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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

RCN Launches New Lineup of Ultra HD 4K Channels in All Markets

RCN, an award-winning provider of high-speed internet, digital TV and phone services, has announced the availability of seven dedicated 4K channels in each of its serviceable markets, making the company the US leader in 4K channel offerings. The launch will feature a broad range of Ultra HD 4K channels from the SES 4K platform, including Insight TV, Travelxp 4K, The Country Network, NASA TV UHD, C4K360, NatureVision TV, UHD1 and special live events coverage.

"With the addition of seven new 4K channels, RCN has become the premier destination for 4K channel content. Not only will customers enjoy travel, lifestyle, music, and more, they can utilize this 4K technology on their favorite streaming services via their TiVo set-top boxes – providing a seamless user entertainment experience," said Chris Fenger, COO of RCN. "RCN continuously offers new and innovative technologies, and with the launch of 4K dedicated channels, we're adding this advanced viewing experience to our trusted services, including 1 Gigabit internet, whole home WiFi, the new TiVo Experience with voice remote and more."

While most HDTVs provide picture at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 4K channels allow users to view programming at four times higher resolution, with 3840 x 2160 pixels. 4K resolution is especially beneficial on televisions that measure 50-inches or more, according to TechRadar. The crystal-clear picture provided by 4K enables customers to catch every detail of their favorite sporting events, shows and movies.

The new 4K channels will be offered in conjunction with RCN's 4K-enabled set top boxes and Advanced TiVo Experience with voice remote. To receive the new 4K channels, customers must subscribe to RCN Signature Digital TV and have a 4K TV and 4K set-top box, along with internet service. In addition to the new 4K programming, RCN customers can access the 4K content hosted by supported streaming apps, including Netflix, Hulu, HBOGO and more – all easily accessible with RCN's set top boxes and voice remote.

To provide these new 4K channels, RCN is leveraging the content and reach of the SES Ultra HD platform, the world's largest single source of linear 4K programming.

"SES is thrilled to play a pivotal role in RCN's 4K services launch to customers from Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia to Boston, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania," said Steve Corda, Vice President of Media Platforms for SES in North America. "Our SES Ultra HD platform represents the world's largest source of 4K linear content and live events coverage, enabling RCN to offer an immersive television viewing experience like no other.

The new channels build on RCN's existing 4K content. Through Vivicast Media, RCN customers with 4K enabled set-top-boxes have access to additional premier channels including Travelxp 4K, C4K360 and NatureVision TV.

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RCN's network delivers ultra-high-speed internet, Netflix, Hulu and HBOGO on TiVo, personalized video options and more – all accompanied by the very best customer service and the availability of internet speeds of up to 1 Gigabit. RCN is a three-time winner of PCMag's "Readers' Choice Award for Best ISP" due to its high ratings in satisfaction, reliability and technical support. In 2018, RCN was ranked fastest ISP in the Northeast.

For more information on RCN's new 4K channel offerings, visit http://www.rcn.com/4k-tv or call 800-746-4726.

About RCN
RCN Telecom Services, LLC (http://www.rcn.com and http://www.rcn.com/business) provides industry-leading high-speed internet, all-digital TV and phone services for residential, small/medium and Enterprise business customers. PC Magazine's Readers' Choice Award named RCN one of the winners for best ISPs in 2015, 2016 and 2017 – RCN was rated highest in overall satisfaction. RCN is YouTube HD Verified, earning the company the highest-ranking that Google offers. RCN is also a Netflix Open Connect partner, placing in the Top rankings on the Netflix USA ISP Speed Index in the markets RCN serves. RCN's affordably priced advanced digital services are delivered through its proprietary, state-of-the-art fiber-rich network and supported by 100% U.S.-based customer service. RCN's primary service areas include Boston, Chicago, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Philadelphia (Delaware County) and Washington, DC.

