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In an unsurprising move, Thailand has become the first government to support Twitter censorship. While the rest of the Twitterverse voiced its displeasure of the social media platform's announced policy change of blocking messages in countries where they were deemed illegal, Thailand's technology minister, Anudith Nakornthap, lauded Twitter's censorship on Monday, calling it a “constructive” development. In an AP report, Anudith said it was a good thing that Twitter “felt responsible to cooperate with governments to make sure basic rights are not violated through the use of social media.”

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It's worth noting that the Thai government has always enforced strict censorship laws and has recently been on a mission to censor social media to enforce lese majeste, the punishable act of smearing the Thai monarchy.-In the past few months, it has warned that people "liking" certain Facebook statuses could be punished if they visit the country. And the AP reports that Thailand’s taskforce that monitors anti-monarchy content has blocked 1,156 websites since December. So, it does make sense that the Thai government would be all in favor of the policy shift where a government request is all that it would take to block an offending tweet.  But as The Guardian points out, that offending message would still be seen in other countries. 

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ISELIN, N.J., Jan. 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Track Innovations Ltd. ("OTI") (Nasdaq:OTIV - News) today announced that the Ministry of Public Security of Panama has awarded OTI with a contract for the supply, design, installation and integration of systems to monitor and improve immigration verification processes and overall immigration flow. OTI expects to recognize revenues of approximately $6.9 million, with the potential for additional revenue in future years from follow-on contracts.

The contract provides for the supply of OTI's end-to-end turnkey immigration solution, based on its proprietary state-of-the-art, field-proven eID Magna(TM) platform. The solution includes data enrollment and issuing stations, as well as individual means to verify identity tied to Biometric Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), allowing for better control at border points and increased efficiencies.

Oded Bashan, Chairman and CEO of OTI, stated, ""OTI's secure ID offerings provide a cost effective, secure and timely to-market solution that leverages and interfaces with legacy systems and records."

Mr. Bashan continued: "We are happy to expand our footprint in Latin America to support Panama's efforts to improve identity verification at their borders. By deploying our solution, Panama is taking firm control of immigration security and identity to diminish the substantial risks and costs of illegal immigration and identity theft."

OTI's Magna modular platform enables short implementation time frames, seamless integration with a country's existing border control system and provides external interfaces to a digital Certificate Authority for signature verification. The system is compliant with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and offers a migration path to additional e-Gov applications and electronic ID documents such as National IDs, Voter IDs and Driver Licenses, and more.

The technology and integration within the OTI system enables a much more efficient and secure border control process that should reduce paperwork, operating costs and personnel needs while also substantially streamlining and speeding the immigration process to the satisfaction of all visitors.

About On Track Innovations Ltd. (www.otiglobal.com)

On Track Innovations Ltd. ("OTI") designs, develops and markets secure identification, payment and transaction processing technologies and solutions for use in secure ID, payment and loyalty applications based on its extensive patent and IP portfolio. OTI combines state-of-the-art, contactless microprocessor-based technologies and enabling hardware with proprietary software applications to deliver high performance, end-to-end solutions that are secure, robust and scalable. OTI solutions have been deployed around the world to address homeland security, national ID, medical ID, contactless payment and NFC (Near Field Communication) with loyalty applications, petroleum payment, parking and mass transit ticketing. OTI markets and supports its solutions through a global network of regional offices and alliances.

The On Track Innovations Ltd. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5736

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This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other Federal securities laws. Whenever we use words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. Because such statements deal with future events and are based on OTI's current expectations, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results, performance or achievements of OTI could differ materially from those described in or implied by the statements in this press release. For example, forward-looking statements include statements regarding our goals, beliefs, future growth strategies, objectives, plans or current expectations, such as those regarding the superiority or uniqueness of our products. Forward-looking statements could be impacted by market acceptance of new and existing products and our ability to execute production on orders, as well as the other risk factors discussed in OTI's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although OTI believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Except as otherwise required by law, OTI disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.

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RTB Software Lets Advertisers Choose Their Own Traffic for both Online and Mobile Media Buys

West Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) January 30, 2012

engage:BDR has developed a real-time bidding (RTB) software solution called First Impression so media buyers have full control to maximize the value of an impression. The official launch of First Impression will be April 3rd, 2012 at Ad:Tech San Francisco.

First Impression is not the first RTB software, but it is the first of its kinds RTB self-serve display platform that focuses on the Direct Response advertiser.

First Impression is the first RTB solution that has integrated 3 layers of ad inventory:

First Layer - Exchange & remnant traffic. Advertisers will use this cheap pool of inventory to test and find their offers metrics.

Second Layer - Mid-tier inventory. Advertisers will be able to test their offers at scale with this level of inventory.

Third Layer - Premium Inventory. engage:BDR have integrated its above the fold, first impression inventory into First Impression’s RTB solution. Advertisers will be able to buy engage:BDR’s channels exclusively on the First Impression platform.

Advertisers will also be able to execute their mobile media buys on First Impressions’ RTB platform because engage:BDR has partnered with the top mobile suppliers in the industry.

“It was my goal to build a platform that direct response advertisers could use for both their online media buys as well as their mobile media buys,” commented Nick Lynch, engage:BDR’s Vice President of Platforms and Manager of First Impression.

First Impression was created with the goal of serving engage:BDR’s clients better as the company grows. First Impression will even be available as a mobile app, meaning clients can manage their campaigns and track their success even while on the go.

“My hope is that this platform allows us to expand our reach as well as diversify our client portfolio,” Lynch stated.

To learn more about how you can choose your own ad traffic, visit http://www.first-impression.com.

About engage:BDR

engage:BDR is a brand and direct response top 25 comScore beaconed international display network reaching 172mm monthly uniques per Quantcast. We specialize in branded and non-branded performance campaigns exclusively on display media.

About First Impression

Join First Impression on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/1stimpRTB and Twitter at http://twitter.com/1stimpRTB. For more information about First Impression, contact Nick Lynch at (310) 954-0751 ext. 730 or email info(at)engage:BDR(dot)com.

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