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Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Doctor Who News App WhoNews materialises on iOS, BlackBerry and Android


Edenbridge,  GB   Apr 17, 2012

[prMac.com] Edenbridge, United Kingdom - Paul Gee today is pleased to announce version 2.05 of WhoNews for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. WhoNews collates the latest news on Doctor Who from over 130 of the top Doctor Who websites, blogs, podcasts and Whovian art pages every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day. Version 2.05 for iOS pushes notifications of the latest news direct to fans devices. Who fans with BlackBerry and Android phones can now also keep up to speed with the Whoniverse with native versions of WhoNews.

The iOS version is coupled with a built in DVD & Blu ray, Games, Books and CD price comparison tool that tracks down the lowest prices for Doctor Who related goods from the top internet retailers.

Version 2.05 has dedicated areas for blogs, podcasts and art pages increasing the total number of websites monitored to over 130, making WhoNews the most comprehensive and popular Doctor Who news app available. Version 2.05 features a new push notification service which alerts Doctor Who fans of the latest news buy pushing articles direct to their iOS device with fully control of notifications in the app. WhoNews is the ultimate Doctor Who news app.

WhoNews keeps the user up to speed with latest news on the Doctor's adventures in time and space. With WhoNews the user is guaranteed to know the latest news and gossip on the world's oldest science fiction TV series. WhoNews has the following features:

* One universal app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch buy once and use on all your devices
* Dedicated iPad mode for an enhanced browsing experience.
* Most recent news view - time ordered news from over 120 websites
* Off-line browsing - read the latest news at your leisure
* Super fast search of all news articles by using a keyword or phrase
* News is downloaded in bulk from over 130 sites. A resilient server compiles the latest news every 15 minutes ready to be downloaded by WhoNews
* Bookmark your favourite news for rapid access
* Email and post articles or DVDs,Games,Books,CDs on Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Evernote, Tumbler, Pinboard, Read It Later
* Merchandise Search, the cheapest Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures DVD/Blu ray prices in the UK & US from all your favourite internet stores
* Search for Doctor Who/Torchwood/SJA Games, Books and CDs using the built-in price comparison engine. Order by release date, search on actor
* Over 30 UK retailers compared including Amazon, Tesco, Zavvi, The Hut, SendIt, LoveFilm, Asda, Woolworths, HMV, Play, BBC Shop, DVD Source, MovieMail, Game, Waterstones, Book Depository, Game Station, Foyles plus many more
* US price comparison from Amazon US, Betam Online, Deep Discount, DVD Magnet, CD Universe, Music Import, DVD Empire and Yes Asia
* Use the in-built browser to visit a news site or buy a DVD,Games,CDs and Books direct

WhoNews for Android/Blackberry has the following features:* Most recent news view - time ordered news from over 130 websites including news, blogs, podcasts and special fan content
* News is downloaded in bulk from over 130 sites. A resilient server compiles the latest news every 15 minutes ready to be downloaded by WhoNews
* Use the in-built browser to visit a news site

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch or iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 4.0 or later
* 5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Doctor Who WhoNews 2.05 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the News categories.


Located in Cowden, Kent, Paul Gee has over 20 years experience developing software for a range of mobile platforms and is a full-time software engineer. After winning the HotUKDeals 2009 iPhone programming competition he embarked on combining his love of Doctor Who with his talent for software development. Before turning his skills on developing applications for the iPhone and iPod touch he spent over 12 years working for a top research and development defence company, designing and build cutting edge wearable computing solutions for the armed forces. Copyright (C) 2012 Paul Gee. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011

iPhone Cyber-Bully App Reaches 3 Million Users

 

 

[prMac.com] Gilbert, Arizona - Dapper Gentlemen are very excited with their app Ugly Meter, which is being publicized as an alleged "Bully Tool". Ugly Meter has got 3 million downloads on iTunes app store and shows no sign of slowing down. As the app advances popularity, parental groups and media outlets alike are annoyed that the app, which takes a picture and scans it using facial recognition, generates derogatory and hurtful comments based on your 'ugliness score.'


