Houston-based ENGlobal Corp. (NASDAQ: ENG) operates as an energy-related automation and engineering company operating through strategic business units to provide its services to the global energy and government sectors.

ENGlobal’s Automation segment focuses on the design, fabrication and implementation of distributed control, instrumentation and process analytical systems, as well as products and services supporting the environmental technology fields.

The Engineering (EPCM) segment provides consulting services for the development, management and execution of projects requiring professional engineering, construction management, and related support services. Within this segment, ENGlobal’s Government Services group provides engineering, design, installation and operation and maintenance of various government, public sector and international facilities, and specializes in the turnkey installation and maintenance of automation and instrumentation systems for the U.S. defense industry worldwide.

Additionally, ENGlobal’s Subsea Controls and Integration (SCI) group provides advanced process automation design, engineering service and equipment for the effective integration of communication protocols between topsides production facilities and subsea devices.

ENGlobal is one of a couple publicly traded engineering firm using Houston as an anchor for a worldwide focus. Among them is KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR), which recently divested its Building Group subsidiary as part of its restructuring plans announced last December.

KBR serves the global hydrocarbons and government services industries and, along with ENGlobal, which consistently makes the list, was ranked by Engineering News Record magazine as a Top 500 engineering design firm in 2015.

Another market participant on the top ranking list is Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEC). Based in Pasadena, California, Jacobs Engineering also has a global reach and was recently appointed by Managing Contractor Lend Lease Building Pty Ltd. for a major extension to an existing contract for the New Air Combat Capability (NACC) facilities project in Australia.

Though a similar market participant in terms of offerings, ENGlobal’s smaller market cap (ENG $40.0M vs. KBR $2.8B, and JEC $5.3B) and lower trading price (ENG under $2 vs. KBR, just under $20, and JEC around $42) makes it a budget friendly option for investors looking to add a cheaper, but long-standing and reputable engineering firm to their portfolio.

In its nearly 30 years of operations, ENGlobal has created a global workforce of more than 400 industry leaders in a variety of fields, ranging from drafters and designers to technical specialists, all of which are led by a highly experienced core management team with years of industry experience.

William Coskey, founder of ENGlobal, leads the company as its president and CEO. Coskey is supported by Mike Harrison, senior vice president of business development, who worked for Jacobs Engineering from 1996-2005, among other previous roles; and vice president of human resources Scott Curd, who spent 14 years with KBR as senior human resources manager.

Backed by an established business model, decades of operations, and a leadership team leveraging recent as well as previous experience working for larger industry firms, ENGlobal is well-positioned to enjoy the opportunities of the broader global automation and engineering markets.

For more information, visit www.englobal.com

If the caliber of national brands listed on Mobivity’s roster of clients is any inclination, the mobile marketing technology company has hard-earned its reputation for helping businesses and brands foster customer loyalty and reap the financial benefits of doing so.

Using its suite of patented mobile marketing technologies, Mobivity’s communication strategies are designed to enhance customer engagement and loyalty to drive ultimately incremental sales and profitability.

The company’s SmartReceipt technology, for example, transforms traditional retail transaction receipts into engaging “smart” receipts. Mobivity recently announced a deal with U-Swirl, Inc., an operator and franchisor of self-sever frozen yogurt cafes, in which U-Swirl will use the SmartReceipt technology to craft highly targeted, relevant loyalty messages to its customers via SMS text messaging and receipts given at the time of sale.

The technology enables U-Swirl customers to join various loyalty and rewards programs, as well as receive targeted offers and promotions, by subscribing to text messaging programs or through relevant content on their receipts. Following product testing, U-Swirl gave the SmartReceipt technology impressively high marks.

“Our early tests have been extremely well received by our customers,” Carell Grass, vice president of Operations of U-Swirl, stated in the news release. “Response rates to text messaging promotions have been as high as 71%, which is unparalleled. The ability to anchor our digital loyalty program to our point-of-sale systems and receipt content was a key differentiator that attracted us to the Mobivity solutions, and the results speak for themselves.”

U-Swirl joins a client base of national brands including CNN, Disney (NYSE:DIS), the NFL, Sony Corp. (NYSE:SONY) subsidiary Sony Pictures, AT&T (NYSE:T), Chick-fil-A, NBC Universal, Subway, Baskin Robbins, Jamba Juice (NASDAQ:JMBA), Sonic (NYSE:SONC), numerous professional sports teams, as well as thousands of small, local businesses across the U.S.

