2/13/2013

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:30 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Pixels on Toast Launches Food Run for iPhone, Avoids the Double Dip - Published on 02/13/13

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Joining Food Run HD is a new version of Food Run 1.0.7, for iPhone only. This gives players a choice of an all-in-one universal version and a cheaper iPhone-only version of the colourful platform game. Game progress is synced via iCloud across all versions and platforms. With colorful characters based on popular foodstuffs, Food Run is presented using crisp cartoon visuals. The goal in Food Run is to reach the end of the level, collecting all the foods and stars along the way.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Independent game developer, Pixels on Toast, has introduced an iPhone-only version of Food Run. Food Run 1.0.7 is a level-based platform game, combining a simple one-touch interface with old school platformer gameplay.

Food Run is now available in two versions: the existing Food Run HD universal version and a new iPhone-only version. The way this is structured solves a common problem for the player, the much maligned "double dip."

Kevin Ng, founder of Pixels on Toast and creator of Food Run explains, "The HD version of many games on the App Store do not include the iPhone version. This means the player must 'double dip', or pay twice to get the game on their iPhone and iPad. With Food Run, the HD version plays on both iPhone and iPad, whilst the iPhone-only version is cheaper, meaning those players who are not interested in an iPad version get great value too."

Game progress is synced via iCloud across all platforms and versions of the game.

With colorful characters based on popular foodstuffs such as strawberries, bananas and popcorn, Food Run is presented using crisp cartoon visuals.

The goal in Food Run is to reach the end of the level, collecting all the foods and stars along the way. As foods are liberated from their floating bubbles, they start following the player, joining the food chain behind. Whilst the foods in the food chain can stomp enemies, they can also be killed, so careful management is required.

Once individual foods have been collected, they are added to the collection of foods that the player can use as their lead food hero. This collection mechanic drives the player to not only complete levels, but to find everything, with some foods being more rare and difficult to find than others.

Food Run features 40 levels at launch, spread over 4 visually distinct chapters such as "Sunshine Valley" and "Moonbase Stilton". The game features 5 polka inspired tracks from jazz musician Skip Peck, adding to the quirky flavor of the game.

Features Highlights:
* 40 levels of increasingly fiendish enemies and traps spread over 4 game worlds
* Sync your game progress between iOS devices using iCloud (iOS 5.0 and later required)
* Earn Game Center achievements as you play
* Retina Display and iPhone 5 widescreen support

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 25.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Food Run 1.0.7 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Games category.

Food Run 1.0.7: http://pixelsontoast.com/#/food-run/
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/food-run/id596636470
Purchase and Download (HD): https://itunes.apple.com/app/food-run-hd/id487151812
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrzSWLZ3JTI&feature=youtu.be
Screenshot: http://wordcrasher.com/presskit/food_run/images/foodrun_screenshot_0002.png
Press Kit: http://wordcrasher.com/presskit/sheet.php?p=food_run

Located in Edinburgh, UK, Pixels on Toast is a privately held company founded in 2010. An experienced video game industry veteran, Kevin Ng formed the company to develop bite-sized video games for the iPhone and other devices. Copyright (C) 2013 Pixels on Toast. 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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United Kingdom
kevinng00@gmail.com

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:45 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Indulge in the Season of Carnival and Un-Mask Your Creative Prowess - Published on 02/13/13

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Boinx's latest update to FotoMagico revels in the spirit of Mardi Gras by adding Masks that will make slideshows as fun as the floats journeying down Bourbon Street. The latest update to Boinx's slideshow presentation software, FotoMagico 4.2 is all about Masks. Just like the masks worn at Mardi Gras celebrations, FotoMagico 4.2 Masks bring excitement to slideshows, only revealing desired parts of an image, while strategically hiding others to create mystique.

Puchheim, Germany - Boinx Software Ltd. announces the new version of FotoMagico 4.2, the comprehensive slideshow app for photographers, now available. The new Masks feature makes working with multiple layers much easier and more fun. FotoMagico 4.2 now supports OS X Mountain Lion Auto Save.

Fat Tuesday has come and gone, but that doesn't mean you can't indulge in some sweet slideshow making! Hot off the press, FotoMagico 4.2 is now available just in time to savor all (or at least most) of the favorite memories captured during the past week of Mardi Gras celebrations. The latest update to Boinx's slideshow presentation software, FotoMagico 4.2 is all about Masks. Just like the masks worn at Mardi Gras celebrations, FotoMagico 4.2 Masks bring excitement to slideshows, only revealing desired parts of an image, while strategically hiding others to create mystique.

