Outblaze
Mobile application development | |
| Founded | Hong Kong (1998) |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Key people | Yat Siu, CEO Yusuf Goolamabbas, CTO Rita Kong, CFO |
| Products | Apps and games including Pretty Pet Salon |
| Website | www.outblaze.com |
Outblaze is a
History
Outblaze was founded in 1998 in
Products
Outblaze's various smartphone game apps have been downloaded about 30 million times for iOS and Android devices as of September 2011.[7]
Advocacy
Outblaze has engaged in a number of policy discussions, primarily via consultation and position papers authored by Outblaze executives.
In 2004 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (
The Office of the Telecom Authority (OFTA) of Hong Kong put out a consultation paper in June 2004 requesting comments on Proposals to contain the problem of unsolicited electronic messages.[10] The Outblaze response encouraged the government to adopt a range of measures to effectively combat spam, among them: opt-in standards, prompt removal of spammers and hacked or insecure systems, adoption of authenticated email schemes, unequivocal anti-spam legislation, rapid response times at ISPs, and diffusion of better email marketing management techniques.[11] The response was approved and endorsed by the Asia-Pacific chapter of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE).
See also
References and footnotes
- ^ "How Outblaze Outlasted the Bubble", BusinessWeek, August 19 2002.
- ^ "Economies of Scale in E-Mail Security", ISP Planet, November 17 2005.
- ^ "Exterminating the nuisance of spam", CNET News.com, December 4 2006.
- ^ IBM Announces Intent to Acquire Outblaze's E-Mail Service Assets, IBM, January 15, 2009
- ^ Angela Ashenden, SaaS takes centre stage at Lotusphere Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, IT-Director.com, January 23, 2009
- ^ "Some Outblaze Milestones", Outblaze Web site.
- ^ "Outblaze Gets to 30M Installs, Sees 30% Higher ARPU on Android Than on iOS". Inside Mobile Apps. September 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ^ "Spam Issues in Developing Countries", OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, May 25 2005.
- ^ itu.int
- ^ ofta.gov.hk
- ^ Response to OFTA consultation paper: Proposals to contain the problem of unsolicited electronic messages, Outblaze, October 2005.
