6/20/2012

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Reading Raven App - Now for the iPhone

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Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:00 am (PDT)



Reading Raven App - Now for the iPhone - Published on 06/20/12

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Seattle based Early Ascent, LLC today announces Reading Raven 1.2, its popular learn-to-read app for iOS. Since the iPad version was released in February 2012, Reading Raven has become a favorite for parents, educators and special ed teachers who are looking for fun and engaging learning apps for children in the preschool through first grade age groups. The app focuses on building foundational reading skills for young kids through a variety of interactive and multi-sensory games and activities.

Seattle, Washington - Early Ascent, LLC today announced that the popular Reading Raven learn-to-read app is now available for iPhone (iPod compatible) in the Apple App Store, where it has quickly established itself among the top 10 free educational apps. Since the iPad version was released in February this year, Reading Raven has become a favorite for parents, educators and special ed teachers who are looking for fun and engaging learning apps for children in the preschool through first grade age groups.

The app focuses on building foundational reading skills for young kids through a variety of interactive and multi-sensory games and activities, which serve as a springboard to mastering more complex reading and learning concepts.

"I can't say enough wonderful things about this app," said Carolina Nugent, Director of Education for the educational app store, Kindertown. "Reading Raven has one of the strongest educational and design foundations we have seen."

Like Reading Raven for iPad, the iPhone version includes five extensive lessons with hundreds of skill and confidence-building reading and learning activities for young children. The app is optimized for the iPhone screen such that, for example, word tracing is done one letter at a time. The learn-to-read game also features a "pause" button, so the user can temporarily stop the game to receive or make a call.

"We continue to receive great user feedback on Reading Raven and we are very proud of the extraordinary reviews and ratings we have garnered," said Scott White, founder of Early Ascent. "Our goal is to provide a rich learning experience that actually helps kids learn reading skills in a systematic way, something that's quite rare for educational apps. We also want to make sure that kids are really enjoying the process by making the game fun and rewarding, and we think educators, parents and kids are excited about our approach."

Reading Raven for iPhone is free to download and includes one free lesson with four additional lessons priced at 99 cents each or 2.99 dollars for the lesson bundle. The free lesson gives users access to all lesson components, learning activities and settings. Find Reading Raven in the Apple App Store.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.2 or later
* 48.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Reading Raven 1.2 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category. Screenshots, a parent/teacher guide and a brief video can be found in the Reading Raven Media Kit. More information about Reading Raven is available. To set up an interview, or to learn more about Reading Raven, please contact Scott White, founder of Early Ascent.

Reading Raven 1.2: http://www.readingraven.com
Download from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/reading-raven/id508474629
Screenshot: http://readingraven.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LetterTracing_Underwater.png
Logo: http://readingraven.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/RB-Logo-with-Raven.png
Media Assets: http://readingraven.com/media-kit/

Early Ascent, LLC is a small early stage company focused on creating innovative learning adventures for young children. Copyright (C) 2012 Early Ascent, 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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Director of Marketing
425-610-9241
United States
jane@earlyascent.com

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A Better Finder Rename 9.05 improves manual ordering feature

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Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:30 am (PDT)



A Better Finder Rename 9.05 improves manual ordering feature - Published on 06/20/12

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publicspace.net has released A Better Finder Rename 9.05 an update to the leading file, photo and music renaming utility on the Macintosh. A Better Finder Rename is a sophisticated tool that caters for the full range of file renaming tasks encountered by the modern creative professional. The new version further improves the new manual ordering feature that allows users to change the order of sequence numbers via simple drag & drop.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - publicspace.net has announced the release of A Better Finder Rename 9.05 an update to the leading file, photo and music renaming utility on the Macintosh.

A Better Finder Rename has long been the most complete file renaming solution on the market and has transformed the tedious and time-consuming task of renaming multiple files into a simple matter of seconds for tens of thousands of creative professionals across the world. It is based on over 15 years of listening to our users and addressing their requirements to the best of our abilities.

A Better Finder Rename is a sophisticated tool that caters for the full range of file renaming tasks encountered by the modern creative professional. Its streamlined interface includes an instant preview feature that eliminates guess work and reduces error. The tool features capture time and date extraction (EXIF JPEG and most RAW formats) for digital photographers, ID3 tag extraction for music lovers, regular expression support, plain-text file import for renaming from databases and many other advanced features.

The renaming engine is capable of handling very large renaming jobs with ease and it meets file renaming challenges, such as file name conflicts, swaps and dependency cycles that other such tools leave unaddressed, head on. The renaming engine leverages all the latest Mac OS X technologies by using a 64-bit multi-threaded architecture based around the Core Data database system.

Version 9 features a beautiful, re-designed single window user interface, the ability to manually re-order items via drag & drop and access to over 100 image, photo, camera, lens, color, music and date meta-data tags.