In the first quarter of 2015, in which Mobivity reported increase in revenues and gross margins, CEO Dennis Becker said SmartReceipt™ has processed more than 680 million transactions and is on track to reach 1 billion transactions later this year. He also described how the company’s current and expanding list of prospective customers is setting it up for anticipated growth.

“Momentum is continuing both in new deployments of SmartReceipt as well as our growing pipeline of potential customers. We are in active discussions with dozens of national QSR brands regarding SmartReceipt™ as well as other components of our unique bundled marketing solution,” Becker stated. “Our technology is powering marketing campaigns for thousands of QSR locations across the U.S. and we anticipate new deployments by additional QSR brands in the current quarter and throughout 2015.”

For more information visit www.mobivity.com

Following up on the major milestone of breaking the 40 million radio transmissions mark with the single-source, web-based event planning, incident management, emergency response and recovery-focused unified communications platform ReadyOp™, Cleartronic, Inc. (OTC: CLRI) has subsequently announced a three-year agreement to participate in HGACBuy, the cooperative purchasing program established by a political subdivision of the State of Texas, the H-GAC (Houston-Galveston Area Council). With HGACBuy’s participating membership of over 6k different government agencies and NPOs, Cleartronic has thusly tapped a major retail vector for the ReadyOp platform, which is being marketed and promoted under CLRI’s wholly-owned ReadyOp Communications subsidiary.

In addition to this major new market addition, the company has just announced a landmark project with one of the biggest retail corporations in Arkansas. Slated to take place over the next three years and focused on bringing the ReadyOp platform to bear on the sprawling planning, monitoring and reporting requirements of the client’s diverse retail location network, this latest announcement shows the power of the revolutionary ReadyOp platform as a unified communications solution that is capable of transmitting data, as well as speech, via a simplified and easy to use web-based portal. This web-based portal approach largely eliminates the need for cumbersome software installs and updates, as is the case with many competitors in this area and yet the platform provides the same kind of highly-secure, mission-critical situational awareness that government agencies rely on for emergency response.

This same robust capability extended to corporations and other commercial entities, which have extensive field personnel teams and diverse logistical footprints, could quickly evolve into significant new business segment for the company and lead to the ReadyOp platform’s standardization among many other retailer operations. The attractiveness of such an easy to use, easy to implement, and yet highly secure unified communications platform is easy to understand for anyone who has ever popped the hood on the complex logistics of today’s big-box retail operations. The immediate appeal to managers of such a system – which would allow scattered personnel across the country to coordinate efforts in real-time, settling issues like inventory loads and communicating crucial operational updates instantly, irrespective of who is using what device in an increasingly BYOD workplace environment – cannot be overstated.

Implementing ReadyOp with this major Arkansas retailer will further validate the platform beyond its core first responder and government agency markets, opening up ReadyOp for use by additional entities across many different industries, all of whom share similar needs to unify communications, irrespective of device, via a single-source virtual framework that allows real-time speech, text, and data transmissions. This initial entry into the retail market is a huge opportunity for CLRI’s ReadyOp Communications subsidiary and will form a success template that can be farmed out to other retailers across the country, hopefully up-selling itself on the efficiency and connectivity advantages conferred on the retailer subsequent to the platform’s adoption.

Cleartronic has hitherto been best known for their patented radio IP gateways and unified communications solutions developed under their VoiceInterop subsidiary, which has an established track record for creating device agnostic solutions that embrace open-standards software, as well as extremely flexible system designs that allow for unprecedented deployment fluidity. That is why budget-constrained local government agencies like law enforcement and fire departments have flocked to the company’s solutions, confident that a mix of AudioMate 360 radio IP gateways used to tie-in radio handsets, and the company’s proprietary software and third party apps, will allow them to span even difficult terrain and create a real-time environment for the exchange of crucial information across a network that also dovetails in everything from traditional phones to PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

The arrangement with Collabria to market their powerful ReadyOp platform markedly enhances the company’s overall portfolio of unified communications offerings and has already led to numerous key contracts or other arrangements. Cleartronic is rapidly establishing itself as one of the front runners in truly 21st century unified communications, and this latest move to boldly expand beyond their core markets into retail and other industries arguably marks the start of what could be a significant growth phase in the company’s history.

