Kahala Associates Hosts Twitter Executive for Entrepreneurial Motivational Seminar

Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) June 06, 2011

Kahala Associates Oahus premiere luxury real estate brokerage firm is proud to host Britt Selvitelle, Senior Software Engineer of Twitter Inc., for his presentation about Following Your Entrepreneurial Passion seminar. This private event will be held Monday, June 6th at the Waikiki Yacht Club from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. During the one hour seminar, Mr. Selvitelle will focus on following ones passion to achieve entrepreneurial success.

Twitter which was developed in 2006 is a social networking and micro-blogging website. The website enables its users to send and read messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user's profile page.

Britt Selvitelle, who serves as the websites Senior Software Engineer joined Twitter, Inc. in 2007. After graduating college in 2004 from the University of Kentucky, Selvitelle has continued to pursue his passion for computer software and technology by founding his own company called, Tremendous. Prior to joining Twitter, Inc., Selvitelle served as the Lead Software Architect at Voltaic Commerce. Selvitelles twitter account states, I work here. Creating something beautiful. Since beginning in 2006, Twitter has gained popularity worldwide and is estimated to have 200 million users, generating 65 million tweets a day and handling over 800,000 search queries per day. It is sometimes described as the SMS of the Internet.

We are very excited to host Britt Selvitelle, Senior Software Engineer at Twitter, said Myra Brandt, agent-owner and co-founder of Kahala Associates. Kahala Associates is a distinctly unique real estate brokerage based on the principles of entrepreneurship and wealth building. We are flattered that Mr. Selvitelle will be discussing the importance of following ones entrepreneurial dreams, because it relates closely to our firms business model. Most of all, we are delighted to offer this valuable educational opportunity to our agents.

For more information about Following Your Entrepreneurial Passion and Kahala Associates, please visit the firms website at http://www.kahalaassociates.com and watch Beyond Homes with Kahala Associates, Tuesday mornings on KHON2 News Channel.

About Kahala Associates

Kahala Associates is an agent-owned residential real estate brokerage firm in Honolulu, Hawaii. Locally-owned with a global presence, Kahala Associates is committed to delivering luxury service to their clients. The firm was selected to be a member of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

Appia Appoints Craig Forman as Executive Chairman

Durham, NC (PRWEB) September 07, 2011

Appia, the largest open application marketplace in the world, today announces that Craig Forman has been brought on as executive chairman. Forman, a former Yahoo, EarthLink, Infoseek, Dow Jones and Time Warner executive, will focus on corporate development and strategy. He will work closely with Appias leadership team as the company continues to power an increasing number of app storefronts for the worlds leading mobile operators, OEMs, media brands and retailers.

Craig is a widely respected executive, entrepreneur and investor with more than 20 years of experience at major brands within the technology, media and telecom industries, said Jud Bowman, founder and CEO of Appia. He will be instrumental in helping us scale and accelerate our growth prospects in the U.S. and abroad.

Forman assumes this new role after most recently serving as executive chairman of Boston-based WHERE, North Americas largest location-based media company, which was acquired by eBay in April 2011. Previously, he served as president of the $ 1 billion consumer access and audience business at EarthLink, the Atlanta-based Internet services provider.

Prior to EarthLink, Forman spearheaded Yahoos media and information units, leading Yahoo News, Finance, Sports and other award-winning products to first-place in their respective categories. Forman also oversaw large internet and media divisions at Time Warners CNN and TIME divisions, and Dow Jones's Wall Street Journal. Earlier, Forman served as the first editor and vice president of product management at the pioneering search engine Infoseek, where he was a member of the team that took the company public. Forman began his career as a Pulitzer-nominated foreign correspondent at The Wall Street Journal.

The global opportunity for mobile applications is huge and growing fast. Jud and his Appia team have already set a pace for success, and I look forward to helping them accelerate the companys leadership position as a trusted, global app store provider for leading entertainment portals, carriers, and handset manufacturers, said Craig Forman, executive chairman of Appia.

Appia has seen tremendous growth and industry demand for its white label app store solution in recent months. In addition to partnerships with Opera, Telcel and others, the company announced more than 40 million downloads in July, a rate of more than one million downloads per day, and a growth rate of 2,282% from July 2010. Appias app store catalog currently contains over 140,000 applications from more than 32,000 developers across every major operating system, with thousands of new apps being added each month.

About Appia

Appia is the world's largest open app marketplace and white-label storefront platform, supporting all major operating systems and handsets and reaching more than 250 million mobile subscribers in 175 countries. Appias white-label app marketplace solution provides partners with a ready-to-launch catalog of over 140,000 paid and free apps from more than 32,000 global application developers. Since June 2008 Appia has delivered over 200 million downloads through more than 40 partner storefronts including Opera Software, Am