"Your face looks like it was in the dryer with a bunch of rocks" it might say, or "When you walk past a bathroom, the toilet flushes." These remarks and photos can then be posted on social media networks like Facebook or Twitter, possibly without the victim knowing.
 

Now that the Ugly Meter has reached the 3 million users mark, bullies are allegedly using it nationwide in many of our public schools, most likely under the radar of school administrators and staff. 


"The existence of the Ugly Meter application does make clear the increased need of kid’s education related to technology as the age at which individuals are exposed to the Internet and applications steadily become younger. ... In the school environment, educators should also look out for their students' well-being."


Dr. Gwenn O'Keeffe, author of "Cybersafe: Protecting and Empowering Kids in the Digital World of Texting, Gaming and Social Media", seems to agree. "There's a fine line between teasing and razzing one another, ... [This app] is just hurtful. It could have crushing blows on kids with low self-esteem. There's just nothing good that could come from an app like this."

Awareness Technologies, a cyber-tool development company that many parents use to monitor their kid's online activities, issued a warning to parents saying, "A newly released $0.99 iPhone app called "The Ugly Meter" is the latest tool that creates chances for cyber-bullying, the online pandemic causing severe emotional and psychological pain to children across the nation. ... Apps like The Ugly Meter are ripe for cyberbullies to use in tormenting their peers."


So far the creators of the app hold that its purpose is for 'fun' and 'humorous purposes'. One of the creators, Jo Overline remarked to news outlets: "All of our insults are PG-rated. We kept it pretty clean on purpose. There will always be bullies out there and we can't control what they do. Parents need to take responsibility for their own children and stop trying to blame the media."


For better or for worse, in this modern age of instant messages and social media it's becoming more difficult to find a space not occupied by the thoughts and opinions of others.


Device Requirements:
* iPhone, 4G iPod touch
* iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 11.1 MB


Pricing and Availability:
Ugly Meter 2.76 is $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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Elliott Davis Embraces Bring Your Own Device Trend with mobilEcho

 

[prMac.com] Arlington, Virginia and Greenville, South Carolina – GroupLogic, one of the leading providers of software products that unlock the power of new enterprise platforms, introduced Elliott Davis, an accounting services firm for more than85 years, has invented its Mobile File Management(MFM) software, mobileEcho. Even though iPad and other devices were been an apart of Elliott Davis’s technology landscape, mobileEcho provides its users the freedom and the sureness to use these devices to their full potential.

Elliotto Davis sought its employees to have access to files store on the company’s server via their smartphones and tablets. However, for security user interface issues and complexity limited the options. Before employees of Davis were only able to access email, contacts, calendar, and note-taking on mobile devices, but now with mobileEcho these devices can be used for more than ever before – can do updates on documents and revised in real-time during meetings that going to save time and resources, and information can easily be accessed from the road.

Even though the iPad has been great as a way to consumes content, our executive staff wanted to do more, such as gain access to our internal network, said by Bob Jamison, the Chief information officer of Elliott Davis. Apart from mobileEcho, we hand not found a way to easily and securely extend files o out network. Now, they can pull any file they need, whenever they need it, from wherever they are, without any of our internal protocols being compromised."

"As an accounting firm, Elliott Davis deals with massive amounts of sensitive information every day. Information that cannot risk being compromised," said Anders Lofgren, Vice President of Product Management at GroupLogic. "Like many of our customers, we understand Elliott Davis's concern - they wanted to embrace the power of the iPad, but were cautious to do that without ensuring files would be secure. mobilEcho was developed for just that reason - to give IT the peace of mind they need so they can focus on more pressing issues at hand."

About Elliott Davis:

Elliott Davis is one of the largest accounting, tax and consulting services firms in the Southeast and ranks among the top 50 CPA firms in the U.S. With offices in SC, NC, GA and VA, the firm provides clients across a wide range of industries with smart, customized solutions and its people with rewarding opportunities. Founded in 1925, Elliott Davis is a member of The Leading Edge Alliance, an international professional association of independently owned accounting firms based in the U.S., and is strategically aligned with LEA Europe and LEA Asia Pacific, a worldwide network of more than 450 offices in 100 countries around the globe. For more information about Elliott Davis and its services, visit the Elliott Davis website.