Learn more about the company by visiting www.cleartronicinc.com

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For the ecommerce industry, credit card fraud has loomed large as a limiting factor to industry growth for years. According to data from the Federal Reserve, fraud only impacts a fraction of one percent of all purchases made with credit cards, but the catastrophic impact of worst-case scenarios is enough to keep many consumers wary of entering financial information on the web. IFAN Financial, Inc. (OTC: IFAN), through its proprietary iPIN Technologies, is giving consumers a better option, allowing for online payments without the need to expose sensitive personal information.

To better understand the benefits of the iPIN system, consider the effects of the 2014 data breach of nationwide shopping chain Target (NYSE: TGT). Late last year, Target’s databases were accessed by hackers, leaking personal information – including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses – of more than 70 million customers around the globe, according to CNN. For shoppers that used traditional online payment channels, this hack would have put their personal information at risk. However, using iPIN Technologies, consumers are able to make online purchases without sharing sensitive personal information, effectively establishing a safer channel for ecommerce payments.

“When you purchase online either using your mobile device or on your PC on the internet [with the iPIN system] and you use your debit card with your PIN, none of your personal information from your card goes to the merchant,” stated Steven Scholl, Chief Financial Officer of IFAN. “They only get the money sent from your bank.”

Moving forward, this technology could be more vital than ever before. In October 2015, banks and credit unions throughout the United States will begin adhering to the new Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) Compliance Mandate. Under this new regulation, participating U.S. merchants will be required to upgrade software and hardware systems to comply with new, chip-based payment cards. While these cards help in-person credit card purchases become more stable and secure, the results in early adopting markets suggest that online security could be a different story.

In Europe, credit and debit card fraud rose by 39 percent over a six year period from 2004 to 2010 following the rollout of EMV-based payment systems, according to Entrepreneur, and a 2014 European Central Bank report indicated that card-not-present payments, including those utilized in ecommerce transactions, were the source of approximately 60 percent of these incidents in 2012. As the United States prepares to make the mandated jump to this new technology, IFAN’s iPIN Technologies could provide the company with a formidable platform to help it realize rapid growth in the years to come.

For more information, visit http://ifanfinancial.com

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If you ask researchers and writers at the MIT Technology Review they will tell you in no uncertain terms that the world wants mobile medical apps (MMAs), and don’t expect demand to slow down during our near or distant future.

At an MIT Technology Review EmTech conference late last year in Boston, Ms. Jeannette Tighe of Sagentia, a global technology advisory and product development company headquartered in Cambridge, U.K., stated that in 2015 at least 500 million smartphone users worldwide will be using health-related apps. Her foresight appears to be right on the money.

By 2017, the market for health related apps is trending to hit $26 billion, according to Research2Guidance, a research and consulting firm that focuses on the global app economy. Driving the market for these apps is in no small part due to the world’s aging population and its subsequent, increasing need for medical care. Tighe also noted that in the US, nearly 20% of its population will be older than 65 by 2030, increasing vulnerability to Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, and a variety of other age-associated conditions.

David Pettigrew, Sagentia’s Vice President of Connected Health, states that, “Benefits to medical-device manufacturers include cost savings through not having to develop a completely new device, leveraging existing platforms while adding more sophisticated sensing and data capabilities, and using an interface that consumers know and understand and is already part of their everyday life.” This confluence of events and technological advances results in the fact that devices are far more likely to be adopted and used correctly.

Consorteum Holdings, Inc.’s (OTC: CSRH) subsidiary, 359, appears to be positioned in the right place at the right time. The subsidiary’s Thin Client Server / Hybrid Mobile Application provides the required security for health care transactions. The health care industry by nature is labor and record intensive, both of which can be expensive. By allowing patients secure access to their medical information, health care institutions can minimize unnecessary expenses.

Possible benefits of Consorteum’s Universal Mobile Interface (UMI) could include optimized patient data processing and reduced costs in areas such as secure account access and mobile health records, medication notifications and automatic refills and real-time insurance co-pay information for prescriptions, just to name a few.

Consorteum markets and licenses the CAPSA software platform in Canada and Mexico. The platform is a mobile content delivery solution that provides digital media to various mobile handsets. Additionally, the platform facilitates transmission of financial information to individual handset owners.