The new 9.05 update further improves the new manual ordering feature that allows users to drag & drop multiple items in the preview list to change the order in which sequence numbers are assigned.

"A Better Finder Rename" is ideally suited for creative professionals, digital photographers, web masters, users who need to transfer files from Windows or UNIX, as well as for all other Macintosh users who routinely deal with large numbers of files.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
* 5 MB Hard Drive space

Upgrades:
Version 9 is a free upgrade for customers who have purchased A Better Finder Rename after the 1st of January 2011 or who own a forever upgrade. Discounted upgrade prices are available from our web store and start at $9.95 (USD) for a single user license.

Pricing and Availability:
A Better Finder Rename may be purchased for $19.95 (USD). Family, Business and Enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a "forever upgrade" with their purchase. The product is also available on the Mac App Store under the name "Better Rename 9".

publicspace: http://www.publicspace.net/
A Better Finder Rename 9.05: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/
Download A Better Finder Rename: http://www.publicspace.net/download/ABFRX.dmg
Better Rename 9 on the Mac App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/better-rename-9/id414209656?ls=1&mt=12
Purchase: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/order.html
Tool Demonstration: http://www.publicspace.net/movies/abfr9/abfr9_screencast.mov

publicspace was founded by Frank Reiff in 1996 with the aim of producing affordable best-of-breed software for the Macintosh. In the past decade, our A Better Finder series of file utilities and our MacBreakZ personal ergonomic assistant have become familiar fixtures of the Macintosh community. publicspace is also produces "The Big Mean Folder Machine" and Vitamin-R. Copyright (C) 2012 publicspace. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Frank Reiff
Owner/Founder
Luxembourg
reiff@publicspace.net

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2 Million Astrowings Fans Rejoice - Astrowings 3: Icarus Launches

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Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:30 am (PDT)



2 Million Astrowings Fans Rejoice - Astrowings 3: Icarus Launches - Published on 06/20/12

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Mobile 2 Mobile Games today introduces AstroWings3 - ICARUS 1.0, the third installment in its incredibly popular Astrowings series. In a final battle between the old guard of Olympus and a band of rebellious newer gods, the player fills the role of Hera. Astrowings3: Icarus continues the adrenaline-pumping, vertically scrolling, bullet-hell-heavy tradition of its popular predecessors, and offers plenty of new material to satisfy players.

Seoul, Korea - M2M (Mobile 2 Mobile) Games is proud to announce the launch of the third installment in its incredibly popular Astrowings series. Astrowings3 brings a plethora of pleasing new features to the well-loved franchise, and has the potential to win new fans as well as impress current ones.

Astrowings3: Icarus continues the adrenaline-pumping, vertically scrolling, bullet-hell-heavy tradition of its popular predecessors, and offers plenty of new material to satisfy players. In a final battle between the old guard of Olympus and a band of rebellious newer gods, the player fills the role of Hera. The warrior goddess is also the commander in chief of a space-borne fighting fleet. The themes of mythology and futuristic technology are a perfect fusion, complementing the epic scale of a war in which victory means everything.

Superior full HD graphics and new upgrade systems which include never-before-seen ships and weapons grant players a gameplay experience that far exceeds expectations. An original soundtrack, composed for and inspired by the battles portrayed in Astrowings3: Icarus serves as the background for this immersive gaming phenomenon:

* Mythology meets technological mayhem in this legendary space adventure! Choose from 3 classically named futuristic fighters: Athena, Ares and Poseidon 3

* High quality FULL HD Graphics for stunning visual effects and unbelievable animations (To maintain compatibility with older devices, users can customize the game's graphics via the options menu; gamers with newer devices should choose "High" to enjoy Astrowings 3: Icarus at its best.)

* Experience epic outer-space combat with a sensational soundtrack of original music composed to be the perfect audio background for airborne battle

* Upgrade your weapons using Astrowings 3's innovative new upgrade system, allowing you to increase each weapon's power chain-massive combos

* Intuitive touchscreen interface and smoothly calibrated controls give you pick-up-and-play simplicity.

* Astrowings 3: Icarus is compatible with most iOS devices: download and play this universal app on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (Please check compatibility notes for specific requirements.)

