1/23/2014

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Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:30 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Mineral Database app for iPad updated to include 3D crystal structures - Published on 01/22/14

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Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. has released an update to the Mineral Database app for iPad. The new version includes 3D structures that you can rotate and enlarge to fill your screen. Mineral identification is made easy with the Mineral Database compiled by M. Darby Dyar and Mickey E. Gunter and illustrated by Dennis Tasa. This searchable database provides a quick reference for students, educators, professionals, or anyone interested in minerals. No internet connection is required.

Taos, New Mexico - Mineral identification is made easy with the Mineral Database compiled by M. Darby Dyar and Mickey E. Gunter and illustrated by Dennis Tasa. This app provides a quick reference for students, educators, professionals, or anyone interested in minerals. This searchable database is easy to use. No internet connection is required. Ideal for field use. Recently updated to include 3D crystal structures that you can rotate and enlarge to fill your screen.

Entries for more than 300 common mineral species cover the vast majority of occurrences without presenting an overwhelming number of obscure species rarely encountered. The software provides hand sample photos, photomicrographs of thin sections, physical properties, 3D crystal structure animations, optical properties, classification, and occurrence data as well as partial data for many more species, varieties, groups, sub-groups, and series.

Search for color, hardness, and streak in field and classroom uses. Use the app as a companion to a polarizing light microscope by searching for birefringence or refractive index. Identify your unknown mineral through use of any or all 54 search criteria. The comprehensive search feature allows mineral identification by using known physical properties (such as color, streak, luster etc.) or crystal and optical properties. Or, you can visually search the hand sample photos and photomicrographs using the pop-up image galleries.

This database complements the authors' textbook, "Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy," available from the Mineralogical Society of America.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 655 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Mineral Database 1.1 is $9.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Reference category.

Tasa Graphic Arts: http://www.tasagraphicarts.com/
Mineral Database 1.1: http://www.tasagraphicarts.com/mineraldatabase.html
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/mineral-database/id736738403
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqGZfic_bWA
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In addition to producing iOS apps and multi-touch books, Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. produces award-winning interactive, educational CD-ROMs covering planetary geology, plate tectonics, topographic maps, rocks and minerals, weather and climate, the processes that shape Earth's surface, and more. Copyright (C) 2014 Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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Karen Tasa
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United States
apps@tasagraphicarts.com

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Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:00 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animal Slots Game Launches in the App Store - Published on 01/22/14

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2014 is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Zodiac. Will this be your lucky year? See what these lucky Chinese Zodiac animals have in mind for you this Chinese New Year with free app Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animals Slots Game 1.0.0 for iOS, the latest game from Heather Allard. Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animals Slots Game is free-to-play, with colorful Chinese Zodiac themed graphics, music, and sound effects that simulate a real Las Vegas slots machine.

Providence, Rhode Island - Mobile apps creator, Heather Allard wants to help you try your luck with the launch of her latest app, Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animal Slots, now available for free in the Apple store for iOS 5.0 and higher (iPhone, iPod touch and soon, iPad).

Players are treated to a casino-style slot machine with fun music, which displays vibrant Chinese Zodiac Animals, like a dragon, monkey and dog, when fortune is sought. Simply press 'spin,' watch the wheel turn, and see what the Zodiac has in store. In addition to cool graphics and an exciting design that will appeal to mature players, the payout system offers bonuses and jackpots to sweeten the fun.

Free-to-play, Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animal Slots players may purchase additional credits to extend their fortune-testing experience. An integrated Game Center leaderboard lets players compete with friends to see who is the luckiest. Going social is easy! Players can interact and connect with family and friends and share their luck via Facebook and Twitter.

Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animal Slots offers Vegas-style excitement with simulated gambling for entertainment purposes for players 12 and over.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and soon, iPad
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 61.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animals Slots Game 1.0.0 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. For more information, visit Allard's website online.