"Masks are the kind of advanced feature that power users crave," comments Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software. "Masks give users the next level of creative freedom, making it easier than ever before to create stunning animation effects and evoke specific emotions within the audience. Clearly, we are committed to providing the very best slideshow creating experience on the Mac."

When you create with FotoMagico, we've always got your back. Your work will automatically be saved with FotoMagico 4.2 support for OS X Mountain Lion Auto Save. Because just like Mardi Gras, sometimes productions can get a little crazy, and having Auto Save can be a major life-saver at times.

New Features in FotoMagico 4.2:
* Apply Masks to images, movies or titles in the shape of a rectangle or oval to highlight or hide a specific area of the desired image
* Fine-tune Masks by moving and scaling, inverting, and blurring the edges - all independently of the layer they apply to
* Change individual layer opacity to create partially transparent images, movies or titles
* Save work quickly and automatically with Auto Save, which never interferes with the process of creating

See Masks in action! Watch the video below to find out more.

For an introduction to FotoMagico and to explore its new features, check out our webinar today at 2pm EST. Simply click the link below to join in!

About FotoMagico:
FotoMagico, winner of two Apple Design Awards including "Best Mac OS X Leopard Graphics and Media Application Runner-Up 2008" and "Best Mac OS X User Experience Runner-Up 2006," is the gold standard in slideshow apps, made exclusively for the Mac. FotoMagico, used by thousands of professional and amateur photographers around the world, allows you to create customized slideshows, mixing photos with movies and audio, for a storytelling effect like none other. FotoMagico brings your photos to life and keeps your audience at the edge of their seats.

Pricing and Availability:
Special Pricing Limited Time Only! FotoMagico 4.2 is available now for 20% off for a limited time only at the Mac App Store and on the Boinx Software website, at just $79.99 USD. FotoMagico 4.2 is a free upgrade for existing version 4 users. Members of the media are invited to review FotoMagico 4.2. For more information, please contact Anya Oskolkova.

Boinx Software: http://www.boinx.com/
FotoMagico 4.2: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/
Purchase from Boinx Software: http://boinx.com/fotomagico/buy/
FotoMagico 4.2 Webinar: http://boinx.com/webinars/
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkutsSm9jYw
App Icon: http://www.boinx.com/press/media/FotoMagico%204/FotoMagico_AppIcon.png

Boinx Software Ltd., located in Puchheim, Germany, develops award-winning animation, video production and photography software for the Mac(R) platform and iOS devices including the iPhone, iPad and iPod. Boinx iStopMotion, available for Mac and iPad, is the leading solution for stop motion animation and time-lapse capture, used by many thousands of enthusiastic animators at home, in schools, in advertising agencies and professional animation studios. iStopMotion for the Mac was named one of the Best Apps of 2012 on the Mac App Store. Boinx FotoMagico, winner of two Apple Design Awards - "Best Mac OS X Leopard Graphics and Media Application Runner-up 2008" and "Best Mac OS X User Experience Runner-up 2006" - is a presentation tool for professional photographers. BoinxTV, winner of the "Apple Design Award 2009," is revolutionary live production software that turns any Mac into a TV studio. Boinx PhotoPresenter, winner of the Apple Design Award 2005 "Best Mac OS X Student Product," is
a quick slideshow tool with a variety of pre-built templates. Copyright (C) 2013 Boinx Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac OS X, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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United States
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Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:32 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Arten Science Valentines Day Price Massacre on ContaxCRM and R10Cipher - Published on 02/13/13

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Derbyshire, UK based Arten Science Limited has announced a Valentines Day 50% Discount on their Cross Platform Contact Management software, ContaxCRM and their Award Winning Security and Encryption software, R10Cipher. ContaxCRM is the Cross Platform CRM for Mac OSX and Windows, with Contacts, Document Management, Tasks, Email Sending and Receiving, Quotations, Sales Orders and Invoicing. R10Cipher is your new best friend should you care about the privacy of your Documents, Files and Email.

Ripley, United Kingdom - Derbyshire, UK based Arten Science Limited has announced a Valentines Day 50% Discount on their Cross Platform Contact Management software, ContaxCRM and their Award Winning Security and Encryption software, R10Cipher. ContaxCRM is the Cross Platform CRM for Mac OSX and Windows, with Contacts, Document Management, Tasks, Email Sending and Receiving, Quotations, Sales Orders and Invoicing. R10Cipher is your new best friend should you care about the privacy of your Documents, Files and Email.