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Photographers Earn Big with Zenfolio’s New Pre-order Feature on Its Top-Rated Photography E-Commerce Platform

Photographers using Zenfolio's new pre-order feature have generated an extra million dollars in sales since its roll-out 120 days ago. Zenfolio (zenfolio.com) is a Silicon Valley software as a service (SaaS) and e-commerce business used by more than 100,000 photographers. Pre-order allows photographers a new way to engage with their clients and generate more sales. Pre-order enables photographers to sell photos, packages and shoots in advance of an event or session. Photographers are able to customize the pricing and packaging of shoots and photographs based on their specific business model, enabling them to sell anything from digital photos and photo shoots to all-inclusive packages in minutes. The ease and simplicity of the experience has driven rapid, noteworthy growth for both photographers and Zenfolio.

Photographers need to expand their services in order to capture a portion of the $450 billion dollar e-commerce market in the USA, according to data from the Department of Commerce. Pre-order helps photographers accomplish this by instantly giving them their own online store. Photographers no longer need to spend time manually typing orders, printing forms and meeting clients to collect payment. With Zenfolio, the photographer's store is always open so their clients can order and pay before the lens cap is even removed.

"The feedback on pre-order testing was so positive that we expanded availability to all customers in October 2018. Pre-order is now the most successful new offering in the company's history, generating more than a million dollars in revenue for photographers in the past 120 days," said John Loughlin, CEO of Zenfolio. "We listen carefully to photographers and recognized an opportunity to improve their business. No other provider was offering a simple method to sell in advance of a shoot. Pre-order is just the latest example of the many things we're working on for our customers."

Gail Roser, owner of Grand Photography LLC based in Gilbert, Ariz., has used pre-order to sell more than $50K for her school and sports league photography business. "I love that the pre-orders can be placed online before picture day. The clean design allows customers to seamlessly purchase their packages." Read all the related news.

Zenfolio will be showcasing this new feature to tens of thousands of trade show attendees at Wedding & Portrait Photography Intl. (wppiexpo.com) in Las Vegas, NV February 27 - March 1, 2019. Photographers will get a chance to see a live demo and experience the full benefits of using the Zenfolio suite of offerings, including the website builder, e-commerce, and marketing tools, along with pre-order.

Zenfolio, headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., is an all-in-one platform for professional and amateur photographers to showcase, share and sell their photography. Photographers are provided with a full suite of marketing tools that saves time, increases efficiency and allows them to focus on photography. Its suite of software services includes a photography website builder, digital photo gallery sharing tools, and e-commerce solutions—including the new pre-order feature, paid digital downloads, prints and photo gifts. Since launching in 2006, it has had hundreds of thousands of registered users internationally—including United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Spain and France—who have connected with millions of consumers around the world. For more information about its products and services, visit zenfolio.com.

Warren County, Ohio Dispatch Team Finds Efficiencies with the Shift To Aladtec.com

The 44 dispatchers and supervisors at Warren County Emergency Services in southwest Ohio recently moved their scheduling tasks from manual spreadsheets to Aladtec. The change is saving several hours each shift, and employees love the convenience, according to Operation Manager Jesse Madden.

"The staff is so happy they can access the schedule remotely, request comp, sick or vacation time while also being able to see their vacation, sick, and comp time balances," Madden wrote.

The center operates from Lebanon -- situated midway between Cincinnati, some 30 miles to the southeast, and Dayton, 27 miles to the north. The population of Warren County was 212,600 in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Madden and several co-workers became familiar with Aladtec while working part-time with area fire departments.

Aladtec, a cloud-based scheduling and workforce management application, is currently used by 246 fire, EMS, law enforcement, and communication centers across Ohio including some agencies for which Warren County ES provides dispatch services.

"Prior to Aladtec we used an Excel Spreadsheet," said Madden. "It was very time-consuming each time changes were needed, and the employees could not access it remotely or on their personal devices. When we decided to demo the product, we were able to streamline the paperwork, reducing the man-hours it was taking to approve time off, and track it in multiple different systems."

