1/31/2012

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SweetP Productions Releases Cookie 2.2.1 for Mac OS X

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Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:32 am (PST)



SweetP Productions Releases Cookie 2.2.1 for Mac OS X - Published on 01/31/12

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SweetP Productions today announces Cookie 2.2.1, an update to their popular cookie and internet privacy management utility for Mac OS X. Cookie helps you manage exactly who can access information about your online activities. It scans your computer for all types of Cookies, from all the top browsers, and is easily configured to remove all history and unwanted/tracking-advertising cookies. Cookie is super easy to use, just configure it once, to take control of your sensitive personal information.

Surfers Paradise, Australia - SweetP Productions today is pleased to announce the release of Cookie 2.2.1, an update to their popular cookie and internet privacy management utility for Mac OS X. Cookie v2.2.1 is available for purchase through both the Mac App Store, and the SweetP Productions Store.

Data can be stored on your computer without you even knowing in a multitude of different formats: Cookies, Flash Cookies, Databases and local Storage. Cookie scans your computer for all types of Cookies, from all the top browsers, and is easily configured to remove all unwanted/tracking-advertising cookies. Cookie is super easy to use, just configure it once, and take control of your sensitive personal information.

* Cookies:
Most websites you visit will leave a small file called a 'cookie' on your computer to store information about you, and store any relevant site preferences. Most of the time this is fine, however some sites use this information to track your surfing habits for profiling/advertising purposes and more.

* Flash Cookies:
Flash Cookies, can potentially be even more insidious, as they can store up-to 25x more information (100Kb) than regular cookies. Flash Cookies can even be used to restore regular cookies, long after the original cookie has been deleted.

* Databases/Local Storage:
Databases, and Local Storage are generally more innocuous, and are used mainly by web applications to store data.

Cookie, helps you to manage exactly who can access information about your online activities, all in one convenient location. With a clear and intuitive interface, Cookie is a must have application for anyone serious about protecting their personal information. After an initial simple setup, Cookie requires minimal effort to keep your computer clear from unwanted data-mining.

Features:
* Live cookie updates, and removal
* Browser specific, and Global cookie whitelists (favorites) and removal
* Tracking cookie identification, and removal
* EverCookie removal
* Automated Browser Cache removal
* Automated Browser History removal
* Manage Cookies, Flash Cookies, and LocalStorage/Databases
* Setup Wizard
* One time setup, and forget
* Accessible from the system menu bar
* Highly intuitive

Device Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
* 3.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Cookie 2.2.1 is $14.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide through the Mac App Store in the Utilities category. Cookie v2.2.1 is also available from the SweetP Productions Store. A trial version can be downloaded from SweetP Productions online.

Cookie 2.2.1: http://sweetpproductions.com
Trial Download: http://sweetpproductions.com/products/cookie/Cookie.dmg
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cookie/id415585910?ls=1&mt=12
Purchase: http://sweetpproductions.com/store/
Screenshot: http://sweetpproductions.com/gfx/cookie/cookie.jpg
Screenshot/App Icon: http://sweetpproductions.com/gfx/cookie.png

Headquartered in Surfers Paradise, Australia, SweetP Productions has been providing quality software to the Mac community since 2009. Copyright (C) 2009-2012 SweetP Productions. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Russell Gray
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Australia
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Create awesome, interactive apps for iOS and Android

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Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:15 am (PST)



Create awesome, interactive apps for iOS and Android - Published on 01/31/12

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PixelMat helps create awesome apps, for both iOS and Android. We create "wow" apps based on your ideas or existing paper books, we take care of the technology and production details, and freeing up time for your core business. We have the experience of creating critically well-acclaimed, best-selling story apps. At such low prices, recovering your app costs would be as simple as asking your friends in your social network to try your app.

Bangalore, India - PixelMat helps create awesome apps, for both iOS and Android. We create "wow" apps based on your ideas or existing paper books, we take care of the technology and production details - thus freeing up time for your core business. We have the experience of creating critically well-acclaimed, best-selling story apps. Prices start at $99. At such low prices, recovering your app costs would be as simple as asking your friends in your social network to try your app.

Our services:
We help create awesome apps! For both iOS and Android. We take care of the technology and production details - we create "wow" apps based on your ideas or existing books in paper form, enabling you to focus on the stories and the business aspects.

Our credentials:
PixelMat has the experience of creating critically well-acclaimed and best-selling story apps. We now offer our services in helping create equally magical and interactive, pure native apps! We are a team with a few decades of cumulative work experience in product software development in the US and Europe. We are technically strong and have excellent production and project management skills. We respect and honor Intellectual Property Rights, we are transparent in our communication. PixelMat Software is a reputed member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.

