Viigo News

Viigo is excited to announce that our company is now part of Research In Motion (RIM).

Our team has joined RIM’s global organization and will continue to bring our expertise in BlackBerry® application development and real-time content delivery to the BlackBerry platform. The Viigo for BlackBerry app will also continue to be available for download through BlackBerry App World™.

To the Viigo Team – a very special thanks to all of you for helping to build such an exciting product, and a wonderful company. We’ve arrived at this point today because of you.

Mark Ruddock
CEO Viigo

Business Wire to use Viigo to deliver real-time news to BlackBerry® and Windows Mobile smartphones worldwide

(March 18, 2010) — Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the award-winning mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is introducing a co-branded version of Viigo for BlackBerry as well as Viigo for Windows to deliver real-time news to smartphones worldwide.

“With the growth of mobile Internet usage and the need for real-time financial and business news content, we are pleased to provide our members with the additional value of adding this important channel to our distribution network,” said Laura Sturaitis, Business Wire Senior Vice President, Media Services and Product Strategy.

Business Wire’s co-branded versions of Viigo allow users to access Business Wire content categorized by industry, language, subject and multimedia news. Additionally, the application features direct links to Business Wire’s Twitter feeds (@BusinessWire, @EONpr, @TradeshowNews, @ExpertSource and @BWPolitics), YouTube channel and the RSS feed for the All Things Press Release podcast series.

Users will also have access to other Viigo modules for real-time weather, sports scores, financial information, social networks and more. To download the Business Wire/Viigo mobile app, visit http://www.viigo.com/partner/businesswire.

“The fundamental premise of Viigo is that it provides users with immediate access to the information they believe to be of interest anytime and anywhere,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “Our partnership with Business Wire now allows Viigo to deliver news literally as it breaks.”

About Business Wire

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by tens of thousands of member companies and organizations worldwide to functionally enhance and communicate investor relations and public relations content to target audiences. As a recognized disclosure vehicle in the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany and other EU markets, Business Wire facilitates the simultaneous flow of market-moving press releases from corporations to financial markets and their audiences, including regulatory authorities, media, investors, financial information systems and consumer news services. Business Wire also handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into the EDGAR and SEDAR systems.

Communications professionals turn to Business Wire to optimize and issue press releases, photos and multimedia to news organizations, journalists, trade publications, search engines, and individuals, with full-text posting to web sites, online services and databases. A range of distribution options enables members to target by geography, industry, news theme and audience demographics.

Founded in 1961, Business Wire has dual headquarters in San Francisco and New York, with 30 bureaus in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney and reciprocal offices throughout the world. Business Wire’s patented NX data platform supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code that enhances news release interactivity, social media sharing and search engine optimization. More information about Business Wire and its services is located on its website at www.BusinessWire.com.

Viigo Smartphone solution connects Scotts mobile sales force to real time

(March 15, 2010) – Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the award winning mobile content and services platform for smartphones, is revolutionizing the way users access information on smartphones. Every day, people around the world rely on Viigo as their gateway to a vast array of up-to-the-minute content and useful services, wherever they are and whenever they need it. In one simple, fully customizable application, Viigo delivers news, weather, flight schedules and status, real-time sports scores, stock quotes and market data, entertainment, hotel and restaurant reviews, blogs, and much more. Viigo is the one application smartphone users cannot be without.

When The Scotts Company was looking to connect its mobile sales force with proprietary product information, it turned to Viigo’s revolutionary real-time application. This solution, driven by Scotts internal content management, links its sales force with mobile access to product data, allowing instant access for customer needs.

“In season, we need to equip our sales force with tools that make it easy to support our retail customers,” said Sherrie Foster, manager, Marketing Programs, at The Scotts Company. “Viigo had the tools to easily and securely give our field sales force access to product information on their Blackberry Smartphones. They get the needed information wherever they are.”

To facilitate the distribution and management of the application across the enterprise, Viigo is integrated with Scotts in house BES infrastructure and IT structure. As a result of this integration, Viigo can automatically be provisioned to any required Blackberry Smartphone with a single click.