"Switching to Aladtec has saved us several man-hours per shift. We already see great time savings from the supervisors by freeing them up from 'paperwork' and going paperless," Madden added.

The agency began using Aladtec in July 2018.

The Warren County center employs 32 Dispatchers, six Dispatch Supervisors, an administrative assistant, and a training coordinator, plus Madden and Director Melissa Bour.

The center provides dispatch services for 10 area police agencies and 13 fire departments, as well as the Warren County Sheriff's Office, Adult & Juvenile Probation, the dog warden and county park rangers. The staff also fields after-hours calls for the Coroner's Office, Children's Services, Health Department, plus the street, sewer, and water departments.

Last year, Warren County ES dispatchers handled approximately 212,000 police calls and 22,000 fire and EMS calls.

Other Aladtec dispatch patrons in Ohio include Akron Safety Communications Center; Athens County 911; Chagrin Valley - Brecksville; Chagrin Valley Dispatch, Bedford; Cuyahoga Emergency Communications System, Cleveland; Hamilton County Communications, Cincinnati; Licking County Regional Communications Center, Newark; Lorain County 9-1-1, Elyria; Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Communications, Dayton; Southwest Summit Communications, Akron; and the Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments, Wooster.

Aladtec, labeled "software-as-a-service" in computer parlance, is a su bscription-based platform that streamlines the process managers use to build complicated schedules. It uses e-mail and texting tools to allow employees to trade shifts, request time-off, and be notified of open shifts anywhere they have phone- or internet connectivity.

The program also allows agencies to build and host electronic forms to document daily station routines like public records requests, training documentation, and repair requests. Administrators can also track staff members' licenses and certifications, upload files that members can access remotely, and send notifications to individuals or groups when the need arises to fill an open shift or staff a special event. A system log tracks all activity on the platform, providing airtight accountability.

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Aladtec, Inc. is based in River Falls, Wis. The software was first developed in 2003 to solve scheduling problems at a rural ambulance service. The firm has continued to grow and now serves more than 2,200 fire, police, EMS, dispatch- and healthcare clients across the U.S. and Canada.

For more information, visit http://www.aladtec.com, or call 888-749-5550.

Monday, February 4, 2019

Kabook! Continues to Innovate Personalized Children’s Storybooks with the Option of Gender-Neutral Customization

Kabook!, the world's most advanced, patent-pending publishing technology platform offering customized children's books with highly personalized photographs and text inputs, announced today the introduction of a gender-neutral option. The first publishing company to include a gender-neutral version of every story on its platform, Kabook! is proud to support all families in their reading adventures, without limiting gender.

Kabook! currently offers five storybooks in its collection; three with customized text options for the gender of a child, now including gender neutrality as one of the selections. Storybooks with this new feature include: Wanted: The Girl/Boy/Child Who Saved the Kingdom, a medieval quest for children ages 2-7 and its most popular storybook; The List, a festive caper with Santa and his elves for children ages 2-7; and Close This Book Tight, a brand-new adventure about mischievous creatures who escape an open storybook for children ages 2-7.

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"Kabook! aims to give all children an inclusive reading experience and allows them to truly connect with their own unique stories, and a gender-neutral option delivers this goal, further differentiating our already-unique experience." said Bram C. Hall, Founder and CEO of Kabook!.

Kabook! stories are written by top children's book authors and illustrated by leading artists, and feature photos digitally converted into the specific illustration style of the book, along with customized text such as a child's name or their favorite stuffed animal's name, driving a stronger connection to the story. Kabook! reimagines the nightly reading experience for families – making it more personal and more powerful – to instill a love of reading in children and strengthen the parent/child bonding opportunity.

