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BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that the successful Waze social mapping and navigation apps for iPhone and Android are powered by Nuance’s text-to-speech to provide turn-by-turn directions and traffic alerts. Waze integrated Nuance’s Vocalizer Network, an innovative connected text-to-speech technology, through Nuance’s Vocalizer Studio.

The real-time traffic source of choice by more than five million drivers, Waze is a free social mobile application providing turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road, and is completely powered by the Waze user community. By integrating Nuance’s Vocalizer Network cloud-based text-to-speech technology, Waze iPhone and Android app consumers are able to engage in a safer, smarter driving experience with upcoming traffic alerts and directions read aloud – enabling drivers to keep two hands on the wheel, and two eyes on the road.

“With millions around the world relying on Waze for up-to-the-minute traffic updates and turn-by-turn navigation, we needed to ensure the best possible user experience behind the wheel. By integrating Nuance’s cloud-based text-to-speech technology, we were able to quickly update, enhance and customize our iPhone and Android applications with natural, humanlike voices that provide the guidance our consumers demand,” said Uri Levine, founder and president, Waze.

Vocalizer Network is Nuance’s robust cloud-based text-to-speech service leveraged by leading global enterprises that has now been optimized for HTTP-connected mobile devices to deliver the readback of street names, route numbers, city, towns, traffic alert details, and much more. And because it’s in the cloud, Vocalizer Network is device independent, enabling developers like Waze to quickly and easily voice-enable their applications.

Additionally, Waze quickly and easily integrated Vocalizer Network with Nuance’s Vocalizer Studio, a suite of easy-to-use graphical tools that delivers more control and customization over text-to-speech audio output. With Vocalizer Studio, developers like Waze are able to monitor and evaluate output, adjust text processing and pronunciations, and fine-tune speech output by customizing intonation and expressivity.

“Apps like Waze are incredibly dynamic, with lots of content and information being delivered to consumers all day, every day on multiple platforms, and giving them a voice can be challenging if the speech technology isn’t flexible or customizable,” said Matt Revis, Vice President of Product Marketing and Management, Nuance Mobile. “Vocalizer Network and Vocalizer Studio takes full advantage of the power of the cloud to bring our robust text-to-speech capabilities to a broad range of apps, devices and platforms in over 40 languages, faster and easier than ever before possible.”

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The Waze app for iPhone and Android are currently available for download in the Apple App Store and Android Market respectively, with text-to-speech capabilities supporting US English. To learn more about Waze, visit www.waze.com/.

Nuance’s full portfolio of speech and predictive text solutions, which include the renowned Dragon Mobile Apps, are trusted by the world’s leading manufacturers and mobile operators, and are found in billions of phones and millions of automobiles and consumer electronic devices – making them among the most pervasive mobile solutions on the market today.

To learn more about developing with Nuance’s robust text-to-speech technology, visit www.nuance.com. To learn more about the Dragon Mobile Apps family, visit www.NuanceMobileLife.com.

Zila Networks, a VC funded mobile application developer, today announced the launch of its first mobile application, Friends Around Me, a fully featured, mobile only social network for the iPhone that changes the way people communicate and entire communities interact.

Friends Around Me is a location based mobile application for interacting with friends 24/7 across social networks, without being tied to a computer. Users benefit from free group chat for easy interaction with multiple friends, open profiles for full access and no limits on who you can meet, and rewards for active participation that elevates your social standing within the Friends Around Me community.

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Credit card processing is fast and easy when you have an iphone merchant account. Here’s how you do it: purchase and install an iPhone application that can accept credit card payments, obtain a payment gateway and merchant account, open the application and input needed information, and hit on the “charge” button.

Technology indeed has a huge contribution in the way credit cards are carried out. Now, any business owner who frequently travels can now accept credit card payments easily and quickly anytime anywhere and can safely transfer funds directly to their checking account with the use of an iPhone. The iPhone is like any regular smart phones but what’s unique about it is that it has a certain application in which you can accept credit card payments. The following steps will guide you on how it works:

Step 1: Purchase and install an iPhone mobile application that can accept credit card payments

First thing you have to do is search for an iPhone application or mobile terminal that can process credit card payments. Choose one that not only can process credit cards but is also capable in emailing receipts, refunds or voids, search transactions, view reports or batch settlements, view monthly or annual transactions, and with very good fraud prevention tools. This service is not often given for free by providers, so you better choose wisely one with the most and best features for your business. The applications are also very easy to install and most providers will give you instructions.

Step 2: Obtain a payment gateway and merchant account

You will need a payment gateway and merchant account before you start using your iPhone application. The both of them go hand-in-hand when it comes to mobile credit card processing. The payment gateway validates cards authenticity and authorizes it before any transactions are pushed through. The merchant account on the other hand, receives the transaction and will be responsible in transferring funds from the customer’s account to your bank. Choose a payment gateway and merchant account that uses wireless technology or web-based such as 3G or Wi-Fi.

There are also iPhone applications in which the payment gateways are already included. In this way you can save money from paying the payment gateway separately. It is best that you search for a trusted provider that can provide you with such services.

Step 3: Open the application and input needed information

Now that you already got a payment gateway and merchant account, you are now ready to start any credit card transactions as long as you can access the Internet on your phone. Better yet, also obtain a data plan if you frequently use this service. First thing to do is open the application, then go to a tab in which you will be forwarded to a screen where you will have to put the customer’s credit card number, expiration date and the amount of the transaction. For verification purposes, get the security code at the back of the card and the buyer’s ZIP code.

Step 4: Hit on the “charge” button

After you typed in all the needed information, you will find a “charge” button at the bottom of the screen. Once you hit it, credit card processing will automatically begin. The data will then be sent to your payment gateway and then to your bank. By the end of the day, or depending on how fast your merchant account turnover time will be, funds will then be delivered safely to your account.

Having an iPhone to process credit card transactions is truly a great innovation and a “must” to business owners who are always on the go. The phone as well as the payment gateway and merchant account would be a great and wise investment to any business.

Accomplished mobile application creator, SpinThought announced today it would be one of the first companies to offer their app (StoryPages 2) on the iPad. Programmed by iPad Developer Zco Corporation, StoryPages 2 helps iPhone and iPad users to create illustrated stories on the go.

The StoryPages 2 application allows users to create illustrated storyboard-style pages using photos, drawings, and text. Projects can include comics, children’s books, architecture, landscape design, help manuals and any project where words are enhanced with illustration. Through its unique and easy to use interface, the application rapidly lays out drawings and associated text, including anything needed to describe a photo or drawing.

Your custom StoryPages can then be delivered via email as a PDF, exported to the Photo gallery and sent via MMS, or imported to your desktop as PNG files. StoryPages 2 is currently available for the iPhone & iPod in the iTunes App Store for $2.99.

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Syntonetic Inc. announced the launch of Moodagent on the iPhone and iPod Touch running OS 3.0 or later. This amazing mobile application allows users to create music playlists – using tracks from their own music library – by simply adjusting five sliders to indicate mood: sensual, tender, joy, aggressive and tempo.

Designed for those who enjoy music, Moodagent is the ideal solution for people who have collected hundreds, if not thousands of tracks. As any music enthusiast knows, it can be extremely time-consuming to comb through an entire music library to create the perfect playlist. This app gives users a unique tool to create instant playlists in less than 5 seconds with just a few touches of the screen – no more drag-and-drop!

Moodagent is available for a one-time fee – there is no subscription required. For a limited time, Moodagent is available at no cost in the iTunes app store.

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