5.17.12 – CoPilot GPS: #1 Downloaded Free Navigation App on iTunes

May 17th, 2012

Just a little over a week ago, ALK Technologies, makers of the award winning GPS navigation application CoPilot Live, released CoPilot GPS, a new, free nav app. As of today, it sits in the #1 most downloaded spot in the App Store for navigation apps.

While any great product will stand on its own merits, no product will be successful if no one knows about it. Coverage of CoPilot GPS in Macworld, ReadWriteWeb, Maclife, iPhonelife, and 148apps helped expose the app to a wide audience that has been looking for a superior alternative to Google Maps for iOS.

CoPilot GPS tops App Store's list of free navigation apps

5.10.12 – Conrad Siegel Featured on NPR Segment on Employee Benefits

May 10th, 2012

Radio Smart Talk is a daily, live, interactive program on WITF in Harrisburg, Pa., featuring conversations with newsmakers and experts in a variety of fields and exploring a wide range of issues and ideas, including the economy, politics, health care, education, culture, and the environment.  Radio Smart Talk airs live every week day at 9 a.m. on WITF’s 89.5 and 93.3. On Friday, May 10, 2012, host Scott LaMar welcomed the employee benefits experts from Conrad Siegel into the studio, click here to listen to the segment.

4.17.12 – Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults Finishes Run Across America

April 26th, 2012

Could you run 3,080mi in 3 weeks?

Most of us feel very satisfied, and tired, after participating in a charitable 5K race. Now, imagine how you would feel running six or seven of these races every day for a month. While sleeping with 10-12 other people in a constantly moving van. All to raise funds for young adult cancer programs.

This is exactly what a group of extraordinary cancer survivors, volunteers, and staff members of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults (UCF) accomplished. In partnership with REVOLUTION3 Triathlon, UCF completed a 3,080-mile run from Oceanside, CA to Washington, DC, in only 21 days. The Run Across America raised over $40,000 for UCF programs designed to help meet the unique needs of young adult cancer patients.

Thanks to George Mesthos from All News 99.1 WNEW for his coverage of the finish-line event, held April 16th at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

UCF Run Across America on All News 99.1 WNEW1

UCF Run Across America on All News 99.1 WNEW2

Also, thanks to Anne Claire Shilton for her piece chronicling the involvement of Debbie and Charlie Patten, Sr. in the Run Across America. Debbie and Charlie and the parents Charlie Patten, Jr., REV3′s founder. The Pattens did just about everything on the journey, from driving the van, cooking breakfast, doing laundry, and even stretching their legs to run a few miles along the way. Ms. Shilton’s story appears in the Fort Meyers News-Press.

 

4.17.12 – CNET Reviews CoPilot Live and Finds Route Guidance “Very Able”

April 25th, 2012

These are wacky times we live in, don’t you think? In the span of a few years, we’ve gone from a world where having a stand-alone GPS device in your car was a WOW feature, to one where it’s almost considered standard. Just about everyone has some kind of a GPS. Whether it’s planted in the dashboard, connected with a suction cup, or an app of some sort on your fancy phone, getting from Point A to Point B has never been so easy.

Unless, of course, it’s not, and you’re one of those people who rely on a substandard app on your phone that makes you take your eyes off the road and almost wrap yourself around a telephone pole while looking for directions that would be more easily followed with better maps or the spoken word.

Enter CoPilot Live, an outstanding GPS app that Abel Communications has represented since the start of the year. What we love about CoPilot Live is that its technology and interface really are outstanding – so when we’re pitching the media on a review, we can stand behind the product confidently and say, “This is great technology, you really should give it a try.” And that’s what CNET did. Auto tech reviewer Wayne Cunningham gave CoPilot a spin and came away impressed, saying, “Its most compelling feature are the full set of maps it includes, making it possible to navigate without a data connection.”

Here at Abel, CoPilot has become more than a client; their GPS app is on all of our phones and it’s our ‘go to’ for navigation. If you’d like to learn more, visit their site at www.copilotlive.com/us and give the CNET review a read  by clicking the image below.