Heather Allard: http://heatherallard.com
Chinese Zodiac Lucky Animals Slots Game 1.0.0: https://itunes.apple.com/app/chinese-zodiac-lucky-animals/id792077103
Media Assets: http://heatherallard.com/chinese-zodiac-lucky-animals-slots-game/

Heather Allard is a mother of three kids, one big dog, and a four-time entrepreneur. She has been interviewed and featured in The New York Times, Working Mother, Fox Business News, ProBlogger, Entrepreneur, Daily Worth, Etsy, American Express OPEN Forum, SheKnows and YellowPages, as well as several best-selling books including The $100 Startup, The Digital Mom Handbook, and The Well-Fed Writer: Back for Seconds. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Heather Allard. 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. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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United States
hello@heatherallard.com

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Watermark Sense 1.1.0 - Flexible batch image watermarking for Mac - Published on 01/22/14

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VeprIT today releases Watermark Sense 1.1.0, a major update of the flexible batch image watermarking utility for Mac OS X. Watermark Sense enables users to achieve creative results while saving a lot of time. The update improves watermarking flexibility, allowing to achieve more creative and consistent results for images of different sizes and aspect ratios. Version 1.1.0 also introduces a number of often requested features, fixes issues, provides a PDF user guide and more.

Zoetermeer, Netherlands - VeprIT, developer of image processing software for Mac and iOS devices, is pleased to announce Watermark Sense 1.1.0. Watermark Sense is a flexible batch image watermarking utility for Mac, enabling a user to achieve creative results in batch mode, saving a lot of time on repetitive tasks. With Watermark Sense, the user can easily protect intellectual property, promote a brand, or simply add some useful information to many images at a time.

Watermark Sense supports both text and image watermarks. It gives the user a full control over the watermark appearance, offering a rich set of fine-tuning options and visual effects. For example, the user can configure the watermark opacity, choose a blending mode, apply shadow, replicate the watermark, etc. A text watermark can be generated based on the image EXIF/IPTC metadata, providing incredible automation capabilities.

Watermark Sense enables the user to save watermark configurations, as well as saving settings (output file naming and format), as custom presets. The user never needs to enter the same configuration twice. Using custom presets, it is even possible to apply several watermarks to every image, or save every image multiple times with different watermarks, all in a single batch operation.

Watermark Sense provides a live preview of the final watermarked image. Sometimes the user might wish to have a better control over the watermark positioning than a batch configuration can offer. For those cases Watermark Sense supports manual positioning of the watermark in preview for individual images.

In addition, Watermark Sense has some basic image manipulation capabilities: batch rotation, flipping, and EXIF/IPTC metadata editing.

The key Watermark Sense features:
* Flexible watermark configuration, various effects
* Watermark text generated from image metadata
* Custom user watermarking and saving presets
* Live preview
* Manual watermark positioning
* Batch image rotation, flipping, etc.
* Batch image metadata editing

Watermark Sense has a companion application, VeprIT's popular batch image resizer/cropper Resize Sense, Macworld Gem 2012. The two applications are mutually integrated to act as a single application if needed, while keeping things so simple and straightforward as possible. Together they form a flexible and efficient image processing toolset for web publishing and similar needs, for those who need to obtain top quality results quickly and easily.

New in Watermark Sense 1.1.0:
This major update improves watermarking flexibility, allowing to achieve more creative and consistent results for images of different sizes and aspect ratios. It also introduces a number of often requested features. In more detail:

* New size units: percents of the long and short image edges. This allows to achieve similar looking watermarks on both horizontal and vertical images, while still taking advantage of relative size units
* More flexible background rectangle padding configuration capable to achieve more creative results
* When saving, it is now possible to replicate the original directory structure, starting from a defined location
* Use image IPTC/EXIF metadata in the saved file names
* Rename files within the application
* Bulk-edit image resolution in the Info panel
* Both "% of width" and "% of height" available in all size units
* Drag & Drop applied presets reordering
* PDF User Guide available within the application
* Updated default watermark presets utilising the new features. We recommend you to delete the old default presets and import the new ones
* Minor user interface and other improvements
* Bug fixes, mostly for OS X Lion

System Requirements:
Watermark Sense 1.1.0 requires a 64-bit Intel-based Apple computer with Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) or later.

Pricing and Availability:
A trial version of Watermark Sense (which adds an additional watermark to the saved images) is freely available for download at the application web page. The current price is 19.99 USD. The license can be purchased at the application web page. Watermark Sense is also available on the Mac App Store.

