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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Social Stage, the California-based creator of online platforms that allow users to build custom websites within Facebook pages, announced today that it has earned Facebook(R) Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) status for app development. The program awards badges to high quality developers of page management tools, ad management tools, app development and insights products. Facebook has recognized Social Stage in the "apps" category for its easy-to-use platform, which helps others build their companies, offer value, and stand out in the social sphere.

"Being named a Facebook(R) Preferred Marketing Developer is an incredible honor, since it speaks to the efficacy of our social media business applications," said Brandon Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Social Stage. "We hope that our acceptance into the PMD program will help Social Stage reach even more entrepreneurs, small businesses, franchises, direct sale and corporate clients with our unique and affordable social media solutions. We believe we are the most robust social media platform out there."

Facebook's newly created PMD Badge combines the Preferred Developer Consultant and Marketing API programs to create a unified certification process for brands and companies that build marketing tools on top of the Facebook platform. The goal of the PMD program is to help them find consultants who can work with them to build comprehensive Facebook campaigns and presences.

For more information about Social Stage visit http://www.socialstage.com/

For more information about Facebook's PMD Badge visit https://developers.facebook.com/preferredmarketingdevelopers

Press: For more information, or to schedule an interview, please contact Lori Faigin at The S3 Agency at (973) 257-5533 or lfaigin@theS3agency.com

About Social Stage

Launched in April 2011, Social Stage is an online platform that allows users to build custom websites within Facebook pages. Brandon Lee, Co-Founder and CEO, has created this service offering pre-packaged suites that provide small business owners the ability to create Facebook websites -- fast. Social Stage helps others build their companies, offer value, and stand out in the social sphere. For more information about Social Stage, visit http://www.socialstage.com/, Facebook.com/socialstage or @socialstage on Twitter.

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With the growing number of social media monitoring and community management software products, the definition of a marketing dashboard seems to have taken numerous forms.

For the purpose of this article, a marketing dashboard will be defined as "the digital display of the most important information needed to track activity related to achieving one or more objectives."

In the context of social media, a relevant example was an article published by Search Engine Watch author Nathan Linnell nearly two years ago that resulted in one of the top five most popular SEW posts of 2010: "6 Key Metrics for a Social Media Measurement Dashboard".

Over a year prior to that article, two friends of mine, Tom Markiewicz and Derek Scruggs, also had a vision about tracking key metrics specific to social media.

While most marketing dashboard products of the time were helping to track various forms of field sales activity and common web analytics Markiewicz and Scruggs recognized few were addressing the kind of real-time data and social media metrics that could facilitate a level of predictive analysis that might impact immediate decision-making.

In 2009,Markiewicz and Scruggsworked the business plan together, articulated the value proposition and delved deeply into the feature set. Their new company, StatsMix, was selected to participate in the TechStars (early-stage business) accelerator program, and quickly piqued the interest of investors who intuitively understood they were onto something big.

Sample StatsMix dashboard, combining web orders, customer phone support and social media metrics.

But as they raced to achieve their minimal viable product and continued to collect feedback from early beta customers, they soon became aware of a stark reality that completely altered their development roadmap over the following two years.

Beta customers began asking a common set of questions that seemed very rudimentary, and not relevant to what StatsMix originally had set out to do.

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In an interview conducted by Pankaj Maru of CyberMedia News over the Internet Relay Chat (IRC), the Anonymous Group members used various nicknames like +Gummy, Amikanon and others

MUMBAI, INDIA: Anonymous Group, which has carried out several cyber attacks against Reliance Communications as well as several government and political parties websites in the past few weeks, talks to Pankaj Maru of CyberMedia News about the groups prime objective to fight censorship of Internet, blocking and curtailing of websites by ISP and government bodies and the Occupy Protest on 9 June.

CIOL: Can you brief us on what led you to start the attacks on RCom and other websites early this month?

+Gummy: Last year itself some ISPs like BSNL and others, had blocked some sites mainly Torrent, Songs.pk, etc. without any court ruling. And then when Isac revealed to us that Reliance Communication is blocking more than 350 plus sites, we decided to act that was on 6 May and then we decided to protest and started 'operation India' or '#OpIndia'. People became aware of it and joined us some of them had hacking skills, some didnt; while some learnt, some were taught. But our main goal was to get rid of the censorship and here we are.

CIOL: Is this the right method to achieve your goal and to protest against censorship?

+Gummy: Who knows? Shouldn't the government be doing something about it? And we are not causing damage to sites. Its the people who have to do that! Did they (government) talk about it in the parliament before censoring? No.

CIOL: Even though it's others and not you damaging the sites, the customers might be suffering?