“Viigo is pleased to have been selected by Scotts to help power their remote sales force,” said Mark Ruddock “Making critical corporate information assets available on smartphones is an important component in driving the enhanced productivity and effectiveness of front-line workers. Viigo is pleased to be at the forefront of this movement.”

Telkomsel features Viigo as a Virtual Preload on their BlackBerry smartphones; Advances beyond the WAP portal availability

Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the award winning mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that Telkomsel, the leading operator of cellular telecommunications services in Indonesia by market share and revenue share, has added a co-branded version of Viigo for BlackBerry as a virtual preload (VPL) across its entire line of BlackBerry devices. The VPL placement follows a successful deployment within the Telkomsel Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) portal which was launched in August of 2009.

“Viigo is continuing to gain significant traction with carriers around the world,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. The privilege of working with Telkomsel provides further evidence of the value we offer this market and the support we are gaining at the end user level.”

By offering Viigo, Telkomsel is giving its BlackBerry customers access to an application that provides customizable news feeds, weather reports, sports information, financial intelligence, the facility to make purchases, participate in social networks, read books, track their flights and more the moment they turn on the device.

Telkomsel Vice President of Product Lifecycle Management Rachel Goh said, “We believe it is important to continue introducing new services to our customers in order to provide the best solution for their mobile lifestyle activities. Now we deliver Viigo to our BlackBerry customers so they can enjoy an easy to use yet customizable service to tailor their experience and access a wide range of information as required throughout the day.”

As a co-branded version, Telkomsel will offer customized content including local news feeds, blogs, weather and more. The term “virtual preload” is used by Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones, to describe the process of automatically provisioning an application icon on a device. In that way, the application can be made available to a user with a single click.

ABOUT TELKOMSEL (WWW.TELKOMSEL.COM)
Telkomsel is owned by two major companies, Telkom 65% and SingTel 35%. As a service leader, Telkomsel is currently trusted to serve more than 82 million customers or around 50% of cellular users in Indonesia.

In the effort to lead the cellular telecommunication industry entering the new mobile broadband service era, Telkomsel has been consistently implementing 3G, HSDPA, and HSPA+ technology, and expects to trial LTE technology in the near future. Currently Telkomsel’s HSDPA technology has served 24 cities in Indonesia.

TIM features Viigo as a Virtual Preload

Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the award winning mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that TIM Brasil, a subsidiary of Telecom Italia group, one of the industry leaders in Europe, will feature a co-branded version of Viigo for BlackBerry as a virtual preload (VPL) across its entire line of BlackBerry devices.

“In our first decade in business we have focused on introducing innovation and quality to provide our customers with the best possible mobile experience,” said Rogerio Takayanagi, Chief Marketing Officer for TIM Brasil. “Viigo embodies these same characteristics making it an excellent choice for us to include as a default application on all our BlackBerry devices.”

The Viigo application offered by TIM Brasil features Brazilian content, a custom channel library, and supports the Brazilian Portuguese language. This is in addition to the standard customizable news feeds, weather reports, sports information, financial intelligence, the facility to make purchases, participate in social networks, read books, track their flights and more that has made Viigo one of the most recognized applications for BlackBerry smartphones.

“Viigo is continuing to gain significant international presence through the partnerships developed with carriers around the world,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “We are pleased to be working with TIM Brasil and supporting their initiative to provide their customers with the best smartphone experience possible.”

The term “virtual preload” is used by RIM to describe the process of automatically provisioning an application icon on a device. In that way, the application can be made available to a user with a single click.

ABOUT TIM BRASIL
The Company, through GSM technology, has a national reach to approximately 93% of the urban population and offers services to mobile and fixed telephony, data transmission and high speed Internet access, providing the convergence of services for its customers. Moreover, TIM has international roaming agreements in more than 430 different networks in 205 countries. Pioneering, innovation and quality are strategic pillars that mark the path in this first decade of activities. For further information about TIM Brasil please visit http://www.tim.com.br.