VeprIT: http://veprit.com
Watermark Sense: http://veprit.com/watermarksense
Quick Start Guide: http://veprit.com/watermarksense/quickstart
YouTube Video (Overview): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcQAPXG5KWc
Screenshot: http://veprit.com/watermarksense/images/screenshot-1.jpg
Press Kit (zip): http://veprit.com/watermarksense/presskit-watermarksense.zip

VeprIT develops image processing software for Mac and iOS devices (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch) since early 2011. It aims at producing powerful and flexible products, while hiding all the complexity behind a very simple and intuitive user interface. VeprIT also offers custom software development and consulting services focusing on Mac OS, iOS, and embedded systems. Copyright (C) 2011-2014 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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Dr. Demid Borodin
Founder/Owner
+31 641861436
Netherlands
contact@veprit.com

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LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/company/veprit
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App Tamer 2.0 - Extend Battery Life and Save CPU Power - Published on 01/22/14

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St. Clair Software today introduces an upgrade to App Tamer, its Macintosh utility that manages applications to deliver more efficient CPU usage and increased battery life. You can now monitor and optimize the performance of your Mac even more quickly and easily with App Tamer 2's completely revamped user interface. And in addition to automatically pausing applications when you switch away from them, App Tamer now offers the option to limit the amount of CPU power used by an application.

Denver, Colorado - St. Clair Software today is pleased to announce the availability of a major upgrade to its App Tamer utility for Mac OS X. App Tamer 2 gives you control over your applications so you can save battery and CPU power, and makes it even easier, quicker and more effective than before.

Some Mac applications, especially web browsers, continue running tasks or animations even when they're supposed to be idle in the background. This can consume valuable processing power and reduce battery life. App Tamer's unique AutoStop capability automatically slows down or pauses these applications when you switch away from them, and then restarts them when you click back to them. This frees your CPU and reduces power consumption.

App Tamer 2 offers these enhancements:

* A new, streamlined user interface. Everything is available directly from your menubar. Hover over an application to see its performance, click on it to change its settings.

* The ability to limit apps to a certain amount of CPU, rather than just stopping them. This makes App Tamer compatible with many more applications, including Spotlight, Time Machine and Mail.

* Full compatibility with Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks and its App Nap feature.

* Greater efficiency and responsiveness than previous versions.

App Tamer comes pre-configured to automatically manage Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Spotlight, Time Machine, Word and many other apps when they're in the background. And customizing it for other applications is just a mouse click away.

App Tamer will operate on any Macintosh running Mac OS X version 10.7 or higher. You can try App Tamer free for 15 days. A license to continue using it after the trial period is $14.95 (USD). Users of App Tamer 1.x that bought their license after July 1, 2013 receive the upgrade for free, while those who purchased their licenses before that date can buy it for $7.95 (USD).

St. Clair Software: http://www.stclairsoft.com/
App Tamer: http://www.stclairsoft.com/AppTamer/
Download App Tamer: http://www.stclairsoft.com/cgi-bin/dl.cgi?AT
Purchase: http://store.esellerate.net/stclairsoft/buy-at?PT=prMac
Screenshot: http://www.stclairsoft.com/AppTamer/images/MainPanelWithSettingsTall.png
App Icon: http://www.stclairsoft.com/AppTamer/images/AppTamerIcon.png

Based in Denver, Colorado, St. Clair Software is a privately held company that has been specializing in utilities and custom software solutions for the Macintosh since 1988. St. Clair Software can be contacted at: St. Clair Software, 271 S. Emerson Street, Denver, CO, USA 80209. Copyright (C) 1988-2014 St. Clair Software. 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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Jon Gotow
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United States
gotow@stclairsoft.com

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Major update: Montessori Letter Sounds, award-winning phonics app - Published on 01/22/14

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3 Elles Interactive today announces award-winning educational app Montessori Letter Sounds receives a major update including 50 new words and fun new letter tracings. Montessori Letter Sounds is a must-have pre-reading app that teaches children to identify sounds in words all the way to writing their first phonetic words. Designed by Montessori teachers, this app received a gold medal from the Parents Choice Award and an On For Learning Award from Common Sense Media.

