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Viigo Goes International with Jakajima

Posted on Monday, July 16th, 2007 | No Comments

Toronto, ON, and Nuenen, The Netherlands – 16 July 2007 – Virtual Reach Inc., developer of the breakthrough Viigo mobile platform, announced today that it has partnered with Jakajima, a publisher of technology and telecommunications magazines in the Benelux region of Europe to distribute Jakajima content to BlackBerry® smartphones.

Beginning today, subscribers to Jakajima’s primary publications (autoConnect.nl in the Netherlands and ConneXie.be in Belgium) as well as a popular blog dedicated to mobile (Allaboutmobileos.com) will have mobile access to this content via Viigo. This will complement the rich content already on Viigo, which includes breaking news, sports, weather, stock market updates, entertainment and thousands of other RSS feeds.

“As a publisher active in the telecom, ICT and Consumer Electronics industry, we not only write about these markets, but are early adopters of leading edge technology ourselves,” commented Pieter Hermans, CEO of Jakajima. “Virtual Reach provides us with an excellent platform to mobilize our content, and we, in turn are happy to help Virtual Reach extend their presence in Europe.”

Jakajima will promote Viigo through its online properties as well as their weekly eMail newsletter. There, users will have to option of installing the application in a matter of seconds.

The Viigo platform delivers a highly optimized mobile experience that addresses the challenges of delivering content to mobile devices, and circumvents the limitations of the mobile browser. It also allows partners like Jakajima to mobilize their content in a clean and efficient manner, providing their users with a compelling wireless experience.

“Partnering with a European publication is an important milestone for Virtual Reach,” commented Jay Steele, CTO and Founder, “It demonstrates our commitment to a global user community.” he added.

Viigo’s Content Library, which gives users one click access to a wide variety of the web’s best content and services, will now showcase a rich array of international content, available in many languages. Initially, the Jakajima content will be released on Viigo for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM; TSX:RIM) only, with other mobile devices being made available shortly thereafter.

About Virtual Reach Inc.

Virtual Reach is a leading developer of mobile application software. The Virtual Reach platform, Viigo, not only offers an unparalleled mobile user experience, but because it is built on industry standard RSS technology, provides companies with the fastest possible way to mobilize content. With its flagship product, Viigo, thousands of users across the world already enjoy Breaking News, Sports, Entertainment, Weather, Markets, Blogs or any RSS Feed they want, at the touch of a button, wherever they are. Always live, always on, always available.

Founded in 2004, Virtual Reach is a privately owned company with its corporate head office in Mississauga, Ontario. For more information on Virtual Reach and its RSS solutions for wireless and mobile platforms, please visit www.virtualreach.com.

Virtual Reach has also partnered with Rogers Wireless to provide a private label version of Newsclip to its customers. Rogers Newsclip can be downloaded directly from the Rogers Navigate mobile portal.

About Jakajima

Jakajima is the Benelux authority and platform in terms of knowledge of and information on Telecom, ICT, and the consumer-electronics market. This is realised by our two divisions ‘market intelligence’ and ‘innovation’, who implement the following activities on our own account or on behalf of third parties.

Market Intelligence
This incorporates all publishing and media projects in Europe
Media projects for third parties, such as sponsored magazines, brochures, internet etc.

Innovation
This includes Market research and product testing related to the markets in which Jakajima operates; the telecom, ICT and Consumer electronics market.
Supporting business development for companies who want to become active in Europe.

Please visit www.jakajima.eu

Virtual Reach Brings Bargains and Hot Deals To Viigo

Posted on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 | No Comments

Toronto, ON – 10 July 2007 – Virtual Reach Inc., developer of the breakthrough Viigo™ mobile platform, announced today it has partnered with RedFlagDeals.com, Canada’s Bargain Hunting Community, to deliver the latest deals, coupons and giveaways right to your BlackBerry smartphone.

Effective today, users will be able to use Viigo to monitor the retail market for the latest deals on items ranging from apparel, computers and electronics, theatre tickets, and even airline travel, as listed on the RedFlagDeals.com website. The RedFlagDeals.com feeds will be accessed from a folder entitled Deal Channels within Viigo’s Channel Library.

The Viigo mobile platform revolutionizes the mobile user experience, allowing partners like RedFlagDeals.com to publish their content in a clean, efficient and engaging manner. The platform circumvents the limitations of the mobile browser and delivers a highly optimized wireless experience that addresses the challenges of delivering content to mobile devices.

“The RedFlagDeals.com community provides Canadians with a valuable online source for the latest shopping news and bargain hunting,” said Derek Szeto, Founder and President. “Inclusion in the Viigo platform gives our content greater utility and relevance as users will have news of the latest deals in the palm of their hand – it’s like having our 100,000 community members with you at all times,” he added.

In addition to keeping users in touch with the latest retail bargains, users will also have access to the Viigo Channel Library, a feature designed to give users access to a wide variety of the web’s best content and services with a single click. Users can quickly and easily subscribe to a wide array of special interest news, sports, weather, entertainment, market data and thousands of other RSS feeds, creating a powerful handheld companion. The Channel Library is constantly being updated by our editors, and is always full of fresh ideas.

“By offering content from organizations such as RedFlagDeals.com, Viigo is enriching the portfolio of ‘useful information’ that we make available to people wherever, and whenever they need it” commented Jay Steele, Founder of Virtual Reach. “In addition to being your source for local events, news, sports and weather, Viigo is now also your personal shopping assistant.” he added.

The Deal feeds will be accessible from all Viigo and select partner branded applications. Initially, this application will be released for BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM; TSX:RIM) only, with other mobile devices being made available shortly thereafter.

To download Viigo on your mobile device, simply visit www.virtualreach.com, or click through on the promotional link on www.redflagdeals.com. Users will be redirected to a landing page on the Virtual Reach website where they can simply enter their email address or mobile number to receive the application immediately.

About Virtual Reach Inc.

Virtual Reach is a leading developer of mobile application software. The Virtual Reach platform, Viigo, not only offers an unparalleled mobile user experience, but because it is built on industry standard RSS technology, provides companies with the fastest possible way to mobilize content. With its flagship product, Viigo, thousands of users across the world already enjoy Breaking News, Sports, Entertainment, Weather, Markets, Blogs or any RSS Feed they want, at the touch of a button, wherever they are. Always live, always on, always available.

Founded in 2004, Virtual Reach is a privately owned company with its corporate head office in Mississauga, Ontario. For more information on Virtual Reach and its RSS solutions for wireless and mobile platforms, please visit www.virtualreach.com.

Virtual Reach has also partnered with Rogers Wireless to provide a private label version of Newsclip to its customers. Rogers Newsclip can be downloaded directly from the Rogers Navigate mobile portal.

About RedFlagDeals.com

Launched in November 2000, RedFlagDeals.com uses the power of community to alert bargain-hunting consumers to Canadian retailing deals via the Internet. The site currently boasts over 2.5 million unique sessions and over 17 million page views every month. According to Alexa.com, RedFlagDeals.com is one of the 100 most popular websites in Canada.
Visit RedFlagDeals.com at http://www.redflagdeals.com.

Virtual Reach, Viigo, the Virtual Reach logo, and Newsclip are all trademarks of Virtual Reach Inc.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.