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STUDIO CITY, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Kord Fire Protection is sharing guidance for California facility owners, engineers, contractors and fire protection professionals on inspection, testing and maintenance considerations for private fire hydrants and underground fire service piping.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Fonelora Inc. today announced the launch of Fonelora Go, a mobile location simulation app for compatible iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, together with Fonelora Location Changer V2.0.0, the latest version of its Windows and Mac desktop software.
RALEIGH, N.C. /CitizenWire/ — Sokal, a full-service automotive advertising agency headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., today announced its expansion to more than ten OEM-certified partnerships, adding Stellantis and Nissan to its existing certifications with Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Hyundai, Acura, and INFINITI. Sokal is also now the largest advertising agency located within the Triangle, with over 150 […]
SEATTLE, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced expanded support for investor loans, including debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) loans.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. /CitizenWire/ — The Industry Group (TIG) and the Kiosk Manufacturer Association (KMA) today highlighted recent work on accessibility, artificial intelligence, payments and self-service technology. The TIG/KMA Accessibility Committee met with the U.S. Access Board on Sept. 15 to discuss how accessibility must evolve .
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Industrial SalesLeads tracking for August 2026 identified 184 capital projects where packaging equipment is a procurement opportunity or where the operating company is a packaging manufacturer. Spanning more than 30 states and Canadian provinces, these projects range from single-facility equipment upgrades to multi-billion-dollar campus construction.
LOWELL, Mass. /CitizenWire/ — The Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO) announces “The Sound of Belonging,” its eighth season, a series of programs exploring how music connects us to family, culture, history and community. At the heart of the season is the principle that has defined LCO since its founding: great music should belong to everyone.
HONG KONG /CitizenWire/ — PoKeep today announced the launch of its new Pokémon GO Guide Hub, a centralized online resource designed to help Pokémon GO players find useful information and make faster in-game decisions. The hub brings together event updates, coordinate guides, calculators, gameplay explainers, product comparisons, and tutorials in a single, easy-to-navigate destination.
HOUSTON, Texas /CitizenWire/ — ViewTech Borescopes will exhibit this week at the 2026 Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia, showcasing advanced remote visual inspection solutions for pumps, compressors, turbines, and other critical rotating equipment. Among the featured technologies will be the VJ-4 3D Measurement video borescope, an inspection system that combines high-resolution imaging with 3D measurement capabilities.
DENVER, Colo. /CitizenWire/ — ACES Quality Management®, the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced today the launch of ACES Population Testing™, which evaluates a financial institution’s loan origination pipelines and servicing portfolios against its defined policies and identifies the records that warrant a reviewer’s attention.
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Ahead of the official debut of Originalive™, Luvme Hair is sharing a closer look at one of the ideas shaping its upcoming premium human hair collection: good hair should be judged by more than how soft, smooth, or shiny it feels when it is new.
OAKLAND, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — California Waste Solutions, Inc. (CWS) is approaching its 35th year as a leader in the international recycling, resource recovery and environmental infrastructure business with operations in California and Vietnam. Headquartered in Oakland, the company serves more than 343,000 customers across Oakland and San Jose and operates six Bay Area recycling facilities.
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Tenorshare has just put out a detailed new guide that walks you through exactly how to transfer WhatsApp from Android to iPhone 18 Pro. The resource addresses common challenges with cross-platform WhatsApp transfers, including how to preserve chats and media when moving data to an already set up iPhone. It […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — FineVoice today announced the launch of Aunio, an end-to-end AI audio production agent designed to help anyone create professional, publish-ready audio without a dedicated audio production team. Rather than generating individual audio assets in isolation, Aunio understands the content and context of a project and coordinates capabilities.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Cloud 9 Inn LAX officially announces the completion of its extensive property rebranding and total guest room modernizations. Completed in August 2025, the top-to-bottom transformation establishes the hotel as the premier budget-friendly gateway for travelers, sports fans, and concertgoers visiting the booming Inglewood and Greater Los Angeles entertainment hubs.
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — FirstClose, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today the launch of Lender Portal, a new workspace that lets loan officers manage borrower leads in one place, from initial contact through submission.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif., /CitizenWire/ — Informative Research (IR), a leading technology provider of data-driven credit and verification solutions for the lending industry, today announced that Tim Cox has rejoined the IR leadership team as executive vice president of business process automation. In this role, Tim will apply his industry expertise to support the company and […]
CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. /CitizenWire/ — Flottman Company, a family-owned legacy printing business established in 1921, announced the strategic addition of a Heidelberg SM 102-2-P offset press to its Northern Kentucky manufacturing facility. Installed in December 2025, the new press significantly expands overall production capacity and modernizes operational workflow through advanced automation to support client demand […]
DES MOINES, Iowa /CitizenWire/ — iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, today released a new analysis validating its 2025 forecasts against actual Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. The analysis, which uses final 2025 HMDA data released by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council on […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — xcited for iOS 27, but some iPhone users asked, “Is there a way to remove iOS 27 from my iPhone?” The answer is yes. To remove iOS 27, it’s common to either use iTunes/Finder in Recovery Mode or a professional iOS downgrade tool like Tenorshare ReiBoot, which supports a 1-click […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — HitPaw, a leading provider of AI-powered creative solutions for video, photo, and audio enhancement, today announced the official launch of its 2026 Autumn Sale, running from September 14 through October 10, 2026. The seasonal promotion offers savings of up to 50% off across HitPaw’s popular AI-powered creative tools, including video […]
HONG KONG /CitizenWire/ — Vimia Tech Limited today announced the launch of Vosko AI, an end-to-end video localization platform built for creators, educators, e-commerce teams, marketing teams, and businesses looking to expand their content to global audiences. Vosko AI helps keep the original speaker’s voice, tone and emotion when dubbing videos into other languages.
