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Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:30 am (PST) . Posted by:
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Pixelnetica SharpScan Turns Any iPad into a Perfect Document Scanner - Published on 12/11/13
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pixelnetica today is proud to announce SharpScan, a free iOS app enabling iPhone and iPad users to use their mobile devices as handheld document scanners has been updated. The new release adds full iPad support with new UI and improved noise reduction to facilitate higher digital noise levels of flash-less iPad hardware. Produce true black-and-white, flatbed-quality PDF images out of ordinary snapshots in full auto mode! Replacing a flatbed scanner with a handheld mobile device.
Belgrade, Serbia - Pixelnetica today is proud to announce SharpScan, a free iOS app enabling iPhone and iPad users to use their mobile devices as handheld document scanners has been updated. The new release adds full iPad support with new scalable UI, and becomes an iOS Universal Application. Adding new image processing functionality, this last version of mobile scanning app improves noise reduction to facilitate higher digital noise levels of flash-less iPad hardware.
SharpScan Turns Apple iPad into a Mobile Document Scanner
The latest release of Pixelnetica's free mobile scanning app turns any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a fully featured mobile scanner. The latest release features a scalable UI and becomes a Universal Application, ensuring smooth functionality and sharp look even on the latest high-resolution displays. The new user interface is optimized for the larger screen, enabling easier and more straightforward workflow compared to the iPhone version. Most functions are now accessible via a single click thanks to the larger, more spacious iPad display.
The addition of automated noise reduction is aimed at iPad users having no built-in flash available. The newly added noise reduction algorithms suppress camera noise producing clean, sharp images one expects from a high-end scanner.
"SharpScan takes advantage of iPad's more powerful hardware and bigger screen when scanning documents", says Dmitry Harchenko, Pixelnetica CEO. "SharpScan makes use of the extra CPU power by enabling additional processing without slowing down the scanning, automatically adapting to specific camera models installed in various Apple devices and applying a perfect profile."
About SharpScan
Produce true black-and-white, flatbed-quality PDF images out of ordinary snapshots in full auto mode! Replacing a flatbed scanner with a handheld mobile device has been a dream for generations of mobile users. While using a camera built into an iPhone or iPod may produce an OK snapshot in good lighting conditions, snapping a picture of a document with that iPhone does not produce a document quality image. The small sensor packed with megapixels and combined with tiny optics produces images full of distortions, digital noise and optical aberrations. Handholding the device while snapping a flat sheet of paper introduces unwanted shadows and additional geometric distortions requiring complex algorithms to correct tilt, arbitrary rotation and 3D distortions, requiring users to spend time in dedicated editing software.
SharpScan is designed to take care of all these issues in full auto mode, producing high-quality documents that look just as if they were scanned with a conventional scanner. Flatbed-quality documents can now be produced on the go quickly with any iPhone or iPad.
Automated Image Corrections
SharpScan automatically correct images snapped with the phone's built-in camera by applying a host of digital corrections. The unique Smart Crop feature produces straight, rectangular images out of angled and distorted document snapshots by automatically detecting image boundaries, cropping and aligning the image and correcting geometric and perspective distortion. Smart Crop enables fast, accurate acquisition of document images.
Non-Destructive Editing
Manual adjustments are available to those users who need more control over their images. Smart Crop offers a wide range of manually adjustable settings, allowing users to control each and every setting. Non-destructive image editing allows users editing the image on the screen without overwriting the original.
Flatbed Quality PDF Documents
SharpScan it is the only mobile scanning app on the market creating compact black-and-white PDF images in flatbed scanner quality - as opposed to JPEG-compressed images produced by competition.
JPEG has never meant to be used on black-and-white text, charts and drawings, introducing annoying blocking and false color artefacts. Yet, most commercially available scanning apps will either use JPEG to compress images, or produce humungous TIFF files with lossless compression.
Pro Grade Mobile Scanning Tool
Unlike those apps, SharpScan handles text and artwork in a proper way. Scanned documents are converted into true black-and-white (as opposed to monochrome images with multiple shades of grey) via a smart threshold algorithm. The tool then applies lossless image compression, resulting in PDF files that are up to 20 times smaller than comparable resolution JPEGs. The small size is essential when considering the limited mobile bandwidth and traffic cost.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* This app is optimized for iPhone 5
* 16.0 MB
Pricing and Availability
SharpScan is ad-supported freeware. The app is available from Apple App Store free of charge. SharpScan is a Universal Application compatible with all current iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad platforms, and requires iOS 7.0 or later. A version with no ads is available as SharpScan Pro. In-place upgrade is supported from the free version of SharpScan.
