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Dec 23, 2009 Comments

GameFly Inc. Releases Update 1.1 to Its GameCenter iPhone App

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GameFly announced the release of an updated GameCenter 1.1. The updated app, now available on the App Store, includes more video game screenshots, hi-res videos for most of the 5,000 titles included in the app, expanded news coverage from Shacknews.com, and performance enhancements designed to increase usability for iPhone™ and iPod® touch users. “We are continuing to enhance GameCenter through the user feedback mechanism which has been instrumental in helping us craft a bigger, better and more informative product” “We are continuing to enhance GameCenter through the user feedback mechanism which has been instrumental in helping us craft a bigger, better and more informative product,” said Sean Spector, GameFly co-founder and SVP of business development and content. “GameCenter 1.1 now includes the addition of rich multimedia content like screenshots and video trailers, optimized for easy viewing on the iPhone. We really want to make GameCenter a must have app for all people who play video games.” The GameCenter app is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://itunes.com/apps/gamecenter.

Dec 23, 2009

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Tonchidot Announces the Launch of “Sekai Camera,” a Social Augmented Reality App for iPhone

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Tonchidot announced the global availability of the iPhone application “Sekai Camera,” a social, Augmented Reality (AR) service for browsing and sharing user-generated text, photo, voice, and other location-linked information. Launched September 2009 in Japan, Sekai Camera was recently named the Best App in 2009 by Apple Japan. Sekai Camera is now available for free outside Japan at iPhone’s AppStore worldwide (search for “Sekai Camera”). “Sekai Camera is social, and so much fun! It is serendipity here and now. Sekai Camera will become a platform for new games, entertainment and communication. We are collaborating with many partners to create fun content. So please, join us!” The Sekai Camera application features AR and location-based services that allow users to interact with and communicate in the real world in ways that they have never been able to do before. While most mobile AR applications today are navigation oriented, Sekai Camera is social by design, giving users the ability to communicate and have fun through interaction with digital tags that float in the real world. Sekai Camera has created a completely new interface for connecting the real world to the Web. “Look up! Sekai Camera will change the world - please imagine!,” says Tonchidot CEO, Takahito Iguchi. ...

Dec 23, 2009 Comments

NAVIGON Launches iPhone GPS App for Mexico

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NAVIGON AG today announced the availability of a Mexico version of its successful on-board navigation software in the iPhone App Store. MobileNavigator transforms any iPhone 3G, equipped with at least Apple OS 3.0 operating system, and any iPhone 3G S into a complete navigation device. “Our version for Mexico further expands our international portfolio and allows travelers premium navigation capabilities.” NAVIGON’S MobileNavigator is the most feature rich navigation App for the iPhone and currently within the top 5 grossing Apps in the U.S. App Store. The Mexico version includes many of NAVIGON’S premium navigation capabilities such as Google Local Search, Enhanced Pedestrian Mode, Speed Assistant, Route Planning and more. Included for Mexico are also NAVIGON’S sophisticated and elegant map views and branded in-map points of interest (POIs). NAVIGON’S on-board navigation approach has clear advantages over other off-board application solutions. After downloading MobileNavigator, the software and map data is saved directly on the device, which saves costly data plans. Start the application and go, while traveling in different countries no cell needed, everything is loaded in the application on the iPhone. “Having navigation capabilities on the iPhone is extremely helpful when traveling, no extra devices or maps are necessary,” said Gerhard Mayr, NAVIGON vice-president ...

Dec 23, 2009 Comments

MyFlightInfo – Step Ahead and Enjoy Benefits of New iPhone Air Travel App

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Flight travelers often need updates on their flight status, along with airport delays, arrival and departure information, scheduled changes/time delays, gate info and even more. Avoid the stress in planning flight journeys from now on, thanks to this new iPhone Flight information app. Rather than searching and browsing through various references, websites, blogs and reviews for the required data, the MyFlightInfo App serves all the needs of a traveler from a single-point, in being that they can now access everything from their iPhone or iPod Touch. Launching the most beneficial iPhone app for real-time air travel information seekers! This flight information application has 2 major upgrades namely a “Date Expansion Pack”, which allows the user to view the flights which are scheduled from a day prior to the current day to 3 days in advance when compared to the standard, current day flights. The second upgrade is “Unlimited Push Status Notifications”, which allows the user to receive up to 5 automatic flight status push notifications (even with the app closed) per departure or arrival for the lifetime of the app. MyFlightInfo has the ability to retrieve useful information such as finding the nearest airports, providing a complete real-time arrival/departure timetable, built-in ...