ContaxCRM is a premier Contact Management package that is easy to install, easy to use, easy to buy - one price, no monthly subscriptions - and once used, difficult to live without. You owe it to your contacts to stay in touch with ContaxCRM.

Here is what one happy customer had to say:

"... transformed our engineers� access to information. I would recommend it to any small business wanting to share information across their company, particularly given the low entry-level cost and the cross-platform nature of the software. - Matt Kavanagh Technical Support Manager Perfect Colours."

ContaxCRM does not try to re-invent the wheel. At Arten Science we know that many of you are quite happy with Outlook or iCal and Apple Mail for your email and calendars. We also know that you would find it beneficial to have those emails and calendar entries available within your CRM, integrated with the appropriate contact that they relate to. ContaxCRM makes this happen in a simple and unobtrusive manner.

Incoming emails can be used as the basis on which to generate a new contact, or if for an existing contact they can be encrypted before being stored, should you believe the contents to be of a sensitive nature.

ContaxCRM is the CRM if you are at all concerned about security. ContaxCRM uses encryption from our R10Cipher product to protect contact details, notes, email or documents.

ContaxCRM Highlights:
* System Features and Requirements:
* Mac Edition works on Intel Computers running 10.5 , including Mountain Lion
* Windows Version works on XP, Vista, 2003, 7 and Windows 8
* Easy to use, Modern, Fast, Clean Interface
* Requires No Installation
* No Modifications made to your computer outside of the ContaxCRM / Documents folder
* Requires no additional Runtime installation such as .NET, Java or similar
* Brand New, DocXpert Help System
* Single User with inbuilt SQLite, or Multi-User with MySQL
* Sync the Database with iDisk, DropBox or Similar

Functionality:
* Store detailed information about your Contacts
* Unlimited Custom Fields
* User Defined Contact Status
* Visit a Contacts Website by Clicking the Button next to their Web Address
* Mark your Contacts as Customers, Suppliers, Personal, Prospect, Member or Network
* Mark a Contact as Inactive, effectively Hidden, but not Deleted
* Visit a Contacts Blog by Clicking the Button next to their Blog
* Call a contact by clicking the Phone Icon (Certain IP Phones Only)
* TLRS - Traffic Light Rating System - Red, Amber, Green
* Multiple Phone Numbers
* Multiple Email Addresses
* Contact Template Facility
* Import Data from a Tab Delimited File
* Import Data from Apple Address Book
* User defined Contact Categories and Classifications
* Specify the allowed method of communication, Phone, Email, SMS, Post

Document Management:
* Document Storage and Management, accessible from the Contact
* Drag and Drop Document Management

Email Integration:
* Email a Contact by Clicking the Icon next to their Email Address
* Outgoing Email is Written to Contact History
* Automatically Capture Incoming Email and Apply to Contact History

Bulk Email:
* Use your ContaxCRM data for bulk email marketing and communication
* Will not Bulk Mail contacts if 'Mail' is not selected as an allowed communication method

iCal / Outlook Integration:
* Insert iCal Entries from within ContaxCRM, Linked to Contacts and Recorded in their Notes

Searching:
* Fast Searching, Sorting and Filtering of Contact information
* Contacts can have unlimited Tags applied

Notes and History:
* Notes Drop Zone: Drag and Drop Text Documents into Contact Notes, Recorded as History
* History of Inserts, Imports and Edits
* Enter your own Notes against a Contact with an Event Type
* Event Types: General, Email Sent, Email Received, Outgoing Call, Incoming Call, Visit etc.

Tasks:
* Outstanding Tasks For a Contact, always Shown in ContaxCRM

Live Mapping:
* Geographical Mapping Information showing Physical Proximity between businesses
* Icon on Google Map coloured appropriately according to your TLRS
* Appropriate Icon for Contact Types shown on inbuilt Google Map

Graphs and Charts:
* Real-time Charting

Connections and Relationships:
* User defined Connections / Relationships
* See the Relationships and Links between You and your Contacts
* See the Relationships and Links between Your Contacts and Each Other

MySQL Multi-User Server Edition:
* Multi-User MySQL edition features Users screen with Full Security Features

General:
* Full Screen Toggle
* Extensive use of Keyboard Shortcuts

Open Design:
* You can use any generally available SQL Query tool to create your own Reports
* Free Format Report Generator with Export to Tab, CSV, XLS
* ContaxCRM does not 'Lock you in'
* Export Capability

Security:
* Each Contact can be Individually Encrypted
* Incoming Email can be Encrypted
* Contact Notes / History can be Encrypted

R10Cipher is our award winning file, document and email encryption software that you can run from a USB drive on any computer whether it is Mac, Windows or Linux. Take your documents and files with your everywhere - knowing that you can read them anywhere and *only* you can read them.