Paris, France - 3 Elles Interactive, an independent educational app developer is announcing the release of a major update on one of their award-winning apps: Montessori Letter Sounds - learn phonics with Tam & Tao.

Phonics must be at the heart of learning to read. As Montessori teachers and educational app developers 3 Elles Interactive understood this fact long ago. They designed Montessori Letter Sounds to give children the opportunity to play with sounds, learn to identify them in words, know their letter sounds and write their first phonetic words. "I can't describe how amazing it is to see a child compose his first phonetic word, usually they don't stop at one, they want to go on and on. When I was a teacher, it happened more than once that the parents had to wait at the door because their child didn't want to put the activity away!", says Valerie, one of the co-founders.

This app, designed to build strong foundations for learning to read, has won 2 major awards: A Gold Medal/Parents' Choice Award and an On For Learning Award by Common Sense Media.

The Montessori Method is based on autonomy and self-confidence. Children need to learn to read at their own pace, when they are ready to do so. For some, it could be as early as 3 years old, for others it could be around 5. To ensure that children who play with the app don't miss a step in the learning progression, Montessori Letter Sounds is divided in 4 activities, some of which are locked. As they play, children earn marbles. These marbles are counted and used to unlock the activities when children have completed each step.

Since its release in early 2012, users were requesting more images. 3 Elles Interactive have not only added over 50 words but they also decided to update the letter tracing activity and add new features to it. The app also offers cursive, script and capital letters. In the "image box", children can learn the words in French and in the "toolbox" they can trace letters in a sandbox or in a notebook.

If you would like your children to learn letter sounds and words in French, the French version of this app called Le Son des Lettres Montessori offers a unique "French as a Foreign Language" feature. When activated, this option allows English speaking children to listen to the instruction in English while playing with French sounds and words. Having experienced multi-lingual classrooms, the developers noticed that often the problem children face when trying to play a game in another language is that they don't understand what they are required to do. By adding this feature, English speaking children can learn French vocabulary and letter sounds and not be overwhelmed by the long instruction in that language.

"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world" said Maria Montessori who was the first woman to ever become a Doctor in Italy and who devoted her life to children's education. 3 Elles Interactive believe that tablets are taking this saying even further.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 5.1 or later
* 71.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
To celebrate this major update, 3 Elles Interactive is offering a discount. Montessori Letter Sounds will be $1.99 (USD) instead of $2.99 from Wednesday 22nd to Saturday 25th of January. 3 Elles Interactive will be at BETT in London on the Edmix Stand (B228). Don't hesitate to contact them for more information or a promo code.

Montessori Letter Sounds 4.0: http://lestroiselles.com/index.php/en/our-apps/montessori-letter-sounds
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/montessori-letter-sounds-learn/id494564125
YouTube Video (Demo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU9D_PuRV50
Time To Play Mag Review: http://www.timetoplaymag.com/toys/4833/les-trois-elles-interactive/montessori-letter-sounds/
Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=323903424352575&set=pb.205039382905647.-2207520000.1389793337.&type=3&theater
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Founded by Montessori teachers who have had years of classroom experience with hundreds of children, 3 Elles Interactive is determined to offer qualitative educational apps on iPad and iPhone. Their objective is to provide parents and teachers Montessori based apps to use at home or at school. The Montessori Method relies on building autonomy and self-confidence by letting children do by themselves and offering them self-correcting materials to manipulate and respecting their individual pace. 3 Elles Interactive, fun digital learning made by teachers. Copyright (C) 2014 Les Trois Elles Interactive. 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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Valerie Touze
Founding Partner
+447817778832
United Kingdom
valerie@lestroiselles.com

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Pixol for iPhone, Instagram based puzzle that improves observation skill - Published on 01/22/14

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Indie developer, Stefano Figurelli today introduces Pixol 1.0.1, a new game title for iPhone. Pixol reinvents the photographic puzzle game genre taking picture guessing to a whole new level: extend your Instagram experience while challenging the visual part of the brain. Play offline with 120 stunning photographs offered by 25 talented handful photographers of Instagram. Play online connected to your Instagram account with options to Like, Follow and Comment along the way.

