eFit.com, an online health and fitness network, recently signed a deal to use iPing''s notification platform to create a service that allows its Web site users to receive daily fitness tips on any telephone at any time.
"Maintaining the motivation to stick to a diet or exercise program can be one of the most challenging aspects of pursuing a healthier lifestyle," said Riva Syrop, executive vice president of eFit. "Working with iPing to create this new service, eFit can provide daily information and hopefully, inspiration, to help the tens of millions of healthy living enthusiasts stay on track."
eFit reminders cover such topics as Ways to Avoid Sleep Deprivation, Proper Breathing Exercises, Healthy Eating and Skin Care, among others.
iPing enables businesses to deliver time-critical information that is
event-triggered or scheduled, via a variety of platforms: telephone networks, wireless devices and digital networks. iPing''s products are available for the financial, auction, catalog, shipping, fulfillment, credit card, calendar, transportation, travel, insurance, medical and entertainment industries.
Netiquette
Have a business trip planned to Taiwan anytime soon? Better plan on getting as tipsy -- if not more -- than your business associate if you have been invited out for drinks after a meeting.
It''s the culture, silly. To give international business travelers and
American expatriates an edge on foreign culture, customs and etiquette, an Internet service called CountryNet.com was recently launched by consulting firm Arthur Andersen.
It covers 84 different countries, and you can learn helpful tidbits such as the fact that if you rent a car in Russia, your windshield wipers are likely to be stolen. Remove them when you leave your car unattended.
Qatari businessmen may hold hands when walking as a sign of friendship; if you are a man conducting business in Qatar, do not be alarmed if your male associate takes your hand.
CountryNet is designed to provide business travelers all the information they need to relocate and operate safely, comfortably and knowledgeably in new countries.
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