For more information on the company, visit www.consorteum.com

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The One World Doll Project, a subsidiary of One World Holdings, Inc. (OWOO), today released an interview with its founder, Trent T. Daniel, in which Daniel discusses the company’s recent national retail distribution deal with Hallmark stores and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT).

This interview provides shareholders, potential investors and other interested parties the opportunity to understand the details behind the company’s fall 2015 debut in over 2,900 Walmart stores across the nation.

View the video on the company website at http://oneworlddolls.com/investors.

Established in 2010 by Daniel and Stacey McBride-Irby, The One World Doll Project is committed to changing the retail landscape of the doll industry. The Prettie Girls! are a collection of fashion play dolls diverse in culture, interests and style.

For more information, visit www.oneworlddolls.com

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Flexshopper, Inc. (OTCQB: FPAY) is a financial and technology company that provides consumers with a flexible and easy way to get furniture, electronics, appliances and other popular brand name goods with affordable weekly payments. The company’s unique personal shopping assistant platform allows consumers to utilize a patent pending lease-to-own (LTO) payment method to purchase a full selection of qualifying merchandise from some of the country’s most respected retail and e-commerce providers.

By leasing items within Flexshopper’s expansive LTO network, consumers can acquire the products they want without the need for a long-term commitment. Under the company’s model, the merchandise can be returned at any time with proper notice without penalty, or shoppers can continue to pay for one year and take ownership of the leased items.

According to a report by the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations, the LTO industry served approximately 4.8 million customers throughout North America in 2012, accounting for annual revenue of approximately $8.5 billion. This industry performance has provided Flexshopper with a formidable platform to realize strong financial growth in recent years. In the first quarter of 2015, the company recorded lease revenues of more than $3.6 million, marking a year-over-year increase of over $3.5 million.

“We are pleased with our lease originations in the first quarter,” Brad Bernstein, chief executive officer of Flexshopper, stated in a news release. “[W]e are excited to increase our lease originations on all of our channels which include in retail stores, online with our patent pending lease-to-own payment method and on our ecommerce marketplace.”

In March, Flexshopper secured a debt facility of up to $100 million and a $9.35 million equity raise from Middleman Partners, providing the company with the capital needed to promote accelerated growth through its LTO ecommerce marketplace and payment method in the coming months.

“This debt and financing increases our balance sheet strength and ensures that we are well positioned to execute our strategies of… positioning ourselves as the only LTO platform that can provide retailers and e-tailers with multiple digital channels to increase their sales with LTO consumers,” continued Bernstein.

With the persistent expansion of the LTO industry in recent years, Flexshopper is in a strong strategic position to continue improving its financial results in the future. For prospective investors, the company’s newly acquired capital could provide the means for accelerated growth and sustainable returns moving forward.

For more information, visit www.flexshopper.com

Car Monkeys Group, through CarMonkeys.com, is one of the largest and fastest growing online automotive parts distributors in the United States. By offering a complete selection of high quality used parts for a wide range of vehicle makes and models, the company provides its customers with an industry-leading shopping experience.

Using its proprietary part finder, the company makes it simple to find the perfect parts for nearly any vehicle among a network of hundreds of thousands of high quality used parts. Built upon a groundbreaking search and consolidation algorithm, the company’s search function helps consumers navigate issues surrounding part interchangeability to find the perfect part, even if it’s from a completely different vehicle. This allows Car Monkeys to effectively eliminate one of the primary limitations of many of its competitors’ parts networks, strategically positioning the company for continued market growth moving forward.

“The Car Monkeys brand has an established, reputable and expanding presence in the online used car space, and we intend to utilize this success as a platform for continued growth,” Mariusz Girt, chief executive officer of Car Monkeys, stated in a news release.

For consumers, the benefits of utilizing used automotive parts can be massive. According to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency, consumers purchasing used or reconditioned parts can save 50 percent or more, as compared to the cost of new parts. Utilizing recovered automobile parts is also beneficial from an environmental prospective. The North American automotive recycling industry saves an estimated 85 million barrels of oil annually that would otherwise be needed to make new or replacement auto parts.

Since being founded in 2010, Car Monkeys has emerged as a player in the multi-billion dollar automotive recycling industry. By consistently providing its customers with one of the industry’s best warrantees, the company has made significant strides in developing brand confidence and, as a result, opened the door for continued growth.

