This month marks Advanced Visual Systems Inc.’s eighteenth year of operations. The Boston-area company, which has provided software and solutions to over 2,000 customers and an estimated 10 million end-users, was one of the first to commercialize data visualization technology and now offers a lineup of six branded products that serve the diverse needs of global corporations, software makers, researchers and engineers.

David M. Murray, CEO, stated, “With nearly two decades of experience providing software and solutions to a long list of leading global corporations, AVS understands what all types of decision-makers need to succeed. Our early customers were software developers and researchers working on smaller, specialized projects. But for the past decade, our customers are more frequently executives trying to squeeze every drop of efficiency out of their business — and they are using data visualization as a key component of

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Future sustainable growth of Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) is all set to come from its state-of-the-art next-generation Snapdragon technology platform. A major initiative of Qualcomm is the convergence of mobile computing with its Snapdragon solutions. These chipsets have been designed for pocket-sized portable computing devices.  This platform enables phone manufacturers to develop high-speed and more power efficient smart-phones and smart-books. We believe diversification into the mobile computing market was necessary for Qualcomm due to lukewarm growth of the company’s ordinary mobile phone chipset market. Massive growth of smart-phones may make up for these losses.  As of now, over 15 mobile device manufacturers are developing more than 30 Snapdragon-based products. Several leading software developers have started writing applications for mobile operating system, multimedia player, social networking, and productivity development tools based on the Snapdragon platform.  Acer Inc, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and LG Electronics Inc are the ...

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) is all set to start selling chipsets for smart-books from the next quarter onward. The company is the largest developer of digital mobile chipsets based on CDMA wireless technology. This new venture into the smart-book market will be a vertical diversification for the company. A smart-book is a pocket digital assistant (PDA) that functions like a mobile phone but resembles a small-size notebook with full keyboards. The chipset market for computer is primarily dominated by Intel Inc (INTC). Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) and Texas Instruments Inc (TXN) are other major players. Qualcomm has developed smart-book chipsets based on its state-of-the-art Snapdragon platform technology. A path-breaking initiative of the company is the convergence of mobile computing with the next-generation Snapdragon platform. These chipsets have been designed for pocket-sized portable computing devices. Using Snapdragon chipsets, the consumers will no ...

Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL), a leading provider of wireless data access cards and embedded solutions, has launched its MiFi Web server Common Gateway Interface (CGI) for the MiFi Developer Program. MiFi line of products, the industry’s first Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, is getting increasing market traction.

MiFi is an ultra-portable wireless device, creating an environment of high-speed internet connectivity that can be easily shared by multiple users using up to five Wi-Fi devices. Novatel has developed MiFi for both EV-DO and HSPA standards.   The release of this interface will enable software developers to use MiFi’s open CGI to access the on-board processing capabilities of this intelligent mobile hotspot. Novatel has decided to develop an open platform ecosystem based on MiFi technology for applications and services delivery.

The company is working with Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) to integrate its Nonstop Laptop Guardian platform on the HSPA version of MiFi. Novatel is also commercializing

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Axial Vector Energy Corporation announced tonight that it has successfully completed its technology transfer under development contracts with Adaptive Propulsion Systems LLC (APS), a subsidiary of Tactronics Holdings. The company also announced that it has acquired 100% ownership of Adaptive Propulsion Systems LLC (APS) as part of its initiative to invest in energy efficient and environmentally friendly technology.

According to the press release, APS was acquired without liabilities, and it will be at the discretion of Tactronics to retain salaried employees or leased real estate property. Substantial assets acquired include: the proprietary developmental models, computer aided design (CAD) Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software applications for further development of AVEC engines and generators. It was noted in the news release that physical demonstrations of prototype engines and generators met or exceeded all goals at meetings last month in Virginia

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Imagine sitting at your boring day job knowing that tens of thousands of dollars were pouring into your checking account during the day. That’s exactly what happened to Steve Demeter when his iPhone game Trism hit big in August.

The game, which he created in his spare time, made Demeter $250,000 in its first two months on Apple’s “App Store” — enough to entice him to quit his job as an ATM software designer and start his own game development studio.

But Demeter’s game earned mere pocket change compared with some of the other independent developers who’ve hit it big recently. Look no further than Ethan Nicholas, a one-man team who watched his own game, iShoot, climb to No. 1 on Apple’s list of most popular paid applications.

In just two weeks, iShoot netted Nicholas almost $400,000 in profits… and the application is still selling as we type. That mountain of money has

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Money Map Report editor Horacio Marquez says Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is a bargain at today’s prices. The company continues to grow and diversify, and will keep gaining market share for its products. However, a consumption slowdown and tough competition means caution is essential when building up a position.

This from Money Morning:

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) used to rule its niche world and will continue to do so, with lots of room to grow.

As Coldplay’s “I used to rule the world…” played softly on the outside stereo speakers of my sailboat “Southern Cross” as my family and I pleasantly glided by Execution Rock on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in the Long Island Sound, I could not stop myself from thinking how the song got there.  It was coming out of my daughters’ Apple iPod, interfacing with the boat’s new iPod-ready stereo system. 

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Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) used to rule its niche world and will continue to do so, with lots of room to grow. As Coldplay’s “I used to rule the world…” played softly on the outside stereo speakers of my sailboat “Southern Cross” as my family and I pleasantly glided by Execution Rock on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in the Long Island Sound, I could not stop myself from thinking how the song got there.  It was coming out of my daughters’ Apple iPod, interfacing with the boat’s new iPod-ready stereo system.  And I was wondering whether it was time to get into Apple’s stock.  Yes … even on a weekend sail. Apple in My Home I have been patiently waiting to get into Apple for a long time. And now the market was tanking, sending good companies’ stock prices down with bad ...