SharpScan 2.0: http://www.pixelnetica.com/
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/sharpscan-rapidly-scan-multipage/id669911832
YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/EekJXswokxk
Screenshots: http://www.pixelnetica.com/sharpscan-screenshots.html
Press Kit: http://www.pixelnetica.com/PR/SharpScan-Press_Kit.zip
Pixelnetica is a privately held company established by group of computer vision and mobile technology passioned enthusiasts. Company dedicated to development cutting edge imaging technologies and highest caliber mobile, desktop and server-side software applications. Copyright (C) 2013 Pixelnetica. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, iPod touch, and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.
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CEO
Serbia
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pixelnetica today is proud to announce SharpScan, a free iOS app enabling iPhone and iPad users to use their mobile devices as handheld document scanners has been updated. The new release adds full iPad support with new UI and improved noise reduction to facilitate higher digital noise levels of flash-less iPad hardware. Produce true black-and-white, flatbed-quality PDF images out of ordinary snapshots in full auto mode! Replacing a flatbed scanner with a handheld mobile device.
Belgrade, Serbia - Pixelnetica today is proud to announce SharpScan, a free iOS app enabling iPhone and iPad users to use their mobile devices as handheld document scanners has been updated. The new release adds full iPad support with new scalable UI, and becomes an iOS Universal Application. Adding new image processing functionality, this last version of mobile scanning app improves noise reduction to facilitate higher digital noise levels of flash-less iPad hardware.
SharpScan Turns Apple iPad into a Mobile Document Scanner
The latest release of Pixelnetica&#
The addition of automated noise reduction is aimed at iPad users having no built-in flash available. The newly added noise reduction algorithms suppress camera noise producing clean, sharp images one expects from a high-end scanner.
"SharpScan takes advantage of iPad's more powerful hardware and bigger screen when scanning documents"
About SharpScan
Produce true black-and-white, flatbed-quality PDF images out of ordinary snapshots in full auto mode! Replacing a flatbed scanner with a handheld mobile device has been a dream for generations of mobile users. While using a camera built into an iPhone or iPod may produce an OK snapshot in good lighting conditions, snapping a picture of a document with that iPhone does not produce a document quality image. The small sensor packed with megapixels and combined with tiny optics produces images full of distortions, digital noise and optical aberrations. Handholding the device while snapping a flat sheet of paper introduces unwanted shadows and additional geometric distortions requiring complex algorithms to correct tilt, arbitrary rotation and 3D distortions, requiring users to spend time in dedicated editing software.
SharpScan is designed to take care of all these issues in full auto mode, producing high-quality documents that look just as if they were scanned with a conventional scanner. Flatbed-quality documents can now be produced on the go quickly with any iPhone or iPad.
Automated Image Corrections
SharpScan automatically correct images snapped with the phone's built-in camera by applying a host of digital corrections. The unique Smart Crop feature produces straight, rectangular images out of angled and distorted document snapshots by automatically detecting image boundaries, cropping and aligning the image and correcting geometric and perspective distortion. Smart Crop enables fast, accurate acquisition of document images.
Non-Destructive Editing
Manual adjustments are available to those users who need more control over their images. Smart Crop offers a wide range of manually adjustable settings, allowing users to control each and every setting. Non-destructive image editing allows users editing the image on the screen without overwriting the original.
Flatbed Quality PDF Documents
SharpScan it is the only mobile scanning app on the market creating compact black-and-white PDF images in flatbed scanner quality - as opposed to JPEG-compressed images produced by competition.
JPEG has never meant to be used on black-and-white text, charts and drawings, introducing annoying blocking and false color artefacts. Yet, most commercially available scanning apps will either use JPEG to compress images, or produce humungous TIFF files with lossless compression.
Pro Grade Mobile Scanning Tool
Unlike those apps, SharpScan handles text and artwork in a proper way. Scanned documents are converted into true black-and-white (as opposed to monochrome images with multiple shades of grey) via a smart threshold algorithm. The tool then applies lossless image compression, resulting in PDF files that are up to 20 times smaller than comparable resolution JPEGs. The small size is essential when considering the limited mobile bandwidth and traffic cost.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* This app is optimized for iPhone 5
* 16.0 MB
Pricing and Availability
SharpScan is ad-supported freeware. The app is available from Apple App Store free of charge. SharpScan is a Universal Application compatible with all current iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad platforms, and requires iOS 7.0 or later. A version with no ads is available as SharpScan Pro. In-place upgrade is supported from the free version of SharpScan.
SharpScan 2.0: http://www.pixelnet
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.
YouTube Video: http://youtu.