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Tuesday, 15 November 2011

View Blueprints and Engineering Drawings using LargeViewer 1.8.6

[prMac.com] Sidney, BC, Canada, November 15, 2011 - Corporate Smalltalk Consulting, Ltd. has announced an update to LargeViewer for iOS, their innovative document viewer that accommodates large page formats used by engineers or architects worldwide. Ideal for examining 48-inch wide blueprints, detailed site layouts, CAD drawings, or hundred megapixel images using an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, the app provides fast scrolling vertically and horizontally with no drawing delay. LargeViewer reads over 50 different file formats, and features enhanced cached Dropbox file download connectivity and management.

LargeViewer is designed specifically to overcome the two most common problems when using a general purpose PDF document viewer to display very large documents on an iOS device: crashes, slow-downs and endless waits for scrolling. Normally viewing a ISO AO, USA Arch E, Large E or the standard D1 format document using an iPad can be a frustrating experience. Scrolling slows to a crawl, zooming takes 15 seconds or longer. LargeViewer is designed specifically to avoid all those issues.

Features now include scaling by width, or height, better handling of variable page sized portfolios, and instant opening of multi-thousand page PDF documents/books.

Features

  • Innovative document viewer accommodates very wide and very large documents
  • Reads over 50 different file formats
  • Displays and paginates large PDF files
  • Displays and paginates large meter sized TIFF/FAX files
  • Converts TIFF files to PDF 
  • Supports iOS printers.
  • Provides passive cached Dropbox file download compatibility
  • Acts like a USB memory stick
  • Instant scrolling and zooming through large documents


Device Requirements
  • iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
  • iOS 4.3 or later, iOS 5 ready
  • 9.9 MB


Pricing and Availability

LargeViewer 1.8.6 is $9.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Business category. Review copies are available upon request.


PastaOnly 1.1 app is now available for iPhone


[prMac.com] Naples, Italy, November 15, 2011 – IdeaSolutions recently introduced the PastaOnly 1.1 app for iPad and after gaining great success the company has now launched it for iPhone also. This app contains all the authentic Pasta recipes that offer you the best taste of traditional and homemade Italian Pasta. This app not only includes a unique and eco-friendly way of cooking Pastas along with sauce. 

Cooking pasta with sauce is a traditional way to cook and the pasta gets embraced with the sauce while allowing you to cook sublime and unique tasting ones. Cooking pasta and the sauce separately is the ancient method followed and the app presents various recipes of this type as well. The app will take you to a read world of cooking the pasta in the Neapolitan style with carefully chosen selection of the pasta dishes. 

Device Requirements

  • Compatible with iPad and iPhone
  • Requires iOS 3.1 or later
  • 5.0 MB


Pricing and Availability

PastaOnly is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.


Improve your math skills and exercise your mind with Match 24


[prMac.com] Braga, Portugal, November 14, 2011 – Phit Interactive is a software development company focused in developing applications for various mobile platforms and has announced the launch of Match 24 for iPhone, a new addictive game app that is developed to test your math skills and to exercise your mind. 

Adapting the same old concept that was used in the 24 game, the Match 24 app presents a polished interface and an engaging game play. Each and every game has a set of 4 different numbers and the player will use the parentheses and the main math operators and combine to numbers to get the result as 24. The criterion is that the players can use each number only once and there is limited time duration to solve the problem. This game presents a serious challenge to the players and lets them score more depending on how fast they solve the problems. 

This is especially a useful tool for the students who ought to develop their mathematical skills because it keeps them engaged and motivated in calculation rather than in some other games. There are three difficulty levels and the optional game customization that includes difficulty, number of combinations and time. Match 24 is the ideal game to sharpen the memory skills and improve the math skills.

Features

  • 3 difficulty levels
  • Hundreds of combinations
  • Game customization: difficulty, time and number of combinations
  • Post best scores on Facebook and challenge other players
  • Pleasant music and sounds
  • Infinite number of resolution attempts
  • Ranking for each difficulty level
  • Free play - the custom option allows turning off the timer 


Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
  • Requires iOS 4.2 or later
  • 3.2 MB


Pricing and Availability

Match 24 (v1.0) is on sale for $0.99 USD and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store.