Critical praise for our work:
Our App, Giddy Ghost and Whimsical Witch was critically well acclaimed:

* "A klutzy ghost gets a cure for clumsiness from an inept witch, but plot's just a pretext for a smorgasbord of exuberant touch-activated effects ..." by Kirkus Reviews, "The World's Toughest Book Critics"

* "The app meets the marketing for a change. We especially like the graphics and sound effects. Sound effects are more like movie sound effects." by Technology in (Spl) Education

* "An iPad App full of FUN! The attention to detail is wonderful ..." by Apps for iPads

Recognition by app stores:
At debut, our app, Giddy Ghost and Whimsical Witch was #1 New in iPad Books in Canada. It was also the Top 3 New in iPad Books in the US.

Best selling:
Giddy Ghost app in the Dutch language was launched as "Klunzig Spookje en Onhandige Heks". Klunzig Spookje went on to become the #1 selling iPad Book App in Netherlands.

App features that we can provide include:
* We can create a dynamic app that adapts itself to the child's interactions. For example, the story in our app, Pointy and Pokey, is controlled by the child
* Child friendly narration with appropriate background music
* Text highlighting during narration, to help in word recognition
* Amazing special effects and sound effects on each story page, including simulated physics, particles etc.
* Loads of interactive features, the app comes alive with touch
* Easy Swiping for page turning with a 3D effect, along with an additional auto-hide navigation menu
* Narration can be switched on or off
* Background music can be switched on or off
* We create a fun story-telling experience for the entire family

Superior Technology:
Our apps are pure native apps, in both iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android (including Nook Color and Kindle Fire tablets). We create high performance apps, that have loads of interactivity and effects, yet use minimal battery power, device memory or CPU. Our apps have simulated physics effects for real world simulation, 3D page curling during swiping, special effects, background music and sound effects. Our Android story apps work well even on the most basic of Android phones. We can leverage device hardware in the app like creative use of an accelerometer, microphone, multiple touches, etc.

We work with you:
We will work with you with transparency and continued communication, to ensure that your app ideas or your books in paper form come alive as highly interactive, beautiful apps. We even offer production help and can guide you in choosing the artists, provide them with the artwork specifications, help you find narration experts, music composers - all aspects of putting together an app. Once your app is ready, if you need, we can help you with app marketing including the creation of a promotional video, web pages, social media etc.

Our app services also come with support, especially after the app goes live on the App Store. Kindly get in touch with us - we can accommodate various budgets, starting from US $99. At such low prices, recovering your app creation costs is as simple as asking your friends in your social network to give your app a try.

PixelMat Services: http://www.pixelmat.com/services.html
PixelMat Apps: http://www.pixelmat.com/products.html
Giddy Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/giddy-lite/id482376894?mt=8
Giddy App on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Giddy-Ghost-and-Whimsical-Witch/dp/B0064UFS70
Kirkus Review for Giddy Ghost: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pixel-mat/giddy-ghost-and-whimsical-witch/
App Icons: http://www.pixelmat.com/images/AppIconsU2.jpg

Located in Bangalore, India, PixelMat Software was founded in 2011 by Amit Mishra and V.Srividya. PixelMat Software creates applications and content for mobile devices. Copyright (C) 2011-2012 PixelMat Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Amazon, Kindle Fire, Amazon Appstore for Android, Nook Color etc are registered trademarks of their respective owners in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Amit Mishra
Co-founder
+91-9916725147
India
amit@pixelmat.com

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Championship Squares for iPad released by Badger Studios

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Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:00 am (PST)



Championship Squares for iPad released by Badger Studios - Published on 01/31/12

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Who needs paper? Just in time for the Superbowl, use Championship Squares 1.0 for iPad to add more enjoyment to the Big Game. Don't spend time running around your party trying to find out who paid or how many squares are left - Championship Squares will take care of this for you. Sit back and relax and let technology make your life easier. Football squares on paper is old school. You want new school. If you are a football fan, degenerate gambler or know someone that is then this app is for you.

Boston, Massachusetts - Badger Studios, LLC, Neoscape's iPad/iPhone app development company, today is thrilled to announce the release and immediate availability of Championship Squares 1.0, their new sports based wager sheet for Apple's revolutionary iPad device.

Who needs paper? Use Championship Squares for iPad to add more enjoyment to the Big Game. Don't spend time running around your party trying to find out who paid or how many squares are left - Championship Squares will take care of this for you. Sit back and relax and let technology make your life easier. Football squares on paper is old school. You want new school.

Start by deciding how much each square will cost. Championship Squares then figures out the total amount available and how much each quarter is worth - or you can edit individual quarters. Now add team names and logos (logos saved from the web into your photo library, for example). Tap a square to add a name and Championship Squares copies it automatically for you to paste in any other square - just double tap. Wow, that's easy! Once the entire grid is filled in you can add randomly generated numbers and find out who is looking good and who got the 5's. Collecting what's owed is still on you but you can keep track with Championship Squares - select a name and then tap 'Paid'!

All filled out? Keep the nacho cheese off your iPad and highlight your friends squares using our easy filter and then email them their sheet. Still like paper? The app also supports AirPrint for filled out / empty sheets.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 1.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Championship Squares 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category.