For prospective investors, Car Monkeys represents a growing brand in one of the country’s most consistently performing industry sectors. Look for the company to continue building on its established presence in the automotive industry moving forward.

Take a closer look at the company, or find that part you need, by visiting www.carmonkeys.com

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According to a report by the American Cancer Society, approximately 25 percent of the estimated 580,000 cancer-related deaths in 2013 were the result of gastrointestinal or digestive cancers. Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), through the continued development and commercialization of Cologuard and related products, is committed to playing a role in substantially reducing this figure moving forward by targeting the complete eradication of colorectal cancer.

Approved by the FDA in August 2014, Cologuard is the first noninvasive screening test for colorectal cancer that analyzes both stool DNA and blood biomarkers. In a 10,000-patient clinical study, the company’s revolutionary test effectively diagnosed 92 percent of colon cancers and 69 percent of the most advanced precancerous polyps in average risk patients. Because of this accurate cancer detection ability, Cologuard is currently included in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society.

During the first quarter of 2015, Exact Sciences recorded strong growth for Cologuard, providing the company with a formidable platform for sustained increases in market share moving forward. In the period, 11,000 Cologuard tests were completed and the number of ordering physicians increased from 4,100 at the end of 2014 to 8,300 in the first three months of 2015. The company also expanded its sales team by 75 percent in order to promote continued development of the test’s existing physician network and commercial insurance coverage options.

“We are pleased with the strong launch trajectory of Cologuard,” Kevin Conroy, chairman and chief executive officer of Exact Sciences, stated in a news release. “Demand among patients and physicians and acceptance among commercial insurers is accelerating.”

Since the initial commercialization of Cologuard, Exact Sciences has recorded drastically amplified financial results. In the first quarter of 2015, the company reported total revenues of $4.3 million, a $4 million increase over the same period in 2014. In the coming months, the company will look to build on this development through persistent progress in expanding the test’s utilization rates.

For prospective shareholders, the early market success of Cologuard, as well as the company’s ongoing development of diagnostic tools targeting esophageal, pancreatic and lung cancers, makes Exact Sciences an intriguing investment opportunity moving forward.

For more information, visit www.exactsciences.com

One World Holdings, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the One World Doll Project, recently announced the next phase of expansion for its acclaimed brand of multicultural fashion and play dolls. The highly anticipated Prettie Girls!™ Tween Scene collection will arrive in approximately 3,000 Walmart stores across the United States in October, providing the company with an opportunity to continue building on the success of its four original Prettie Girls! dolls.

“Our vision in developing the Prettie Girls! Tween Scene collection was to provide young girls with dolls that represent their individual backgrounds, stories, styles, goals and inspirations,” Trent T. Daniel, founder of OWOO, stated in a news release. “It is an honor to launch this new line, which endeavors to reflect America’s children, at Walmart, where America shops.”

The new collection will consist of pre-teen versions of the company’s original dolls, including all four of the Prettie Girls! characters, in addition to the introduction of two new personalities representing additional cultures and backgrounds. In total, the company’s new line will include African-American, Hispanic, South Asian, African, Asian and Caucasian dolls.

The Prettie Girls! were originally launched in 2010 by Daniel and Stacey McBride-Irby, a former designer for toy giant Mattel® who is widely regarded for her role in creating Mattel’s first African-American dolls. Since 2010, OWOO has received orders from a collection of major retailers, including Amazon, Walmart and Toys”R”Us. This increased presence has helped the company post improved financial results in recent months. In April, OWOO announced a 532 percent increase in annual year-over-year revenue in 2014, and the company’s management team expects continued growth moving toward the holiday season.

“It has already been a big year for us and as we continue to expand the Prettie Girls! brand across the nation, we expect to see even more sales performance as the 2015 Christmas season draws closer,” stated Joanne Melton, chief executive officer of OWOO.

According to the Toy Association, the domestic toy industry accounted for over $18 billion in revenue in 2014, with $2.32 billion attributed to the doll category. Through the release of the Prettie Girls! Tween Scene collection later this year, OWOO will be in a strong position to continue expanding upon its current share of the thriving market. For prospective investors, this announcement could foreshadow an extremely promising holiday season later this year.

For more information, visit www.oneworlddolls.com

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