A fast and addictive iOS card game – Kings’n Queens

[prMac.com] Maaseik, Belgium, November 15, 2011 – Bert Lempens, an independent game designer has proclaimed the launch of a new game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Kings’n Queens. This game app is a simple card game based on turns. The game play is inspired by the popular card game that is played commonly in bars where friends get together. It allows the player to compete with four others with their iDevice and the player can choose between the single and multi player modes of game play. 

This game starts with a simple tutorial that shows the rules that the player has to know and after which the game offers the option to choose between single and multiplayer modes. In the former, the player will have to compete against the computerized opponents. The difficulty of the levels and the opponents keep on increasing as the player progresses with the game play. Each level lets the players compete with others on global leaderboards. Setting up the game is quite easy. 

Features

  • High quality retina graphics
  • 20 challenging single play levels
  • Multiplayer mode with up to four players on one device
  • Simple touch controls
  • Over 30 achievements to unlock
  • Compete on open feint and game center leaderboards
  • Post your scores on Facebook and brag to your friends


Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
  • Requires iOS 4.3.0 or later
  • 30.1 MB


Pricing and Availability

Kings'n Queens 1.0.1 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.


Monday, 14 November 2011

Unique Puzzle Game for iOS – PenguinLinks 2

[prMac.com] Sunnyvale, California, November 12, 2011 – Clingmarks is quite excited to announce the launch of the new version of its PenguinLinks Pro, an iOS puzzle game that is quite popular. The recent update has bought in the integration with the Game Center and a significant improvement in the animation of the game play that have made the game more satisfactory as the player achieves high scores. The logic of the game is tweaked to make it challenging and the balance is maintained on the fun factor. The game is also available for free and this Lite version is also announced at the same time. 

Penguin Links Pro 2 was originally developed for Android and is one of the famous puzzle games in many countries including France, China, United States and Japan. It is designed in a unique manner and has a total of eight levels that are named like in schools as Kindergarten to Grad School and Endless. The levels in the game are designed carefully so that all the users can have unlimited fun during the game play. The graphics and the exciting animations and the 30 different cute penguin costumes are perfect for th entire family to enjoy the app along with the challenges provided. 

Penguin Links Pro 2 has the Heads Up game mode that allows the players to play face to face via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi network and the new feature, the attacking mode in the recent version is quite fun to play with. The main aim of the player is to clear the penguins on the board simply by clicking on two of them of the same type and with a magical path between them. You have to clear them before the time provided turns over. 

Features 

  • Easy to start, hard to master - good for all ages
  • Challenge your family and friends in Heads Up games
  • 8 grades, 3 puzzle types, 48 levels, hundreds of games for you to conquer
  • Cute penguins, refreshing graphics and fun animations
  • Game Center leaderboard and achievements integrated
  • Share your achievements with friends on Facebook
  • Support iPod background music
  • iOS 5 tested

Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
  • Requires iOS 3.1 or later (iOS 5 tested)
  • Heads Up game Mode requires iPhone 3G or later, or iPod touch 2G or later
  • 7.5 MB

Pricing and Availability

PenguinLinks Pro 2 (v2.5) is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. There is a free lite version available.

PDF Reader for iOS Receives Update to Offer Powerful Annotation Features


[prMac.com] Tainan, Taiwan, November 12, 2011 – Kdan Mobile has released a new update to the PDF Reader, a powerful mobile reading application for the iOS devices. The company has launched two new versions namely: iPhone Edition 3.8.2 and the iPad Edition 1.6.2 respectively in order to enhance the users’ mobile reading experience. These new versions are both equipped with a better user friendly interface and are optimized with annotation tools like highlight. This app is a top ranked application in the Utilities genre of almost all the AppStores across the world and it has proved to be the ultimate solution for mobile reading the iOS devices. 

The PDF Reader app has improved console bar that supplies the users with a range of editing tools in a single touch. The highlight and the strikeout effects can be used easily throughout all the PDF filesand the users can also save the scanned photos to their Photo Library directly, copy the text from a PDF file, increase the on-screen workspace by hiding the navigation menu by tapping on it and more. The new version has features like support to WebDAV and complete compatibility to iOS 5. 