Dec 23, 2009 Comments

New iPhone backup Management Software launched

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VOWSoft has released iTunes Backup Manager, a powerful Windows application that help people easily take control of the text messages, photos, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, and widget settings that backed up from iPhone or iPod Touch. Unlike the simple backup functions that are included with these handheld devices, iTunes Backup Manager lets people browse the backed up files, view and edit them, and export them to several popular PC formats. Instead of managing files using the tiny screen and keyboard of handheld devices, iTunes Backup Manager use computer's screen and keyboard to take control of files. It's easy to browse through all of critical backup files, and find the ones that interest user. iTunes Backup Manager makes it simple to view and edit files using iTunes Backup Manager's built-in plist editor, text editor, hex editor, database viewer, image viewer, SMS message viewer, notes viewer, call history viewer, and address book viewer. Before iTunes Backup Manager, only option was to restore all of backed up files to iPhone or iPod Touch without any modification. Now, people can select, view, and modify files before replace them on handheld device. The software lets people export backed-up SMS messages, notes, and address book ...

Dec 23, 2009

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Chicwalks Media releases iPhone App Detailing Step-by-Step Shopping Walks for Vancouver in Time for 2010 Olympic Visitors

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When Vancouver welcomes the world for the 2010 Olympic games, people will not have to search hard to find the city’s varied shopping, eating and drinking spots with the stylish, GPS-enabled shopping application for iPhone and iPod Touch users, named ChicWalks Vancouver. In partnership with ConQuer Mobile and CellMap, rising stars in the mobile space, Chicwalks Media offers meticulously researched shopping walks for fashion capitals worldwide, starting with mapped shopping routes for Vancouver, Canada and Paris, France, and soon adding San Francisco as the first US city. In anticipation of the huge influx of tourists expected for the 2010 Winter Olympics, ChicWalks Vancouver is the first in a series of apps to be launched that allow shoppers to quickly and easily discover what they want to shop for in a city, from the palm of their hand. “Vancouver's shopping scene ranges from top-name, international designers and chains, to funky, independent boutiques and local shops featuring unique fashions, shoes, jewellery and home decor items,” says Karen Henrich, CEO of Chicwalks Media Inc. “We document and organize it all in a way that enables shoppers to browse through snappy merchant descriptions and instantly hit the ground shopping—without having to do a lot of research ...

Dec 23, 2009 Comments

100 Nazi Scalps iPhone and iPod Touch Game is Finally Launched on the Apple App Store

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70 years after the start of World War II Apalon is happy to announce the launch of 100 Nazi Scalps iPhone game. 100 Nazi Scalps is an arcade styled game with unmatched graphics and sounds that allow users fully immerse into the authentic atmosphere of WW2. The iPhone game is now available for download on the Apple App Store. This game allows players become a brave American soldier in bloody missions of World War II. The main character and other members of his squad were sent to Paris, France, but on the way their plane crashed. Everyone, except for the sergeant, managed to escape the burning plane and hide in the woods. That is how the first mission of the game starts. Each level has its unique missions: as a fearless Nazi slayer, players have to save the sergeant, hold the position until the squad arrives, kill Nazis or even get more scalps. The supreme test is to defeat 'The Boss' - Nazi General - and the division of ruthless soldiers. The game immerses players in that “killing Nazis” atmosphere popular these days. The game is likely to equal record of iPhone and iPod Touch applications developed by Apalon, that repeatedly reached TOP100 ...