Screenshots: http://www.pixelnet
Press Kit: http://www.pixelnet
Pixelnetica is a privately held company established by group of computer vision and mobile technology passioned enthusiasts. Company dedicated to development cutting edge imaging technologies and highest caliber mobile, desktop and server-side software applications. Copyright (C) 2013 Pixelnetica. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, iPod touch, and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.
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Serbia
dh@pixelnetica.
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:00 am (PST) . Posted by:
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MochiBits, Inc. Releases Word Gobble: a Deliciously Fun Word Game - Published on 12/11/13
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MochiBits, Inc. today introduces Word Gobble 1.0.1, its latest word game for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch. Word Gobble gives word game fans something new to cheer about. With special missions and daily challenges, word game fans will appreciate the new and fun ways to enjoy a familiar game over and over. Word Gobble also connects to Facebook to allow you to play against friends and family in a weekly tournament. You can share lives to allow you to play more, or you can wait until your lives refill.
Los Angeles, California - After a series of successful word association games, MochiBits, Inc. today releases its latest word game: Word Gobble - A deliciously fun word game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. A fast-paced, competitive, and strategic take of a classic word spelling game, Word Gobble gives word game fans something new to cheer about. With special missions and daily challenges, word game fans will appreciate the new and fun ways to enjoy a familiar game over and over.
Completing the missions will allow you to level up and gain a higher scoring bonus at the end of each game. Completing the daily challenge will get you more coins for every consecutive daily challenge you complete.
Word Gobble also connects to Facebook to allow you to play against friends and family in a weekly tournament. You can share lives to allow you to play more, or you can wait until your lives refill.
Word Gobble offers 4 types of power-ups to increase your score. Show, Freeze, Multiplier, and Gobble.
The Gobble power-up rewards players for using the same tiles over and over to form new words. Short or long words, entering them fast and using the same letters to spell them our brings in huge scores that make the game different from anything currently out in the market.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 22.2 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Word Gobble 1.0.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
Word Gobble 1.0.1: http://www.wordgobble.com
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id686691168
Screenshot 1: http://www.mochibits.com/press/word_gobble/images/screenshot_iphone4_1.png
Screenshot 1: http://www.mochibits.com/press/word_gobble/images/screenshot_iphone4_2.png
Screenshot 3: http://www.mochibits.com/press/word_gobble/images/screenshot_iphone4_3.png
App Icon: http://www.mochibits.com/press/word_gobble/images/icon.png
MochiBits, Inc has been releasing mobile games on iOS and Android since early 2011. With such hits as Word to Word, Word Wall, and 4 Words, MochiBits has a dedicated fan base that keeps coming back for more of their games. Copyright (C) 2012 MochiBits. 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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Kyle Yamamoto
Co-founder / Game developer
United States
info@mochibits.com
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info@mochibits.com
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MochiBits, Inc. today introduces Word Gobble 1.0.1, its latest word game for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch. Word Gobble gives word game fans something new to cheer about. With special missions and daily challenges, word game fans will appreciate the new and fun ways to enjoy a familiar game over and over. Word Gobble also connects to Facebook to allow you to play against friends and family in a weekly tournament. You can share lives to allow you to play more, or you can wait until your lives refill.
Los Angeles, California - After a series of successful word association games, MochiBits, Inc. today releases its latest word game: Word Gobble - A deliciously fun word game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. A fast-paced, competitive, and strategic take of a classic word spelling game, Word Gobble gives word game fans something new to cheer about. With special missions and daily challenges, word game fans will appreciate the new and fun ways to enjoy a familiar game over and over.
Completing the missions will allow you to level up and gain a higher scoring bonus at the end of each game. Completing the daily challenge will get you more coins for every consecutive daily challenge you complete.
Word Gobble also connects to Facebook to allow you to play against friends and family in a weekly tournament. You can share lives to allow you to play more, or you can wait until your lives refill.
Word Gobble offers 4 types of power-ups to increase your score. Show, Freeze, Multiplier, and Gobble.
The Gobble power-up rewards players for using the same tiles over and over to form new words. Short or long words, entering them fast and using the same letters to spell them our brings in huge scores that make the game different from anything currently out in the market.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 22.2 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Word Gobble 1.0.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
Word Gobble 1.0.1: http://www.wordgobb
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.
Screenshot 1: http://www.mochibit
Screenshot 1: http://www.mochibit
Screenshot 3: http://www.mochibit
App Icon: http://www.mochibit
MochiBits, Inc has been releasing mobile games on iOS and Android since early 2011. With such hits as Word to Word, Word Wall, and 4 Words, MochiBits has a dedicated fan base that keeps coming back for more of their games. Copyright (C) 2012 MochiBits. 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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Kyle Yamamoto
Co-founder / Game developer
United States
info@mochibits.