The greatest strengths of the PDF Reader are its fast file rendering speed and its easy navigation interface. Both these features help the users to scroll through the pages effortlessly when viewing almost all the types of files. The app also offers to easily transfer the files and an in-built scanning tool along with improved work efficiency. For the students, it is less trouble in taking the notes and work on team assignments while for contractors or sales, it supports signatures and form filling to give convenience. 

Device Requirements

PDF Reader - iPhone Edition 3.8.2

  • Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
  • Requires iOS 3.0 or later
  • 30.9 MB

PDF Reader - iPad Edition 1.6.2

  • Compatible with iPad
  • Requires iOS 4.0 or later
  • 33.0 MB


Pricing and Availability


PDF Reader - iPhone Edition 3.8.2 is $2.99 USD and PDF Reader- iPad Edition 1.6.2 is $4.99 USD. Both applications are available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category.

Opposite Test: Holidays addictive game hits the AppStore


[prMac.com] Laguna Niguel, California, November 12, 2011 – Emerson App Development, an independent iPhone application developer is contented to announce the launch of its new app, Opposite Test: Holidays 1.0, the outcome to the original Opposite Test app for iPhone and iPod Touch. This game challenges the users with a line-up of mend blending quizzes. Anyhow, there is a twist in the game that requires the players to answer all the questions oppositely. 

Opposite Test: Holidays features the questions that are related to the holiday season and there is no other app of this kind in the AppStore at present. The player has to tap the way to victory simply by thinking the opposite of every day holiday. The app goes against the instincts of answering in a correct manner. This is a great and challenging way to create the holiday spirit to the people. Players would have never wished that things can be so opposite. 

Features

  • Visually entertaining
  • Mentally stimulating
  • Great holiday music
  • Game Center Leaderboards
  • Game Center Achievements
  • Great retina display graphics
  • Facebook integration
  • Absolute Fun

Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
  • Requires iOS 4.1 or later
  • 14.4 MB

Pricing and Availability

Opposite Test: Holidays 1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.


New iOS App – Cartoon Spread


[prMac.com] Seoul, Korea, November 12, 2011 – Timespread, an iPhone and iPad application development firm has introduced a new app, Cartoon Spread, an unique and new application that offers the users the ability to share the personally drawn images through several communication mediums. Images can be uploaded to the Cartoon Spread app and made public or private from their and can also be shared with others using a direct link. 

Cartoon Spread offers an elegant and simple interface and makes it easy for the fans to create the cartoons or drawings of about 4 frames or cuts to share them. The simplicity of the app makes it to be a flexible application and it offers an ideal solution when the users find it easy to indicate something with a simple image and a verbal description. 

It is too intuitive and the users can draw and share all their moments. This app opens to the first of the four canvases and the users tap on the pencil icon to draw and the eraser icon to erase. Moving to a different frame is quite simple as you simply have o tap on the cut below the canvas and then tap on the save icon. You can share your creations with others using Facebook, Kakao talk and SMS. 

Features

  • Create up to four drawings in a series
  • Share your drawings via Facebook, SMS, and KakaoTalk integration
  • Share your drawings with anyone by using a direct link to your artwork
  • Become part of Cartoon Spread's online community and view others' cartoons, comment, and share your own
  • Intuitive, easy, endlessly entertaining, and fun

Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
  • Requires iOS 3.0 or later
  • 8.6 MB

Pricing and Availability

Cartoon Spread! 1.06 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.


New addicting and casual game for iOS – Dolphin Ride


[prMac.com] Los Angeles, California, November 13, 2011 – 3D Senses Studio, an organization that focuses on the mobile virtual reality technologies has introduced Dolphin Ride 1.1 for the iOS devices. In this app, you have to help the little dolphin to safely take his friends home by avoiding the obstacles that come on the way and swimming as far as possible. Dolphin Ride game is fun filled and addicting with excellent graphics, catchy music and sound effects and cute characters. The control is easy and it is only a single button type to ride through a magnificent underwater world.