Kabook! storybooks are available in hardback and softback editions, and are printed on heavy, 70-pound paper to resist tearing, with a matte finish to resist fading. They start at $24.99 and typically takes 3-5 business days to ship. Visit http://www.mykabook.com for more information.

About Kabook!
Launched in 2018, Kabook! is the publisher of high-quality customized children's books that unite user-generated photos and text with storybooks written and illustrated by world-class authors and illustrators. Pioneering the most advanced, patent-pending publishing technology that blends uploaded photos with illustrations through object recognition and filters, Kabook! offers a brand-new kind of personalized reading experience for children ages 0-7. Kabook! stories can be created and purchased at http://www.mykabook.com, and ship anywhere in the United States. Kabook! is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. For more information, visit http://www.mykabook.com or connect @mykabook.

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Does the Price of Groceries Change the Amount of Wasted Food?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recently announced their new agreement "Winning on Reducing Food Waste" inititative. The new inititative is to help improve education, communication and other impacts of reducing food loss and waste. While nearly one-third of all food is wasted within households, another third is wasted at retail level. With these facts in mind, a couple of researchers published in Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy (AEPP) to examine how food price and expenditure affect the demand for food waste.

Craig Landry and Travis Smith from the University of Georgia test their theories in "Demand for Household Food Waste."

Smith says, "Due to the inherent difficulty in collecting food waste data, previous research has relied on stated preference information (i.e., hypothetical scenarios). Our estimates are the first to use nationally representative data of actual meal production and consumption in the household."

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The article, "Demand for Household Food Waste," is now available online for a limited time. If you are interested in setting up an interview with Travis Smith, please contact Allison Scheetz in the AAEA Business Office.

ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries. Members of the AAEA work in academic or government institutions as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of research, teaching, and outreach activities in the areas of agriculture, the environment, food, health, and international development. The AAEA publishes two journals, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices. To learn more, visit http://www.aaea.org. Read here.

Edvance360 Takes Top Third Spot In FrontRunner Enterprise LMS Quadrant

Edvance360, a leading provider of eLearning solutions, announced Edvance360 has received placement as number three in the top LMS enterprise vendors in Gartner's Software Advice FrontRunner LMS Quadrant, scoring a 9.10 out of 10 for usability and User Reviews. FrontRunners is designed to help small businesses evaluate which software products may be right for them.

FrontRunners is published on Software Advice, the leading online service for businesses navigating the software selection process. FrontRunners evaluates verified end-user reviews and product data, positioning the top scoring products based on usability and user recommendations for small businesses. FrontRunners for LMS vendors full report is available here. Read here.

"Edvance360 consistently receives awards and other accolades for our tools, our service, and our commitment to evolving education. To be included in Gartner's Software Advice Frontrunner Quadrant as a top Enterprise LMS - indeed taking the number three spot for usability and user ratings - is an honor. We scored a 9.10 out of 10 because of our commitment to usability and our community of users who make us great!" said Cathy Garland, VP of Sales & Marketing, Edvance360 LMS

We invite you to consider Edvance360 for your online programs and internal training programs. Edvance360 offers:

Affordable Pricing – Edvance360 pricing is significantly lower than other commercial vendors. Pricing is regularly 30%-50% below competitor prices.

Forward-Thinking Commitment – Edvance360 was the first to combine social networking and other Web 2.0, collaborative tools (Wikis, Communities, Journals, Blogs, RSS feeds, etc.) with the Learner Management System.

Open Standards and Specifications – Edvance360 supports SCORM and Common Cartridge.

About Edvance360
Edvance360 is an Internet-based Learner Management System (LMS) and secure social network that enables institutions to implement a successful online program. Edvance360 equips schools, corporations, and organizations to host online courses, implement modular courses, and revitalize traditional courses.

Our clients enjoy a high return on their investment, personalized support, and customizable solutions. We do not believe a one-size-fits-all approach is beneficial to our clients, so we are committed to adapting Edvance360 to fit the needs of the rapidly changing world of education.