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* Universal Application
* 53.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Astrowings 3: Icarus is $.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

AstroWings3 - ICARUS 1.0: http://astrowings.org/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/astrowings3-icarus/id532457194?mt=8
Screenshots 1: http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/97/93/35/979335c4-79e3-5cec-6df8-360b0dd2f965/mza_6745405343681786037.320x480-75.jpg
Screenshots 2: http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/5c/a4/9c/5ca49c6a-4c74-0a28-0caa-470c87da7439/mza_5801127869154523305.320x480-75.jpg
App Icon: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/f0/64/40/f06440da-57ba-5f01-0f3f-1a4461569e00/JqthArgtqTIR8dx8q1x6H0-temp-upload.ljivxzeb.175x175-75.jpg

Based in Seoul, Korea, M2M (Mobile 2 Mobile) Games is a smartphone game publisher that is endeavoring to become a Global Service Provider. With their extensive experience and know-how in the game industry we hope to introduce fantastic games and strive to provide our gamers with the best experience possible. Copyright (C) 2012 Mobile 2 Mobile Games. 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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Yoo Tae Seon
CEO
Korea, Republic Of
appsasia@gmail.com

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Special offer: Photo Sense + Resize Sense + CleanGenius = 48% off

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Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:31 am (PDT)



Special offer: Photo Sense + Resize Sense + CleanGenius = 48% off - Published on 06/20/12

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VeprIT has partnered with EaseUS to offer a 48% discount on the bundles Photo Sense CleanGenius and Photo Sense Resize Sense CleanGenius. Photo Sense is a quick and easy batch photo editor/enhancer. Resize Sense is a flexible batch image resizer suitable for any need. CleanGenius is an all-in-one and easy-to-use Mac maintenance utility which makes Mac OS run faster and perform better.

Zoetermeer, Netherlands - VeprIT has partnered with EaseUS to offer their products in bundles. Two bundles are available: VeprIT Photo Sense + EaseUS CleanGenius, and VeprIT Photo Sense + VeprIT Resize Sense + EaseUS + CleanGenius. Both bundles allow the buyers to save approximately 48%. This is a temporary offer, only a limited number of licenses is available.

VeprIT Photo Sense is a batch photo editor designed to make photographs more attractive quickly and easily, without spending a lot of time and money on learning, purchasing, and using professional photo editing software. Photo Sense enhances photos automatically, and allows users to customize results to their liking. It ensures that the users get great results very quickly by supporting batch processing and image settings synchronization. In addition, Photo Sense offers a number of creative effects.

VeprIT Resize Sense is a flexible batch image resizer/cropper/converter for Mac OS with various resizing options suitable for any need. Resize Sense has the following distinctive features. It saves the user time on repetitive tasks by supporting custom presets. The user can even apply multiple presets to every image. In addition, Resize Sense allows to manually adjust the crop individually for every image, and even straighten them.

EaseUS CleanGenius is an all-in-one and easy-to-use Mac maintenance utility which makes Mac OS run faster and perform better. It offers multiple ways to free up the disk space overall along with other useful features to maintain your Mac.

System Requirements:
* Photo Sense and Resize Sense require Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) or later.
* CleanGenius requires Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or later.

Pricing and Availability:
The bundle can be purchased at the Special Offers Page. All the offered software titles have free evaluation versions either at VeprIT or at EaseUS websites.

VeprIT: http://veprit.com
Special Offers: http://veprit.com/specoffers.php
VeprIT Photo Sense: http://veprit.com/photosense/index.php
VeprIT Resize Sense: http://veprit.com/resizesense/index.php
EaseUS CleanGenius: http://www.easemac.com/products/maccleaning-pro.htm

VeprIT is a bootstrapped start-up software development company founded in 2011 by Dr. Demid Borodin and Olga Kleptsova. We provide powerful, and yet very easy to use software to our valued customers. Currently we focus on photography software for Mac OS and iOS. Copyright (C) 2011-2012 VeprIT. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod, iPad and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Demid Borodin
Founder/Owner
+31 641861436
Netherlands
contact@veprit.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/VeprIT
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/company/veprit
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/VeprIT

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Yabdab Inc. releases Twitter Bootstrap Tools for RapidWeaver

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Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:00 am (PDT)



Yabdab Inc. releases Twitter Bootstrap Tools for RapidWeaver - Published on 06/20/12

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Georgia based Yabdab Inc. today announces BootSnap, a set of RapidWeaver Stacks that simplify responsive web design for Mac based web developers. RapidWeaver is a theme based tool which allows novice to intermediate designers build modular sites with drag and drop widgets called Stacks. You don't need to know any html, css or javascript to build a fully responsive site. BootSnap is available today with future expansion packs scheduled for release in the coming months.

Cartersville, Georgia - Yabdab Inc's newest web design tool, BootSnap, is a set of RapidWeaver Stacks that simplify responsive web design for Mac based web developers. BootSnap is available today with future expansion packs scheduled for release in the coming months.

BootSnap is Yabdab's lasted add on for Realmac Software's RapidWeaver web design package. RapidWeaver is a theme based tool which allows novice to intermediate designers build modular sites with drag and drop widgets called Stacks. BootSnap is a set of 15 stacks and a RapidWeaver theme which bring the open source Twitter Bootstrap project to Mac users.