The game has both easy and challenging levels that are endless with increase in speed. The story of the game play evolves round a tiny dolphin, which gets stuck in an oil spill that is far in the sea and he is too scared as he could not move in the thick oil. He is too lucky as his friends, the starfish, the octopus and the crab saves him from the sticky oil spill. It of course took them some time to save him from the black oil monster but they somehow manage to pull him out of it and take him to the clean and safe place. 

This little dolphin recovers soon and he is too grateful to the three friends who saved his life and he thanks them be taking a promise that he would take them to their home when they want safely. Your objective will be to swim across the maximum possible distance and pick your friends: the octopus, the crab and the starfish and take them home safely. You need to avoid the obstacles that come in your way and collect five starts to add another life to your game play. You ought to get all the nine achievements. The main thing is do not enjoy to have fun and enjoy your ride. 

Device Requirements

  • iPhone, iPad and iPod touchjikm
  • Requires iOS 2.2.1 or later
  • 16.0 MB

Pricing and Availability

Dolphin Ride is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Camera Flash Pro is now available for iPad 2


[prMac.com] Las Vegas, New Mexico, November 13, 2011 – iWorldWideApps announced the launch and the availability of its new app, Camera Flash PRO for the upcoming iPad 2, a new application with flash correction and real time preview. With this app, you can adjust the contrast, brightness, photo exposition, gamma setup and more manually or also use the auto adjustment features in the app that includes the reduction and enhancement of flash.

iPad 2 does not have any in-built hardware flash light and the photos that are taken in the night time may appear too dark for you to see. The Camera Flash PRO app is mainly meant for these types of situations. With this app, you can correct all the out of light or the overly exposed photos taken with iPad 2. The application features all the required manual and automatic light correction tools to help you. 

Features

  • Flash correction application with real-time preview
  • Real camera interface for iPad 2
  • Load existing or take new photos from camera in app
  • Large image resolution support
  • Manual Flash Adjustments (adjust photo exposition with brightness, contrast and gamma setup)
  • Auto Flash Adjustments (Smart Flash Enhance and Smart Flash reduce features)
  • Apply or Undo and Flash changes
  • Compare original photo with your adjustments (now and before)
  • Save photos to your device

Device Requirements

  • Compatible with iPad and iPad 2
  • Requires iPhone OS 4.0 or later
  • 2.3 MB

Pricing and Availability

Camera Flash PRO for iPad 2 is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.


Camera Color+ app is released for iPad 2


[prMac.com] New York, New York, November 12, 2011 – CreativeAppDev has announced the launch of its new app, Camera Color +, a new color correction featured photo editor for the upcoming iPad 2. The company has made this app available in the AppStore soon after its release. The app is perfect for the photographers and the casual users as well. The Camera Color+ app lets you to take colorful and attractive real photos that enhance their colors and the saturation also for better realism and depth. Users can also lad their existing photos to the app and edit them. 

With this app, you can adjust the colors of your photos by various parameters like channels, saturation, advanced filters applications and effects that are equipped with real time preview and undo too. The application offers support to a wide range of hi-resolution photos allowing the users to upload them and edit them on the real camera devices like the SLRs. Users can get new life to their photos with the great and handy app. 

Features

  • Convenient user interface optimized for iPad 2
  • Load existing or take new photos from camera in app
  • Large image resolution support
  • Correct image saturation (reduce and add)
  • Correct image colors by channels (RGB mode)
  • Save or reset all adjustments after preview
  • Built in color correction filters pack
  • Image rotation
  • Image mirroring
  • Save photos to your device or send to web (email, twitter, facebook, tumblr are supported)

Device Requirements

  • Compatible with iPad and iPad 2
  • Requires iPhone OS 4.0 or later
  • 1.0 MB

Pricing and Availability

Camera Color+ for iPad 2 (v1.0) is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

Alphabuild – A Letter Factory App


[prMac.com] San Francisco, California, November 13, 2011 – Glyfyx Inc is delighted to announce the release of the updated version 1.02 of Alphabuild, its iOS based arcade letter game. Alphabuild is a whimsical letter factory app in which the players have to capture the objects that come from the conveyor so as to complete the alphabet. 

