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New York Press Preview proprietary toll-free virtual office platform with services designed for entrepreneurs and enterprises alike. Under the governing principle of matching low cost with high quality of service, FreedomVOICE Systems has become a leading provider for this service platform. “hers” hands-free speakerphones – the Minikit Slim and Minikit Chic; the Parrot Party, the first NFC-enabled personal-size stereo; and the SK4000, a hands-free kit for motorcycle helmets. CES Booth: LVCC Grand Lobby #GL1 www.ooma.com ooma Inc., a digital consumer products company that provides consumers with unlimited telephone service in the U.S. with no monthly fees, introduces the ooma G2. The G2 is the first phone to come with phone service. By simply plugging the phone into your high-speed Internet connection, you can call anyone in the U.S. for free. ooma includes caller-ID, call-waiting and voicemail, all at no extra charge. Powered by DECT 6.0, the G2 provides mobility within the home with cordless phone technology that delivers landline-quality conversations. ooma claims that you will experience twice the audio fidelity of regular phone calls with G2’s High-Definition voice when talking to other ooma users. Integrate your home and cell phone and simplify life with one number and voicemail box. Now, you can transfer calls between home and cell phones and customize ring tones. ooma Inc. www.planetmetrics.com Planet Metrics is a carbon information management (CIM) software company which provides streamlined modeling, analytics and complex data visualization for corporate sustainability strategists and product innovation teams. Planet Metrics’ goal is to guide customers in their corporate decisionmaking to achieve sustainability goals and improve financial performance. Working with major brands in automotive, consumer packaged goods, retail, technology and other industries, Planet Metrics provides Rapid Carbon Modeling (RCM) technology which offers organizations software to model, visualize and manage carbon reduction efforts throughout the company’s operations. Integrated analytics and visualizations make it easy to identify hot spots of carbon intensity in packaging, supply chain, transportation, logistics and disposal. Planet Metrics solutions are typically deployed in less than 30 days and integrate existing Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) data, GHG Inventories and other enterprise business application data. Planet Metrics CES Booth: LVCC South Hall Meeting Rooms #S211, S212 www2.oregonscientific.com Founded in 1989, Oregon Scientific is headquartered in Tualatin, a quaint suburb of beautiful Portland, Oregon. Nestled amongst other Northwest technology giants, it is quickly becoming one of the world’s leading designers and marketers of upscale personal electronics. Oregon Scientific offers a wide variety of award-winning products, ranging from core timing and weather devices to youth and learning, and sports and fitness. These devices couple innovative technology with fluid design, and feature advanced liquid-crystal displays (LCD). Oregon Scientific constantly is expanding to meet the diverse needs of its customers to enhance the way we live, work and play. Consider Oregon Scientific to be “Innovating the Everyday”. Oregon Scientific CES Booth: LVCC North Hall #3419, LVCC South Hall #35844 www.parrot.com Parrot is unveiling five brand-new products: the first digital frame in its new “designer line” – a frame by internationally acclaimed designer, Andree Putman; a pair of all-new “his” and Parrot Inc. CES Booth: Sands #73409 www.jetro.org/pucc PUCC (Peer-to-Peer Universal Computing Consortium), a non-profit organization, develops common overlay-network technologies to seamlessly connect various devices and networks, regardless of which technology standards the devices use. PUCC protocols allow users to connect different types of networked devices, such as cell phones, home appliances, security devices and healthcare devices, without any changes to existing networks. PUCC protocols are available to member companies for developing new enableddevices. Several PUCC members, including NTT DoCoMo, Willcom, Toshiba, Keio University and IMIC, have integrated PUCC protocols into their healthcare devices in order to enable new telemedicine and telecare services. Regardless of which technology standards the devices are on, data taken from these devices can be transmitted to a server over the mobile and Internet, and be retrieved on the user’s favorite device. This allows doctors and nurses to keep track of their patients’ health and be alerted of any abnormalities. PUCC 5 http://www.planetmetrics.com http://www.ooma.com http://www.jetro.org/pucc http://www2.oregonscientific.com http://www.parrot.com

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Vision - November/December 2008 Contents Shapiro's Spectrum In this Issue The Economist C4 Trends Going Global Visionary CES Unveiled Eco-Intelligence Is Vital in a Sustainable Global Market XGP— A Game Changer Enhancing the Tech Experience High-Definition Decade Public-Private Partnerships CEA Newsline Tech Speak Tech Policy Eye on Business Market Insider Just the Stats

Vision - November/December 2008

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