"This really makes the whole concept of designing separate desktop and mobile sites obsolete." says Mike Yrabedra, founder of Yabdab, Inc. "Responsive technology is really just now hitting the mainstream. We wanted to put tools in the average Mac user's hands that let them design sites that look great on Safari or Chrome or IE......and look just as good, if not better, on their iPhone or iPad."

"Building responsive content with BootSnap suite is as easy as launching RapidWeaver, adding a Stacks page to the project and dragging in any of the BootSnap stacks." adds Yrabedra. "You don't need to know any html, css or javascript to build a fully responsive site."

Pricing and Availability:
BootSnap Suite is $29.95 (USD) and is available for immediate download. BootSnap requires RapidWeaver 5+ and YourHead Stacks v2.0.

Yabdab: http://www.yabdab.com/
BootSnap: http://www.yabdab.com/bootsnap
Screenshot: http://yabdab.com/resources/bootsnap_scrsht_1.jpg
App Icon: http://yabdab.com/resources/icon_bootsnap.png

Located in Cartersville, Georgia, Yabdab Inc was founded by Mike Yrabedra and has been building RapidWeaver add ons since 2006. Previous notable releases include FormSnap form designer and the PaySnap ecommerce suite. Copyright (C) 2012 Yabdab Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. RapidWeaver, and the RapidWeaver logo are trademarks of Realmac Software Limited.

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Developer
United States
mike@yabdab.com

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New Update for a Unique Interactive Experience

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Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:00 am (PDT)



New Update for a Unique Interactive Experience - Published on 06/20/12

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iPoe Collection for iOS is an application which showcases his writings in form of illustrated images, drawings and scary sketches. The drawings showcased in the app define scenes Edgar Allan Poe created through his writings. The update released today for iPoe features the poem Annabel Lee. It is the last complete poem composed by the American author, published shortly after his death in 1849. Completely brought back to life with wonderful illustrations and a music piece composed for the poem.

Barcelona, Spain - The update released today for iPoe features the poem Annabel Lee, a poem that follows Poe's favorite theme: the death of a beautiful woman, which he described to be "the most poetical topic in the world". The poem is enhanced with six stunning illustrations and wonderful animations, with which the reader can interact, and a musical interpretation that has been composed to accompany the reading. This new addition to the app keeps exploring the possibilities of interactive books in iOS.

iPoe Collection for iOS is an application which showcases his writings in form of illustrated images, drawings and scary sketches. The drawings showcased in the app define scenes Edgar Allan Poe created through his writings. The audience find themselves in the scenario, and they suddenly become part of the play as they read his stories. The app combines Poe's writings with illustrated drawings, interactive animations and music to provide audiences a more visual approach to his poetry and stories, making his stories more entertaining.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet and author born in 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, widely known for his fiction and mysterious stories. Many people believed that the death of his brother and wife inspired him to write stories with mystical, scary and fictional background which mystifies its readers, but at the same time the stories are fun to read, and there is a huge collection of children stories. The designers of the app collected these stories and put them in a presentational manner with beautiful illustrated and colorful drawings, surprising animations and an original soundtrack, which attracts both adults and children.

The app is designed for iOS platform and works on both iPad and iPhone, and it is available at iTunes App Store for $3.99. The cost of the app is very affordable, and if you love Poe's stories the app is well worth buying, and you can carry his collections in your pocket all the time, and read them anywhere you want. The app has also received excellent response from readers who loves his collection. The app also ranks high on some app distribution websites. It supports English, Spanish and French, and it is compatible with iOS 4.32 and above.

The app is named 'iPoe Collection' and its readers are expecting the developers to release new versions of the app covering other volumes of Edgar Allan Poe. But if you are not a big fan of his story collections and only loved the illustration work, you can still take inspiration from its beautiful drawings and characters, and learn how artists turned the imagination of Edgar Allan Poe into drawings. You can also download some media such as wallpapers and soundtrack from the website.

Play Creatividad: http://www.playcreatividad.com/
iPoe Collection 2.0: http://www.ipoecollection.com/promopage
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id507407813
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uicxjgYYOL4
Promo image: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2479488/Play/PR/iPoe/iPoe_poster.jpg
Screenshot: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2479488/Play/PR/iPoe/ipoe_annabel_lee.jpg

Barcelona, Spain, PLAY CREATIVIDAD, S.L. was founded in 2001 and is formed by a team of highly creative and talented individuals, who apply their skills and drive to creating uplifting products. The company's stories and motivational messages are developed for reading online, as well as for mobile devices. All Material and Software (C) 2001-2012 PLAY CREATIVIDAD, S.L. / 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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Efren GarcAa
CEO
+34 934357888
Spain
efren@playcreatividad.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/playcreatividad
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/efrengarcia

Teo Grimalt
Media Contact
+34 934357888
teo@playcreatividad.com

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