The first level is very easy and it is a way to practice the letter recognition and the construction. As the levels progress, the players will have to dodge or zap the obstacles quickly before they could create some trouble. There are pop bonus bubbles, power-ups, points and stars that can be collected as they progress through the game. Alphabuild is a fun educational game for the kids and an eye-chatching reflex for the parents with rich and snappy visuals and game play. You can play the same levels as many times as you prefer to earn the perfect gold stars for creating the whole alphabet. 

Features

  • New: ten unique and colorful game screens to choose from, including a beehive, bookcase and tiki lodge
  • Three difficulty levels, each with its own scoreboard
  • Go For Gold! Play unlimited new rounds until you have gold stars for all your letters
  • Tilt your device to control your game speed
  • Play Alphabetically or Randomly
  • Bonus 'A-Z Soundboard' activity
  • Detailed sound controls, preferences and tutorial
  • A fully designed experience: rich visuals (HD for Retina Display), a fresh soundtrack and whimsical sounds
  • No in-app purchases, locked levels or upgrade fees. Just a fun new way to play with the alphabet

Free Items

Glyfyx is offering free sticker sheets, postcards and other fun goodies to its Facebook Fans and Twitter Followers, while supplies last. Visit their website for the details, and to claim your own Glyfyx freebies.

Device Requirements

  • iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4s, 3/4G iPod touch, iPad 1 and iPad 2
  • Requires iOS 4.0 or later
  • Universal Application
  • 42.8 MB

Pricing and Availability

Alphabuild 1.02 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.


Saturday, 12 November 2011

Secret Media Folder to Protect Photos and Videos


[prMac.com] Hong Kong, November 11, 2011 – Panorama Concepts is dedicated in producing innovative and stellar apps and has recently launched the Secret Media Folder for the iOS devices to protect the precious moments of the users from the unauthorized views of others. With this app, the users can secure their most incriminating, private and valuable data from the snoopers who pry into their privacy. The files are protected with a password and hence only you can view them in the form of albums in an easy manner. You can manage your photos and videos with the simple app and keep an eye on who has tried to break this advanced tracking system. 

Features
  • Log Reports of Logins and Break-In-Attempts with Date, Time & GPS Location
  • Photo capturing of successful login and intruder's failed login attempts
  • Import & Export content from your iPhone/iPod/iPad
  • Take private photos/videos from within the app!
  • Supports copy/paste and Share via Email or MMS
  • Create custom albums for your photos/videos
  • Multi-touch gestures: zoom and swipe
  • Fully customizable slideshows
  • Full Retina display support
  • And much more!

Device Requirements
  • iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
  • Requires iOS 4.0 or later
  • 6.4 MB

Pricing and Availability

Secret Media Folder 1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category.


Restaurant Finder app is now available for iPad


[prMac.com] Scarborough, United Kingdom, November 11, 2011 – JAS Applications is too excited to announce the launch of the new version of their successful app, Restaurant Finder created for iPhone and iPod touch and this new update has made this app available for iPad. Wherever you are, you can use this app and find thousands of amazing restaurants around your location using. Restaurant Finder finds out all types of places like fast food restaurants, diners and sit down meal restaurants. 

Simply open the app and it will find out all the nearby restaurants automatically. After finding them, the app displays them on an easy to use and elegant map what can be viewed in three different modes like Hybrid, Satellite and Map. You can find more information about the results like their address, photo number and directions to get there. Using this app, you can call the restaurant directly and book a table easily. 

Device Requirements
  • iPad
  • Requires iOS 4.0 or later
  • 1.0 MB

Pricing and Availability

Restaurant Finder! 1.0 is 0.69 GDP ($0.99 USD) (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available exclusively for iOS on the App Store in the Lifestyle category.


PDF Reader Pro gets a new update and sets a new standard for the Business Apps in iOS


[prMac.com] Tainan, Taiwan, November 11, 2011 – PDF Reader Pro is the top ranked file viewing app that is developed by YUYAO Software and has set up an entire new standard for the business apps in iOS. This is now updated to a new version, v2.6.2 after which the app supports the effective save to PDF feature that helps in converting several file formats to PDF. Users have the capability to bookmark, navigate and annotate the converted files easily with the help of their iPhone and iPad. PDF Rader Pro offers several markup tools like strikeout, underline and highlight to enhance the experience of using this app. The WebDAV support is also newly introduced in the app to facilitate the file access on the iOS devices. 

