FreshBrain Launches Social Networking Site.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-3 July 2008-FreshBrain Launches Social Networking Site(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com FreshBrain announced a social networking site, freshbrain.org, for students age 13 to 18 who want to unleash all their best ideas with the assistance of the latest technology tools. The Web site gives...

Best Buy Survey: DTV Awareness is High, but Many Wait.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-24 June 2008-Best Buy Survey: DTV Awareness is High, but Many Wait(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com In a recent survey, Best Buy found that while nearly nine in ten (88 percent) consumers are aware of the digital broadcast transition (DTV), Americans are still confused about why...

Airport Wireless Taps Tomax Retail.net Suite, Including Retail Analytics Powered by PivotLink.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-29 February 2008-Airport Wireless Taps Tomax Retail.net Suite, Including Retail Analytics Powered by PivotLink(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Airport Wireless, a retailer of cellular phones and accessories in major airports across the United States, has selected Tomax for its real-time merchandising and store execution...

USTelematics and Avnet Ink Outsourcing Agreement.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-14 April 2008-USTelematics and Avnet Ink Outsourcing Agreement(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com USTelematics announced it is outsourcing manufacture of its Voyager Mobile Internet Protocol TV rear-seat infotainment system to Avnet, a distributor and manufacturer of electronics and advanced consumer products. USTelematics partnered...

Airport Wireless Looks to Transfor Airport Stores Across the Country.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-12 February 2008-Airport Wireless Looks to Transfor Airport Stores Across the Country(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Airport Wireless, a wireless and mobile electronics retailer in airports across the nation, said that it is driving a change in strategy for significant growth and expansion in...

Millennia group hires sales/marketing VP.
Tip Turpin has joined The Millennia Group, Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA-based electronics manufacturing service provider, as its vice president, sales/marketing. With more than 30 years' experience working for organizations that produce high-tech electronics, Turpin most recently spent nine years as vice president of business development for the...

DRTV's growth in India set to explode.
Marketers around the world continue to be enamored with the growth story of India. The country recorded its second straight year of 9-percent-plus gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2007, while its stock market, as measured by the bellwether Sun-sex, surged 39 percent. Yet, perhaps of all the BRIC...

In your face.
All That I Will Ever Be Written by Alan Ball Directed by Serge Seiden Studio Theater, Washington, DC THERE'S A SCENE in Alan Ball's All That I Will Ever Be, as staged by director Serge Seiden last March at Washington's Studio...

Joytoto Receives, Fills First U.S. Purchase Order.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-20 May 2008-Joytoto Receives, Fills First U.S. Purchase Order(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Joytoto Technologies, a subsidiary of Joytoto USA, announced that it has successfully received, completed, and shipped its first purchase order from one of the largest big-box retailers in the United States. ...

Business briefs.
COLUMN: BUSINESS BRIEFS Local Bank donation WEBSTER - The Webster Five Foundation has made a $2,000 donation to the EcoTarium, a museum of science and nature in Worcester. The contribution will fund the "Secrets of Circles" exhibit and support outreach efforts to the...