+Gummy: We did not hit any site which affects commoners. We could have targeted the media sites or IRCTC or passport to get quick attention but no we are among the people.

CIOL: After the 6 May attack, how many more attacks have been carried out and who were the targets?

+Gummy: We did not keep a count because we have no leaders as soon as a website is attacked, we release it to the masses and it gets restored in some time. Government has absolute power and Reliance Communication has absolute money, which makes them a lethal corrupt combo.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire -05/31/12)- iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. ("iSIGN" or "Company") (ISD.V), a leading provider of interactive mobile advertising solutions that serves advertisers, manufacturers, retailers and advertising agencies throughout North America and DAT Media ("DAT"), a privately owned and operated full service supplier of digital media products and services located in Varsity Lakes, Queensland, Australia, are pleased to announce the completion of the testing of iSIGN's Interactive Marketing Solutions ("IMS") 3.1 software and related Smart Antenna ("SA").

Under the terms of the LOI, DAT has agreed to an upfront payment of $250,000 US, in exchange for 230 licenses for iSIGN's Smart Antenna ("SA") and related Interactive Marketing Solutions ("IMS") 3.1 software, for a period of three years. In addition, DAT will receive exclusive rights to the territories of Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. iSIGN will receive $1,095 in licensing fees per unit per year.

"We are pleased to announce that DAT has completed their testing of our system and SA and have agreed to move forward," said Alex Romanov, iSIGN's Chief Executive Officer. "We have received their initial deposit installment and expect to ship their preliminary quantity of Smart Antennas within the next week."

"We initially met with the DAT Media people at the DSE trade show this past March," said Alex Romanov, iSIGN's Chief Executive Officer. "DAT has a very good reputation in Australia and a strong client base. We feel that our software will be an excellent fit with their products and clientele."

"We are pleased that DAT has decided to move forward with us," added Mr. Romanov. "It is further validation that others view our solution and SA in the same fashion as we do - that our solution has tremendous value."

"We are looking forward to receiving our initial shipment of the SA," said Mr. Andrew Mr. Becker, Managing Director of DAT Media. "We can see a great future for the IMS system and the SA in our markets."

About iSIGN Media

iSIGN Media is a North American leader in multiplatform advertising solutions that utilize Bluetooth, Mobile, WiFi and Location-Aware technologies to deliver rich media, permission-based messages to engage consumers more deeply and cost-effectively. The resulting business intelligence and real time metrics, gathered through iSIGN's patent-pending advertising platform, deliver insights into emerging consumer behaviors that help advertisers measure their efforts and make better business decisions to increase ROI and customer loyalty. Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with R&D and customer support operations in Vancouver, BC and Tampa, FL, the Company has also grown to become the largest owner/operator of in-store digital media in Canada with 5,600 digital signs in 1,400 locations. Partners include: AOpen America Inc. and IBM, with solution distribution by BlueStar Inc. iSIGN is publicly traded in Toronto (TSX.V). Additional information can be found at http://www.isignmedia.com.

About DAT Media

Established in 2003 and located in Queensland Australia, DAT Media is a privately owned and operated full service supplier of digital marketing solutions. As one of Australia's leading national providers for in store/on premise digital marketing communication and customer engagement solutions, DAT's products & services include: digital signage, in-store radio, kiosks, touchscreen technology, customer queuing systems, interactive gesture control systems, SAAS based CMS (content management systems), media sales, social media integration and creative content production. DAT's clients include Australian government owned retail operations in addition to some of the largest retailers, hospitality and licensed premise operators in Australia. Additional information can be found at http://www.datmedia.com.au.

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John Malone's Liberty Media on Thursday filed details about its new plan to take control of satellite radio firm Sirius XM Radio over time by taking over its board.

The plan raises further questions about the future of Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin, according to a Wall Street observer.

Liberty refiled its FCC application for control of Sirius' licenses, which involves a plan to nominate and vote for its own slate of board members. The company will also convert almost half of its preferred stock into common stock, giving it over 32 percent of common stock.

The FCC recently rejected Liberty's request to control Sirius. Liberty, which currently has five of the 13 seats on the Sirius board, said Thursday it plans to nominate a majority of directors when practical. Until then, the company said it would continue to buy Sirius shares so it gets to a position where it can "replace the entire board of directors by unilateral action."

"We believe that Liberty's new plan to take control of Sirius is very likely to succeed," said Lazard Capital Markets analyst Ross Cohen. "Once it controls the board, we expect it to ramp up [stock buybacks], positive for both Sirius and Liberty Media stocks."

But Sirius CEO Karmazin recently said he would not work for Liberty. "This suggests that Liberty may retain its stake long enough to transition to a new CEO, or potentially much longer," he said.

Sirius couldn't be reached for comment.

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