YUYAO stives hard to offer a rich reading experience to the users with the PDF Reader Pro and this is highly evident from the support offered to the user-requested functions like save-to-PDF and highlight. This app has a user friendly interface, easy file access, PDF scanner feature, powerful annotation tools and excellent PDF rendering speed and it continues to be the best business solution in the case of powerful and cost effective PDFs viewers for mobile. 

PDF Reader Pro is also featured in the Apple website as one of the essential business apps and the company has proclaimed the app for its capability to access and create superior quality PDFs and others on the iDevice. 

Device Requirements
  • iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
  • Requires iOS 3.0 or later
  • Universal Application
  • 38.4 MB

Pricing and Availability

PDF Reader Pro 2.6.2 is $5.99 USD and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Business category. YUYAO Software also announced that PDF Reader Pro will remain as a universal app allowing users to purchase once and have it work on both the iPhone and the iPad.


Frenetic, Fun and Fast Paced Physics Game – Smash Turtle for iOS


[prMac.com] Chicago, Illinois, November 12, 2011 – Heyalda Corporation, indulged in creating video games and other multimedia products for mobile devices has announced the release of its fun iOS game app called Smash Turtle that is developed in collaboration with David Welch. Smash Turtle, in this game thinks that he can enjoy a quiet day on his island home by playing tetherball and relaxing but he was wrong. Smash Turtle’s home is invaded by the aliens, ghosts, flying hippos, bears, birds and other fiendish foes that are in need of his eggs. 

Luckily, this semi-shelled hero has a secret weapon and the clever turtle replaces the tetherball on the elastic bungee cord and makes it a slinging, swinging and enemy-smashing weapon. In this frenetic and fast paced physics game, the players have to help the turtle in defending his eggs from the enemies by smashing them with his hard shell and this can be done by simply touching, pulling and then releasing the turtle. The players must focus mainly on the quick reflexes and accurate timing to bash enemies before they can reach the eggs and fly away with it. 

In case, the turtle is able to defeat all the enemies and keep the egg safe and secure throughout the whole night, then the player will be rewarded by watching the egg hatch into a unique and new baby turtle and can share this on Twitter and Facebook. As the levels progress and the player saves more baby turtles, the turtle’s family grows and fills his nest. The players have more facilities as the game allows them to unlock some special gifts that can be used to decorate their turtle nest by smashing the falling gifts. The falling coins can be collected to buy power ups such as the devastating rocket shell and the powerful lighting shell. 

Features
  • Simple, yet addictive gameplay for all ages
  • Tropical island theme with bright, colorful graphics
  • Open Feint achievements
  • 25 challenging levels with cute and zany enemies
  • 25 unique baby turtles to collect and share on Facebook

Device Requirements

Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later. 19.4 MB

Pricing and Availability

Smash Turtle 1.1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Smash Turtle - Free 1.1.0 is a trial version that includes the first four levels, is free and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.


Free iPad Picture Book App

[prMac.com] Freienbach, Switzerland, November 12, 2011 – JustKidsApps, an innovative mobile e-book developer involved in bringing kids’ books into the mobile arena through iOS platforms has created a new picture book app for iPad for free, The adventurous journey of Bobik Bombastinov.

Join Bobik, the crafted felt bear on his 45 pages journey from Kiew in Ukraine to Zurich in Switzerland and watch him fight with the vicious wizard, Pustinov and run with him to save his life through the several adventures before reaching his destination. 

This app is made up of photo compositions that contain photos of real items that are carefully arranged and it will delight the users of all age groups for sure. Users can choose to read the story wither in English or in German as per their convenience. It will be fun to explore the interactive sound elements in the app. 

Device Requirements
  • Compatible with iPad
  • Requires iPhone OS 4.2 or later
  • 19.8 MB

Pricing and Availability
The adventurous journey of Bobik Bombastinov is FREE and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books and Entertainment category.