Dec 23, 2009 Comments

Sex Dice Evolved iPhone App: A New Spin on ‘Home for the Holidays’

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This holiday season, mistletoe isn’t the only way for couples to get on Santa’s naughty list. MyPleasure.com is shaking things up by taking an exciting new approach to sexual exploration and education with a contemporary and frisky spin on sex dice just in time for the holidays. Sex Dice Evolved introduces a whole new world of sex play to iPhone app technology. With endless intimate possibilities at a simple shake of the dice, couples can share a retreat of sexual exploration after the holiday craze and even beyond. Every combination is accompanied by expert sex advice and tips and customizable dice allow partners to express their likes and dislikes, so the experience is always fun. Plus, with the ability to share and download naughty dice, you’ll never get bored. MyPleasure believes that exploration, curiosity and education are key to a healthy sex life and has created this app for couples to enjoy. Sex Dice Evolved App And, for people who like to share advice and sexpertise, Sex Dice Evolved allows users to customize and publish their own sets of dice on Twitter. When a die set is created within the app, a simple click of the share button will tweet out the ...

Sep 26, 2009 Comments

220 Software releases Pocket Stats: NFL 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch

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Dunnville, ON, Canada - 220 Software, an independent iPhone developer, today announced the release of it's flagship football product, Pocket Stats: NFL. Pocket Stats: NFL promises to help NFL football fans indulge their football obsession, by being the ultimate pocket sized statistical reference. 220 Software has over a decade of software development experience, and has recently begun to focus on the iPhone platform. The company has had several top 100 releases in the US App Store, including "Baseball Fan LIVE", and "RaceFan Ultimate". "We're all about providing focused, rich experiences for sports fans" says 220 Software President Fred Vandervelde. "There are hundreds of NFL apps in the store already - we're aiming to provide something unique and different." Pocket Stats: NFL contains the career offensive statistics of over 4500 current and former NFL players. In addition to being a statistical reference, Pocket Stats: NFL contains useful links to Youtube clips related to players, as well as links to their bio information on Wikipedia. "We see Pocket Stats as something no NFL fan would want to be without. A complete statistical reference is great for solving those fan versus fan arguments." says Vandervelde, "and when you add in player bio information, and YouTube ...

Sep 25, 2009 Comments

Mathemagics for iPhone picked as an AppStore Essential

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Austin, Texas - Blue Lightning Labs today announced that their popular iPhone application Mathemagics has been picked as an AppStore Essential. Mathemagics, an application for learning to mentally calculate math problems at phenomenal speeds, has garnered outstanding reviews and continues to amaze users. Aspiring Mathemagicians learn and then practice any of the 20 math tricks while progressively moving to higher levels of proficiency. "Apple has chosen Mathemagics to be a part of its High School Survival Guide AppStore Essentials," said Shane Crawford of Blue Lightning Labs. "This is a great idea. Many of our users have reported that the mental math tricks have helped improve math abilities for themselves as well as those in school." Mathemagics is perfect for students, teachers, or anyone else looking to kick their brain function into high gear. The applications hand-drawn look engages the user and is well-suited for quick practice sessions. Users are challenged to achieve new levels of competence, from apprentice to mathemagician, for each trick. Mathemagics 1.1 challenges users to master 20 math tricks: * Multiply as high as 20 x 20 * Square numbers ending in 5 * Square any two digit number * Square numbers from 41 to 59 * Square numbers in the 50's * Doubling and Halving * ...

Sep 25, 2009 Comments

Playback Media Server 1.1 update delivers more punch and compatibility

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Chicago, Illinois - Yazsoft today announced Playback 1.1, a major update to their new zero configuration media server for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Playback allows anyone to share their media with any Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or other UPnP compatible device. Playback can also share media stored in folders or even make entire disks available to a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360. No configuration required. Playback is engineered for extreme performance, while at the same time delivering a streamlined design with unparalleled reliability and stability. By default, it will share almost any content on the users system. And Playback automatically integrates with iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture, Adobe Lightroom 2, and Photobooth too, making it a perfect complement to Apple's iLife Suite. Users can share all content from these applications transparently or choose specific playlists and albums. Those who like to tinker will appreciate Playback's built-in Access Control List (ACL) and bandwidth throttling. The ACL allows users to control which devices have access to their media. Bandwidth throttling limits the transfer rate from the computer to their UPnP device. This allows others on the network to do other internet related activities, such as surf the web and check their email. Playback ...