CNET praises the quality of CoPilot's maps and navigation interface

4.11.12 – Greg Abel to Speak at May 18 BBJ Event, “Crash Course in Social Media”

April 10th, 2012

Abel Communications president and founder Greg Abel will appear as part of a panel of experts at an upcoming Baltimore Business Journal event, “Crash Course in Social Media.” Greg will present ideas and tactics to leverage social media channels to execute a successful media relations program. The event takes place on Friday May 18, 2012 from 8:30 – 11 a.m. at the Conference Center at Sheppard Pratt in Towson, Maryland.

"Oh you got that right!"

4.9.12 – Conrad Siegel’s Janel Leymeister Dispenses Financial Planning Wisdom in Huffington Post

April 10th, 2012

Janel Leymeister made her Huffington Post debut this week

Conrad Siegel’s Janel Leymeister is an investment advisor and benefits consultant, specializing in defined contribution retirement plans including 401(k) plans, ESOPs, and profit sharing plans. In our work with Conrad Siegel, Abel has helped the Harrisburg, Pa-based firm create and share expert commentary about employee benefits and financial planning in media outlets large and small. This week, we helped Janel crack the writing staff at the Huffington Post, with a contributed column about how to prepare for the potential end of the Bush era tax cuts, as they related to investments for some of the highest earners. Have a look:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janel-m-leymeister-cebs/are-your-retirement-benef_1_b_1413343.html

 

3.25.12 – Run Across America to Support Ulman Cancer Fund Featured in North County Times

March 25th, 2012

When the good folks at Rev3 Triathlon committed to a long-term charitable partnership with Ulman Cancer Fund, they didn’t just decide to write a check or lend an occasional hand. No, these guys decided not just to make UCF the official charity of their triathlon series, but to literally RUN ACROSS AMERICA to raise awareness and funds for the cause. Here’s a great story about this heroic (and slightly crazy) endeavor in the North County (Calif) Times, check it out:

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/oceanside/oceanside-cross-country-run-supports-young-adults-with-cancer/article_d65e8cdb-bd2f-576c-be0f-c26bbd5c9056.html

 

 

3.13.12 – Force 3′s Sudhir Verma Quoted on VDI in Federal Computer Week

March 13th, 2012

The experts at Force 3 help government agencies and other large organizations make critical technology decisions. How to manage mobile devices, how to secure networks, and when to upgrade data centers are just some of the challenges that Force 3 helps it clients address and overcome.

Sudhir is VP of Consulting Services for Force 3

This week in Federal Computer Week, Force 3′s Sudhir Verma, VP of Consulting Services, explains the fundamentals of VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. In the article, Verma explains that the the proliferation of personal mobile devices in the workplace has reinvigorated VDI adoption.

“VDI started to grow and hit a plateau,” he said. “Then iPads and mobile devices started to come into the workplace. Users started to demand access to their own devices, and that has…accelerated the pace of VDI adoption.”

Full the full article, please click here. Great job Sudhir.

3.1.12 – Dover Post feature story on Masterpiece Living at Westminster Village

March 1st, 2012

One of our newest clients is Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL), owner and/or operator of 24 senior living communities on the East Coast. For our initial project we helped help publicize the introduction of “Masterpiece Living” to PSL communities in Glen Arm, MD and Dover, DE. Masterpiece Living is an approach to senior living that’s based on a 10-year Study on Aging by the MacArthur Foundation and encourages residents to become more active and engaged in all areas of their life.

The Dover Post came out to the event and wrote a great story, including a video of the residents taking part in a singing competition. Check out the story here: Dover Post feature on Masterpiece Living at Westminster Village

2.28.12 – CoPilot GPS Featured in Engadget, CNET, and Macworld

February 28th, 2012

Mobile World Congress is a hotbed of new product announcements and device launches. At this year’s show, ALK Technologies, makers of the CoPilot Live award-winning line of GPS navigation applications, unveiled a new free app, CoPilot GPS. CoPilot GPS is a fully on-board navigation app that offers premium navigation features not found in other free nav apps. Some of these features include: computerized route optimization for up to 50 stops, millions of pre-installed points of interest, and touch screen drag-and-drop routing that allows greater trip customization. Although not available until Spring of 2012, CoPilot GPS has already generated significant buzz in leading tech publications such as Engadget, CNET, Macworld, and ZD Net.

 

Screen Shots of CoPilot GPS