R10Cipher takes text or files and encrypts them using up to 384 bit Blowfish encryption. These files can be Word files, Excel files, MP3 files - almost any kind of file. Simple but powerful true Cross Platform File, Document, Text and Email Encryption/Decryption tool.

R10Cipher has proven itself over many years, here is what Paul McGrath, Computer Manager, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, has to say about R10Cipher:

"R10Cipher is a fantastic cross platform tool which has given us the peace of mind that our patient sensitive research data can be transmitted electronically in a secure manner on site or with collaborators around the world. The ability to encrypt and attach files to emails or simply encrypt the email text between Apple Macs and Windows PCs without the need for complicated software installations means that our users are happy to use this great bit of software. The developer's proactive approach to their software development requesting and rapidly incorporating users feedback has turned a good encryption tool into and excellent one."

Your text can be encrypted and sent as an email directly from R10Cipher 5. Only the recipient in possession of the Shared Secret can read the contents. If encrypting a file the encrypted file can be stored or sent in the full knowledge that it's contents are not visible to anyone without access to R10Cipher 5 and the Shared Secret.

Decryption can be carried out just by double clicking the encrypted file and entering the Shared Secret. R10Cipher 5 supports batch encryption by 'drag and drop' to make encryption fast and painless, even when dealing with dozens of files. As R10Cipher 5 does not require installation you can, for example, copy the Mac, Windows and Linux versions of R10Cipher 5 to a USB drive along with your encrypted documents and files. Your documents and files are secure, but available whenever and wherever you require them.

R10Cipher 5 is primarily designed to enable the secure exchange of information between one or more individuals. As a peer to peer encryption tool R10Cipher 5 excels. R10Cipher 5 can run in a 'Decrypt Only' mode which does not require any purchase. Ideal for those 'one off', 'one way' encryption occasions between a licensed user and someone who has never used R10Cipher 5 before.

With R10Cipher 5 you can now optionally purchase a tool to keep your Encryption Key databases in sync across your organisation or campus. This allows for corporate control and synchronisation over all Shared Secrets, should that suit your requirements.

Whats New:
* R10Cipher 5: Completely Redesigned for Simplicity and Ease of Use
* R10Cipher 5: Optimised for Speed and Efficiency
* R10Cipher 5: Automated Encryption / Decryption
* R10Cipher 5: Optional Corporate Synchronisation Tool Available
* R10Cipher 5: cuteCipher Functionality Integrated
* R10Cipher 5: New Keyboard Shortcuts
* R10Cipher 5: Send Encrypted SMS Messages using SMSRelay
* R10Cipher 5: Print the Clear Text. Speak the Clear Text
* R10Cipher 5: New Licensing Options Available
* R10Cipher 5: 14 Day Trial Available
* R10Cipher 5: One License, 2 Computers, Any Operating System

Highlights:
* Cross Platform, Mac OSX, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7/8, Linux
* Fast / Secure 384 Bit Blowfish Encryption
* Automated / Scriptable Encryption / Decryption
* PowerPC Version for OSX also Supplied
* Lightweight - No Installation Necessary
* Launch from a USB Key if required
* Full Centralised Key Management Ability

ContaxCRM: http://www.contaxcrm.com
R10Cipher: http://www.r10cipher.com
Download ContaxCRM (zip): http://www.artenscience.com/autoupdate/latestversions/contaxcrm.zip
Download R10Cipher (zip): http://www.artenscience.com/autoupdate/latestversions/r10cipher.zip
Purchase from Arten Science: http://www.artenscience.com/Pages/Offer.html
Screenshot: http://www.artenscience.com/images/14022013.png

Arten Science was setup in 2007 to design, develop and market quality commercial software for Mac OSX and Windows. We also provide Bespoke Software Development and Technology/Database/Security Consultancy services. In addition to creating new solutions for our customers, all of our commercial products can also be tailored, modified and enhanced to suit your specific requirements. Copyright (C) 2013 Arten Science. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac OS X, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Steven Cholerton
Director
07412 540994
United Kingdom
steve@artenscience.com

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