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Howard Go
Co-founder / Game developer
info@mochibits.
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:00 am (PST) . Posted by:
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Stunning Christmas Find the Difference App with Art by Wendy Edelson - Published on 12/11/13
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Independent app developer Laura Tallardy has teamed up with prolific children's book artist Wendy Edelson to create a beautifully illustrated app, Find the Differences: Christmas Edition, now available on iOS, Google Play and Amazon Android markets. This festive app includes 24 different levels, animated snowfalls and cheerful holiday music. Masterful and detailed watercolor paintings of winter scenes that delight the viewer will truly set this app apart from the holiday crowd.
Brooklyn, New York - Independent app developer Laura Tallardy has teamed up with prolific children's book artist Wendy Edelson to create a beautifully illustrated app, Find the Differences: Christmas Edition- now available on iOS, Google Play and Amazon Android markets. Masterful and detailed watercolor paintings of winter scenes that delight the viewer will truly set this app apart from the holiday crowd.
Find the Differences: Christmas Edition is a festive app that includes 24 different levels, animated snowfalls and cheerful holiday music to get you into the Christmas spirit! Santa and his reindeer, snowmen, holiday cookies, decorated trees, ice skating kids and bundled-up animals abound while the player spots all five hidden differences in each stunning puzzle. The levels are timed, but there are hints to help the player along. Celebrate winning a level with applause and fireworks! The images are appropriate for children- so kids and adults of all ages can play.
The app is child-safe with no third-party advertisements, no data collection tools, no links to social networks, and no internet connection required. There is a credits page with links to Wendy's website and Laura's apps.
The app has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian, and Thai so audiences around the world can enjoy the game.
Parents will love the safe, seasonal environment- and kids will have hours of fun playing Find the Differences: Christmas Edition!
Pricing and Availability:
Find the Differences: Christmas Edition 1.0 is available worldwide for $1.99 (USD) on the iOS, Google Play, and Amazon App Stores. Both a free edition (including 12 levels, $1.99 to unlock the complete game) and a paid edition (including all 24 levels) are available on iOS.
Find the Differences: Christmas Edition 1.0: http://lauratallardy.com/apps/find-the-differences-christmas-edition/
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/find-differences-christmas/id764104526
Purchase and Download (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lauratallardy.ftdchrismas
YouYube Video (Promo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13oiLlSexpg
Screenshot: http://lauratallardy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/iph5-1-en.jpg
App Icon: http://lauratallardy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/icon512-gold.png
Laura Tallardy is an independent app developer and children's illustrator from Brooklyn, NY who creates games for iOS and Android with a focus on girls' themes- mermaids, princesses, ballerinas and more. She has published nine apps for children and one for dogs (App for Dog). Wendy Edelson is a children's book illustrator from Vermont who specializes in watercolor paintings. She has illustrated over thirty books along with posters, puzzles, games, fabric, calendars and more. Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Laura Tallardy. 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 States
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Independent app developer Laura Tallardy has teamed up with prolific children'
Brooklyn, New York - Independent app developer Laura Tallardy has teamed up with prolific children'
Find the Differences: Christmas Edition is a festive app that includes 24 different levels, animated snowfalls and cheerful holiday music to get you into the Christmas spirit! Santa and his reindeer, snowmen, holiday cookies, decorated trees, ice skating kids and bundled-up animals abound while the player spots all five hidden differences in each stunning puzzle. The levels are timed, but there are hints to help the player along. Celebrate winning a level with applause and fireworks! The images are appropriate for children- so kids and adults of all ages can play.
The app is child-safe with no third-party advertisements, no data collection tools, no links to social networks, and no internet connection required. There is a credits page with links to Wendy's website and Laura's apps.
The app has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian, and Thai so audiences around the world can enjoy the game.
Parents will love the safe, seasonal environment- and kids will have hours of fun playing Find the Differences: Christmas Edition!
Pricing and Availability:
Find the Differences: Christmas Edition 1.0 is available worldwide for $1.99 (USD) on the iOS, Google Play, and Amazon App Stores. Both a free edition (including 12 levels, $1.99 to unlock the complete game) and a paid edition (including all 24 levels) are available on iOS.
Find the Differences: Christmas Edition 1.0: http://lauratallard
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.
Purchase and Download (Google Play): https://play.
YouYube Video (Promo): http://www.youtube.
Screenshot: http://lauratallard
App Icon: http://lauratallard
Laura Tallardy is an independent app developer and children'
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Laura Tallardy
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United States
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