NEW CASTLE, Del. /CitizenWire/ — CleverFiles announced the launch of Clever AI Detector, a free tool that checks text for signs of AI-generated writing, with no ads and no sign-up required. Clever AI Detector scans up to 10,000 words per run without requiring you to create or sign in to an account.
TENAFLY, N.J. /CitizenWire/ — 42DM, a B2B tech marketing agency specializing in go-to-market strategy for AI and SaaS companies, recently released “From Traffic to Pipeline: GTM Lessons from 100 Top AI Products,” a benchmark study mapping which channels and signals correlate with revenue across 100 leading AI infrastructure companies.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Argyle, the leading consumer-permissioned verification platform, today announced the launch of a new solution that enables wholesale mortgage lenders to extend income, employment, and asset verification across their broker networks with a broker-branded borrower experience. The solution is available through Argyle’s Verification API as well as through Encompass® TPO […]
BATON ROUGE, La. and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. /CitizenWire/ — Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group LLC (Atlantic Bay) today announced the opening of its first Louisiana branch in Baton Rouge, extending its’ presence across the South and giving Louisiana homebuyers access to a wide range of mortgage options, local expertise, and the technology and resources of an […]
ORLANDO, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — EnergyCAP®, the leading utility and energy management platform for public and private sector organizations, announced Insights, a new capability to their energy and utility management platform, that brings reporting, alerting and prioritization together so energy teams can focus on what’s most important. The announcement came at Catalyst Converge, the company’s 20th […]
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Zeteo Biomedical LLC today announced the expansion of its ZTECH-P™ powder drug-delivery platform into pulmonary delivery with the introduction of AriesMR™, a reloadable active dry powder inhaler designed for controlled pulmonary administration of pharmaceutical powders without reliance on patient-generated inspiratory energy for powder aerosolization or the use of CFC/HFA propellants.
ESTERO, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Naples Flatbread Kitchen & Bar has launched a top-to-bottom reinvention of its menu on Monday, September 14 at Miromar Outlets – the heart of a rebrand built on one promise – seriously Italian, never serious. Guests have taken to calling it “the fun Italian,” and the family-run restaurant is happy to […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Industrial SalesLeads announced today the August 2026 results for its planned capital project spending report for the Food and Beverage industry, tracking North American facility expansions, new plant construction, and significant equipment modernization projects. The Firm’s research team confirmed 63 new planned projects in the Food and Beverage sector during August.
OAKLAND, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — David Duong, the charismatic entrepreneur whose family built California Waste Solutions after arriving in San Francisco as refugees, is the star of a new documentary, “The King of Trash,” that has drawn strong reviews and is now returning to California theaters. Tickets for Bay Area and San Jose showings sold out […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Power Roofing NYC, a licensed roof repair and roof replacement contractor that works in all five boroughs, has put out a winter roof prep checklist for New York homeowners and building owners. The checklist is short and free, and it comes straight from crews who have repaired, replaced or installed more […]
BETHESDA, Md. /CitizenWire/ — In advance of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) introduced the six members of its Class of 2027 IMPACT Fellowship Program (IMPACT). The sixth IMPACT cohort consists of postdoctoral scholars from a diverse range of backgrounds and research disciplines who will engage in a 16-month program designed to […]
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Mezzo, creator of the mortgage industry’s first one-to-many operating architecture for third-party services, today announced an integration with Vesta, the AI-native loan origination system (LOS) and agent platform built to automate and accelerate mortgage operations. Mezzo launches with a single gateway across verification providers.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Novak Doors and Gates, a licensed and insured electric gate repair and installation company serving Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, today announced expanded same-day electric and automatic gate repair coverage across the city, with dedicated crews for West Los Angeles and Hollywood alongside its established service in Santa […]
CHICAGO, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — ViewTech Borescopes, a leading provider of remote visual inspection solutions, will exhibit at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2026, taking place September 14-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago. At the largest manufacturing show in the Western Hemisphere, ViewTech will showcase its latest innovation, the new VJ-4 3D Video Borescope.
BELLEVUE, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — Global Artists Collective presents two free events featuring the award-winning band Global Heat this September in Bellevue’s BelRed Arts District. Both events are supported by a project grant from Bellevue Arts & Culture, City of Bellevue, to Global Artists Collective.
BELLEVUE, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — Global Artists Collective presents two free events featuring the award-winning band Global Heat this September in Bellevue’s BelRed Arts District. Both events are supported by a project grant from Bellevue Arts & Culture, City of Bellevue, to Global Artists Collective.
ONTARIO, Canada /CitizenWire/ — Soap Opera Magazine, a digital publication covering American daytime television, has been named the No. 1 soap opera news website of 2026 by entertainment publication High on Films. In its newly published ranking, “The 5 Best Soap Opera News Sites Online in 2026,” High on Films placed Soap Opera Magazine first […]
NOVI, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — Vice Capital Markets, a leading mortgage hedge advisory firm for independent lenders, banks and credit unions, today announced that its capital markets platform now supports the inclusion of VantageScore™ credit scores on mortgage bid tapes, providing lenders and investors with greater visibility into loan-level credit characteristics during the secondary market execution […]