Sep 25, 2009 Comments

BoinxTV moves to Snow Leopard – Live-Video Production Solution

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Munich, Germany - Boinx Software today announced BoinxTV 1.4, an update to its live-video production software that turns a Mac into a TV studio. BoinxTV, winner of the "Apple Design Award 2009", makes a strong move to Snow Leopard, with major performance gains. The new version includes support for Axis network cameras and streamlines the production workflow. The update is free for all current BoinxTV users. "If you are not moving to Snow Leopard with BoinxTV 1.4, you are missing out on twice the speed and more in some areas of the application," says Oliver Breidenbach, CEO of Boinx Software. "And there is a lot more potential still to be realized in Snow Leopard that we will leverage in future versions." Move to Snow Leopard BoinxTV 1.4 now fully supports Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard with huge performance gains. Upgrading to Snow Leopard is strongly recommended for all users of BoinxTV 1.4 as soon as the drivers for their hardware components such as video input cards or audio interfaces have been updated to Snow Leopard compatible versions. Snow Leopard has the potential for even more performance improvements and technological advances which can not easily be brought back to previous systems. Because of ...

Sep 25, 2009 Comments

SoundGrid 2.0 released for iPhone and iPod Touch – Advanced Sequencer

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Moscow, Russia - Vitaliy Pronkin today is pleased to announce availability of SoundGrid 2.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. SoundGrid aims to be the most advanced matrix sequencer for iPhone / iPod Touch. It was inspired by famous Yamaha Tenori-On and popular ToneMatrix webapp by Andre Michelle. Version 2.0 is major update that adds several important features. We made SoundGrid suitable for serious musicians while keeping it simple, attractive and fun for novice users. Even if you never composed music you will find SoundGrid simple and exciting to play with and will start creating brilliant compositions in minutes with just the tips of your fingers. Then easily share them with other users and in turn browse, download and rate their creations. Or you can record composition to audio file, upload it directly to SoundCloud or export via email. You can even create your own unique ringtones! For more experienced users SoundGrid offers advanced features such as multiple patterns, switchable musical scales, song mode, control over looping, tempo adjustment and real-time filters and effects to create unique sounds and much more. New in 2.0: * Song Mode - In Song Mode filled patterns will be automatically activated one after another enabling you to ...

Sep 25, 2009 Comments

E-Book Systems Enhances FlipCity Web Conversion Service

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Santa Clara, California - E-Book Systems, the leader in Digital Flip(R) online e-publishing technology, announces new enhancements to its FlipCity PDF-to-FlipBook web conversion service. With this feature enhancement, FlipCity users can download the converted FlipBook from PDF to his own computer instead of leaving it to FlipCity to host. User can then distribute the downloaded FlipBook through offline means (e.g. CDs) or host it online on any other web servers of his choosing. FlipCity is a web service created by E-Book Systems to help users to convert PDF documents into FlipBooks. Users just need to sign up for a free account at FlipCity, upload their PDF document and it will be converted instantaneously into a FlipBook which appears as a 3-D page-flipping virtual book on the computer. There is a 7-day free trial period for every converted PDF. If the user is satisfied with the created FlipBook, he can pay anytime within the trial period to keep the FlipBook. With the download feature, users can also download the entire FlipBook from FlipCity upon purchase. "It's truly a fast, reliable and good new service," said Peter Wabbel, a satisfied customer of FlipCity. Once the FlipBook is created, it can be easily viewed by the ...

Sep 24, 2009 Comments

Zevrix Releases PDF Checkpoint 1.0 – PDF Workflow Automation Solution

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Toronto (ON), Canada - Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of PDF Checkpoint 1.0, a new powerful PDF workflow automation solution. PDF Checkpoint quickly preflights, exports as images and splits multiple PDF files. PDF Checkpoint sports an intuitive flexible user interface which lets users review and analyze preflight results quickly and easily. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents. PDF Checkpoint provides the following major solutions for PDF workflow: Preflight and route files: The program quickly checks fonts, colors, images and metadata of multiple PDF files and lets users instantly identify potential problems according to user-defined preflight profiles. Preflight profiles let users check PDF for specific attributes, such as image resolution, color model, PDF/X compliance and others. PDF Checkpoint can also route PDF into success/error folders according to preflight results and generate preflight report for each file. Export PDF as images: Export PDF pages into TIFF, JPEG and other formats as RGB, CMYK or Grayscale images. Specify image resolution and scale. Split PDF files: Split multipage files into single page PDF documents. Users can choose to process all files or only the ones that passed preflight successfully. PDF Checkpoint is a new addition to the Zevrix family ...

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