew to the UAE soon after he narrowly lost to Morsi in Egypt's presidential elections last year.
Litigation against Shafiq followed his departure, with a number of investigations and court cases accusing him of corruption during his long political career under Mubarak.
News media in the two countries reported accusations about alleged conspiracies against each other, including rumors of a plan to kidnap Morsi and take him to the UAE. The rumors peaked when thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in front of Morsi's palace last month, protesting a draft constitution and a presidential decree giving Morsi wider powers.
In September, Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, warned of an "international plot" to overthrow the Gulf governments by Islamists inspired by the rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
The UAE has not faced street protests during Arab Spring upheavals, but authorities have stepped up arrests and pressure on groups including an Islamist organization, Al Islah, accused of undermining the country's ruling system.

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Daimer Unveils Pressure Washer Steam Cleaner to its Cleaning Equipment Offerings for U.S. Military in the Middle East and Elsewhere Worldwide

Military cleaning personnel need powerful pressure washers just like all maintenance staff with many industries, but the environments within which cleaning is performed are very different. Technologically outstanding steam cleaners offer superior cleaning power to quickly remove even the most challenging substances from military vehicles and more.

Woburn, MA (PRWEB) January 01, 2013
Daimer Industries, Inc.®, the global-leading supplier of U.S. engineered and manufactured commercial cleaning equipment offering well-recognized products, including its versatile stationary pressure washer machines, proprietary portable commercial pressure washer equipment, rugged industrial carpet cleaner systems, and temperature-maximized vapor steam cleaner models, has unveiled to the government its Super Max™ 12500 PE, truly unique, tri-mode pressure washing equipment emitting no fossil fuels and high cleaning power.
The company ships its equipment not only to the American government and all branches of the military, but also to national and international companies and organizations of all sizes located in over 200 countries globally. American and foreign buyers prefer top U.S. manufactured equipment such as those made by Daimer®. Popular systems range from industrial truck mount carpet cleaning equipment to the most advanced car wash equipment, and many other technologies in between for virtually unlimited applications within all countries.
The 12500 PE machine is both heated and powered by propane, so it can be used for indoor and outdoor cleaning applications. The gas pressure washer create a pressure level of 3000 psi and offers a high flow rate of 5 gpm. High temperatures up to 330ºF make tough cleaning applications like mud, grease, and oil removal easy. Daimer®'s own Thermal Optimized Projection Steam™ (TOPS™) technology allows for the steam pressure washer to create more forceful, higher temperature steam flow than other steam cleaners on the market. The company's TOPS™ and Super-Hot™ features result in much fast cleaning performance as well as dramatically lower water usage for "greener" cleaning than other brands' systems.
“Military forces have different cleaning needs than any ordinary company or organization. Soldiers generally have to work in difficult and dangerous conditions, so powerful cleaning equipment with superior technologies, high temperatures and flow rates are required to make the cleaning applications easier and much faster,” states Daimer Industries, Inc.® spokesperson, Matthew Baratta. “Daimer® is extremely proud to be shipping its Super Max™ 12500 PE commercial pressure washer systems to military forces in the Middle East, United States, and other locations throughout the world. Daimer®'s machine is capable of targeting some of the toughest cleaning applications imaginable.”
Government military personnel have to manage varied cleaning tasks, other than obviously protecting the country and its national interests abroad as well as within the United States. Daimer®'s Super Max™ 12500 PE pressure washer is ideal for truck washing and superb auto detailing tasks. The product is excellent for maintaining heavy trucks, Hummers, automobiles, construction equipment, building exteriors, and more.
The high-powered system offers the power of even some of its durable electric pressure washer machine models and can clean all kinds of hard surfaces, including concrete, brick, metal, and most other hard surfaces both inside facilities and on outside premises. The power washing equipment can even be attached to Daimer®'s hard surface spinning tools for remarkable tile and grout cleaning with simultaneous extraction.
Daimer®'s multi-functional equipment can be used as a steam industrial pressure washer system, a forceful hot water pressure washer, and a cold water pressure cleaner system. The 12500 PE gas pressure washer offers optional two-gun operation to allow two personnel to use the machine at the same time. The system can heat water to desired temperatures in nearly 30 seconds, due to its TOPS™ functionality and the presence of heavy-duty schedule 80 heating coils. The machine's outstanding temperatures dissolve oil and grease deposits quickly and easily without the use of chemicals.
The Super Max™ 12500 PE pressure washers include steel, powder-coated, high gloss, chip or chemical resistant housing makes it durable enough to withstand the rigors of tough outdoor cleaning applications. The highly powerful machine includes a very heavy-duty 20.0 HP propane engine.
The company's Super Max™ 12500 PE comes with Daimer®'s Long Hose Technology™ (LHT™) that offers excellent power even if hoses of 300 feet in length are used. For indoor use, the machine can be kept outside and long hoses can be used to clean the inside. The pressure level of the company's pressure washers will drop very slightly, even if the machine is kept at a distance of many hundreds feet away from location where cleaning is performed. Operators can leave the equipment outside and use long hoses to target objects deeper within industrial facilities.
A 3' durable trigger wand with quick disconnect, 50' high pressure steam hose, and a number of nozzles, such as a blast nozzle to one with a 40º spray pattern, are some of the accessories included with the machine.
For Additional Information:
To learn more about the Super Max™ 12500 PE, visit the company's official corporate website or contact Matthew Baratta at (888) 507-2220. The equipment is available for exportation to most countries across the globe.
About Daimer Industries, Inc.®:

Daimer Industries, Inc.® is the global supplier of highly advanced cleaning equipment, such as hot water pressure washer machines, electric pressure washer systems, carpet cleaning systems, hard floor cleaners, gum removal machines, steam cleaning systems, and other products and models with patented technologies.

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Breakout Consulting Offers New Clients $500 Off on Dream Client Marketing Campaign

Leading business consultancy offers businesses of all sizes to strategically target their dream client list.

(PRWEB) January 01, 2013
Breakout Consulting, a leading small business coaching and consulting firm based in Dearborn, MI is offering new clients a $500 discount on their Dream Client Marketing Campaign focused on attracting the most lucrative buyers in their marketplace. The customized marketing package includes all the research, creatives and marketing collateral necessary to execute an effective dream client or best buyer marketing strategy. Package price also includes coaching and guidance to ensure effective deployment of the campaign. New clients can expect to be interacting with prospective dream clients within 45 days of engaging Breakout Consulting for this service.
The promotional price of $495 is a 50% discount over the normal price and is offered to new clients only.
Additional details can be found on their website or by calling 313-757-1425.
About Breakout Consulting:
Breakout Consulting, LLC was founded in 2000 by Michael P. Berry, a seasoned business professional who has been involved at various levels of ownership and management in 23 different private and franchise brands. Coaching and consulting services focus on all aspects of business improvement including marketing, sales, profitability, growth, hiring, training, planning, policies and procedures for start-ups and small to medium sized businesses. Prospective clients are offered a complimentary initial consultation and receive a customized 12-point growth plan free of charge.

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Latest Software Review Impressed With Integrated Video Tutorials Presented In Ultimate Typing™ Software, eReflect Announces

A recently published review of Ultimate Typing™ software reveals that the EasyLearn™ technology with integrated video tutorials is a unique tool that makes Ultimate Typing™ very efficient.

New York City, NY (PRWEB) January 02, 2013
Ultimate Typing™ software has been examined in a detailed review by Leon Ferreira of the website Neurocube.co.za, and he has found that the video tutorials of the software account for its high efficiency in teaching typing correctly and efficiently.
As the review suggests, Ultimate Typing™ software is an easy to use typing program that has helped him personally to switch from his two-finger typing method into a more productive and professional all-ten-fingers typing style. The reviewer states that by practicing 7 minutes per day in his lunch breaks, he was able to substantially improve both his speed and accuracy, seeing noticeable improvement as early as in five days' time.
Ferreira notes that despite his age he was able to improve his typing in as little as two weeks, with results that he found rather astonishing. Upon reflection, he attributes this otherwise unbelievable progress to the EasyLearn™ technology incorporated in Ultimate Typing™. The software features a state-of-the-art technology using professional and interactive video tutorials.
These tutorials are available throughout the software and are presented to the user before they start practicing. These videos are of high quality, precise and very easy to understand. The instructor explains in simple language the requirements of the exercise and any “how-to” tips and tricks, and then the user is expected to practice the exercise at hand. According to the reviewer, this feature proves to be very helpful as it allows users to learn correctly all typing tricks and strategies presented. The teach-then-practice method of Ultimate Typing™ ensures that all learners, regardless of level and needs, can benefit from practicing with Ultimate Typing™.
This revolutionary typing class strategy not only saves time for the user, according to the reviewer, but it also ensures that no knowledge or skill gaps are left in the user's learning curve. Instead, the instructional videos provide all necessary information about how to perform an exercise for maximum results, which makes it easy for the users to succeed.
For more information on how Ultimate Typing™ can improve your typing speed and accuracy please visit the official website http://www.ultimatetyping.com.
About Ultimate Typing™
Ultimate Typing™ is an advanced typing tutor software that offers incomparably sophisticated typing strategies.
Ultimate Typing™ is based on the latest research and scientific developments regarding efficient typing. With as little as 7 minutes a day, aspiring fast typists can substantially improve their typing accuracy and speed.
With its user-friendly and expert-designed activities all users can improve their typing. Accurate typing is possible thanks to Ultimate Typing™. Plus, eReflect provides a money-back guarantee that cannot be matched.

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