Championship Squares 1.0: http://www.badgerstudiosllc.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/championship-squares/id496989634
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Badger Studios LLC was founded with the purpose of delivering unique apps with wide appeal. Copyright (C) 2012 Badger Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Evan Buxton
Lead Developer
617-345-0330
United States
Evan@neoscape.com

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MegaReader 2.5 for iOS - Ebook Reader Offers Replacement for Stanza

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Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:01 am (PST)



MegaReader 2.5 for iOS - Ebook Reader Offers Replacement for Stanza App - Published on 01/31/12

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Inkstone Software today announces MegaReader 2.5 for iOS, an update to their best-selling, universal, ebook reader, optimized for display of text and graphics on all iDevices. The recipient of glowing reviews, the app provides easy access to more than two million free, online books. The app allows customization of nearly every display and operational parameter, and this update supports iTunes File Sharing for storage of large libraries and accommodates 2,500+ books in its built-in Library.

Portland, Oregon - Inkstone Software today is pleased to announce MegaReader 2.5 for iOS, a major update to their best-selling, universal, ebook reader app, optimized for display of text and graphics on all iDevices. The recipient of glowing reviews, the app provides easy access to more than two million free, online books. The app allows customization of nearly every display and operational parameter, including page layout, typeface, type size, colors, margins, leading, page turns, etc. And this update adds support for bi-directional iTunes File Sharing, enabling the maintenance of large, computer based libraries, as well as the capability of storing more than 2,500 books on the iDevice inside the app's built-in Library. Despite greatly expanded import, export, and storage capacities, there has been no decline whatsoever in the app's startup speeds and reading/display performance.

Many readers looking for an alternative to the popular Stanza ebook reader, apparently no longer supported on iOS since its acquisition by Amazon, have turned to MegaReader for its high level of customization and access to Calibre and free online book catalogs, such as: Feedbooks, Gutenberg, Baen, and the Internet Archive. With the current upgrade, MegaReader allows readers to easily transfer files in to and out of MegaReader using iTunes on their PC or Mac. Furthermore, to help organize these large sets of books, a hierarchical author view has been added, allowing users to quickly find books by author, title, or most recently viewed. �Not only does MegaReader bring you the biggest free library to your device, it also does a fantastic job of looking pretty while you read. The layout is simple but well put together, and I love all the options for customization.� � AppSafari Rating: 5/5

A universal app, optimized for both Retina displays and screens of all sizes, MegaReader is a product of Inkstone Software, specialists in reading apps, and known internationally for their QuickReader and eBook Search apps. �If there�s an app that offers more ebook bang for the buck, I haven�t found it.� � CNET Reviews, iPhone Atlas

Feature Highlights:
* Change the look of your ebook with thousands of color choices for both pages and text, plus 19 predefined color schemes
* Control margins, columns (on iPad), hundreds of fonts and font sizes, line spacing, portrait or landscape orientation, and right justify or ragged right
* Search by book or author, browse categories or take advice from others and read recommendations and reviews - you�ll easily find your next great read and download it in seconds
* Swipe gesture control to quickly change the brightness
* 8 configurable tap-zones on the reading screen, so you can read the way you want to read, controlling page turns, menus, rotation lock, etc.
* Import your personal library of ebooks using the Calibre application to organize, save, and manage all your personal library of ebooks
* Export books to iBooks and Kindle or email them to yourself and your friends
* Includes 26 great books to get you started, including Siddhartha, The Art of War, Tao Te Ching, Sherlock Holmes, The Art of Public Speaking, and Kahil Gibran's The Prophet
* Speed Test lets you see how quickly you�re reading, timing your reading speed while you read
* MegaReader computes how long it will take you to finish reading a chapter - perfect when you want to know if you�ve got time for just one more chapter
* Walk n� Read Heads-Up Display technology allows you to look through a book while you read a book
* By using the iPhone�s built-in camera, you can walk safely down the street reading a book, but still see where you�re going, because the page behind the text is a live video view of what's ahead

"There is no ebook reader in the App Store with so many customizable options, such a clear display on all iDevices, and with the ability to easily store, export, and import large libraries," stated Patrick Thompson of Inkstone Software.

Language Support:
* U.S. English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.1 or later
* Universal app optimized for display on all iOS devices
* 12.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
MegaReader 2.5 - 2+ Million FREE Books is $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category. Review copies available on request.

Inkstone Software: http://inkstonesoftware.com/
MegaReader 2.5: http://www.megareader.net/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id387136454
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHJapuCixIA
Screenshots: http://www.megareader.net/screenshots
Application Icon: http://megareader.net/images/MegaReaderIcon114x114.png

Based in Portland, Oregon, the Inkstone Software team is an independent software development company found by Patrick Thompson. With their strong blend of design and development skills, Inkstone's passion is to craft elegant, easy-to-use applications for iOS devices. Copyright (C) 2012 Inkstone Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Patrick Thompson
Founder
503-780-7270
United States
patrick@inkstonesoftware.com

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