Edvance360 is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. For more information, please visit http://www.edvance360.com or call 866-458-0360.

Edvance360 and the Edvance360 logo are trademarks of Edvance360 Corporation. All other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Software Advice is the leading online service for businesses navigating the software selection process. Advisors provide free, personalized software recommendations, helping companies of all sizes find products that meet their business needs. Software Advice also features objective research by industry experts and reviews from validated users, saving buyers time and resources. Software Advice is a Gartner company. For more information, visit softwareadvice.com. Read related news now.

FrontRunners constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-user reviews, ratings, and data applied against a documented methodology; they neither represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, Software Advice or its affiliates.

Gen Z and Millennials Say Travel and Hobbies Rank High as Relationship Starters in Lieu of Social Media and Dating Apps, According to New Survey by EF Ultimate Break

Wishing you'd swiped left instead of right? With Valentine's, Galentine's and #SingleAwarenessDay looming, EF Ultimate Break, a leader in all-inclusive group travel for ages 18-29, asked Millennials and Gen Zers their top picks on how to make friends and find love. . . the old fashioned way, without technology.

As expected, the local bar scene is still a top choice, but it looks like hook-ups are losing ground to longer-lasting experiences and relationships. But interestingly, "finding a new hobby" and "booking a trip" round out the top three choices. It turns out that 18-29-year-olds who pick up a hobby like rock climbing and/or hit the road to explore may be doing so for more than the obvious recreational benefits.

In a largely digital world, IRL (in real life) experiences brought on by travel or hobbies serve as an easy "ice breaker" and create natural, authentic opportunities for young people with similar interests to find and connect with each other. And unlike an awkward Valentine's Day Tinder date, the benefits from these experiences tend to last a long time!

"At EF Ultimate Break, we're seeing a new, more social trend to travel. More than 60 percent of the 18-29-year olds who book with us do so solo often with hopes of making new friends," says Michelle McNeice, VP, Marketing. "Group travel gives them the rare opportunity to hang out in a new country with likeminded, equally passionate, wanderlusting individuals. Our trips are designed to be fun, super engaging, and stress-free making it easy to connect in real life." Read this here.

An internal consumer survey of more than 860 EF Ultimate Break travelers revealed 80% travel for adventure with one out of five (19%) also choosing to travel to make new friends.

One "relationship starter," however, is still a big no no: moms need to lay low. More than 96 percent say "no-way" to parent matchmaking! Both sexes view trips to the bar and travel almost equally, though women are more likely—by five percentage points—to seek out a new hobby.

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Pick Your Destination. Book Your Departure. EF Ultimate Break Does the Rest!
EF Ultimate Break experiences include flights, accommodations, airport transfers, meals, Insta-worthy experiences, a 24-7 tour director, and a social group environment to make lifelong connections. With only $150 down, travelers 18-29 years old can reserve a spot on one of EF Ultimate Break's life changing tours. In addition, EF Ultimate Break offers interest-free payment options meaning Millennials and GenZers can book now and pay on a schedule leading up to departure —making travel in your twenties financially attainable. Read this for more information.

Data from a January 2019 Google online consumer survey of 1,500 men and women ages 18-34 and internal post travel survey from December 2018. Raw data available upon request. Visit http://www.efultimatebreak.com for more information and to see all available trips.

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About EF Ultimate Break
EF Ultimate Break is the best way to experience the world for anyone 18-29. With 65+ trips, everything from airfare and accommodations to interest-free payment plans and daily breakfasts are included. As a proud part of EF Education First, EF Ultimate Break draws on over 50 years of EF expertise to add amazing travel experiences to its growing tour portfolio. EF, the world leader in international education, has helped more than 15 million people learn a language, discover the world or earn an academic degree to date. EF is the first international education company to collaborate with World Animal Protection to ensure travel programs are wildlife friendly and avoid attractions inconsistent with animal welfare policies.