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  • DocStore lets you buy and sell digital documents online

    February 24th, 2010
    February 23, 2010 | 12:21 pm

    DocstoreNeed to download prepared legal documents or business outlines? There’s a digital store for that.

    Similar to how Apple sells apps, music and videos, and Amazon sells music and books, Santa Monica’s DocStoc has opened a store for customers to search for and buy documents online.

    Anyone can upload their files to DocStore and name a price. Sellers keep 100% of the revenue for purchases within the first 60 days from listing, and revenues are split evenly with DocStoc after that.

    Once you’ve signed up, transactions are a one-click process — something that has worked well for Apple and Amazon to encourage impulse buys.

    “We’re making the App Store for documents,” said DocStoc Chief Executive Jason Nazar.

    The 2-year-old company hopes to introduce some of its 20 million monthly visitors to its premium content. Helped by a partnership with LegalZoom, the DocStore is targeting small businesses and professionals.

  • Verve Wireless Serves up 100 Million Mobile News Pages per Month in 2009 – on Track for 2.2 Billion Total News Pages Served in 2010

    February 5th, 2010

    Widgets Created with Nokia for Ovi Store Brings Local Mobile News to International Markets

    San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 4, 2010 — Verve Wireless, the leading provider of mobile publishing and advertising technologies to local media companies, today announced its end of year milestones and highlighted its work with Nokia in providing local media companies worldwide with a series of mobile news applications for Nokia’s foremost smartphone, which are available for download from the Ovi Store.

    Mobile Access to News Increases by 500% via Verve Network: Apps in Demand
    During the month of December 2009:
    • 100 Million mobile news pages were served, a 160% increase year over year.
    • Over 8 million readers accessed news from mobile devices via Verve’s mobile publishing platform, a 500% increase from the same period a year prior.
    • Over 3 Million mobile applications have been downloaded to date.

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