New York, NY and Trondheim, Norway – November 17, 2011 - FXI Technologies, a hardware and software startup based in Trondheim Norway, demonstrated today the world’s first any screen, connected computing USB device. Codenamed “Cotton Candy”, this sweet little device serves as a technology bridge between any display, the Cloud, and any input peripheral.
The vision for Cotton Candy is to allow users a single, secure point of access to all personal Cloud services and apps through their favorite operating system, while delivering a consistent experience on any screen. The device will serve as a companion to smartphones, tablets, notebook PC and Macs, as well add smart capabilities to existing displays, TVs, set top boxes and game consoles.
London/Oslo/Austin, Texas: 3 October 2011 - Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire Edvantage Group. Over 500,000 users across hundreds of organizations use Edvantage Group's SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) learning solutions to develop employee skills and competencies. Edvantage Group brings Lumesse world-class capabilities in learning management, content development and management, online content delivery, and custom course development. The two companies already share a number of customers and have pre-existing integrations between their respective product sets
"Social TV" and "Second screen solutions" were the hot topics at IBC in Amsterdam. never.no was ideally positioned with its Interactivity Suite and Synchronized Companion App. Vizrt, never.no and Reaktor showed the world's first Synchonized Companion App, developed for TV2 Norway for Tour de France this summer. Vizrt recently released a video from the show.