Savona, Italy - Indie developer, Stefano Figurelli today is proud to announce the release of Pixol 1.0.1, a new game title for iPhone. Pixol reinvents the photographic puzzle game genre taking picture guessing to a whole new level: extend your Instagram experience while challenging the visual part of the brain.

Main Features:
* Play offline with 120 stunning photographs offered by 25 talented handful photographers of Instagram (@merekdavis, @safesolvent, @tylerforesthauser, @jeera, @gericentonza, etc.)
* Play online connected to your Instagram account with options to Like, Follow and Comment along the way
* Helps improve observation and problem solving skills
* Suited also for kids: entertain them with the simplified game option with an extra set of 60 animal photos

These are the photographers that contributed to Pixol: Belinda Gregg, Binkdub, Bobondi, Danielle Lindstrom, Dan Otis, Dawn Regan, Donatella Sedda, Eugenio Igoa Etcheverry, Geri Centonze, Gianpiero Riva, Jiifta, Stephen Higgins, Alex Jiang, Hans Edvardsson, Vanessa Ray, Martin Hui, Maurizio Biagini, Merek Davis, Mia Cocoone, Noel Chenier, Osnuflaz, Trina Dopp, Martin Reisch, Laura Fontaine, Tyler Forest Hauser, Chad Littlejohn, Chiara Simonotti, Eva Schuster, Gabriel Currie, Goren Mehmet, Juha Soininen, Renee Hughes, and Volker Schumann.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.1 or greater
* 41.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
For a limited time, Pixol 1.0.1 is offered at a 50% off Launch Event sale of only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Pixol 1.0.1: http://www.redfishmood.com
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/pixol/id731109834
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHOQoeJ1160
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Press Kit (zip): http://redfishmood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Pixol_Presskit.zip

Located in Savona, Italy, indie developer Stefano Figurelli creates apps for the iOS platform. Copyright (C) 2014 Stefano Figurelli. 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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Italy
info@redfishmood.com

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Mina's Adventures - An Interactive Musical Radio Play For Children - Published on 01/22/14

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Children of four to fourteen years and their parents are welcome to download Mina's Adventures, Apps2Go's new book title for iPhone and iPad. Mina's Adventures is the world's first children's musical radio play. It supports the children's urge to see, hear and discover the imaginative world of Mina. They can make legs shake, frightened parrots lay eggs, allergic flowers sneeze, snarling dragons breathe fire and much more. The story conveys important values such as friendship, love and honesty.

Berlin, Germany - The 70-minute radio play tells the story of Mina and her friends as they make their first steps into their new lives at the enchanted musical school Cantus Magus. Here, the children will be taught to bewitch their fellow human beings with music and song. But the privilege to learn at this school has to be earned. So Mina and her new friends set out to master the difficult riddles and tests that are essential for their entry examination.

The producers of "Mina's Adventures" are two German authors and voice actors from Berlin - Jeffrey Wipprecht and Christian Zeiger. "With our app we want to present a new world of audio play to children and their parents. Children can discover the magical world of "Mina's Adventures" on their own. With the app they can make legs shake, frightened parrots lay eggs, allergic flowers sneeze, snarling dragons breathe fire and much more. The story also conveys important values such as friendship, love and honesty. There is a moral to the story."

Good news for all those children and young people who want to improve their German language skills - the app is bilingual. In the start menu you can easily choose the language that suits you best: English or German.

Development of the project:
All the texts and illustrations were developed especially for "Mina's Adventures". Well-known classical compositions such as Mozart's "A Little Night Music" and other new compositions take the children's ears on a musical adventure.

Stephie Theodora, who had her own radio show "Boogie Hour with Stephie Strumpet" on WTNR Radio Network, lends her striking voice and character to little Mina. A little, magical and yellow mobile phone, which plays an important role in the story, got its voice from talented Jonathan Tilley. Tilley has been acting in well-known musicals like "Mamma Mia!," "42nd Street" and "Cats" and was also involved in the creation of the audio book version of the New York Times' bestselling picture book "How Rocket Learned to Read."

The first manuscript of "Mina's Adventures" was drafted by Jeffrey Wipprecht in 2009 under the working title "Mina Lavina." In 2012 the story was then completed together with Christian Zeiger. The promising team then added talented app developers, audio engineers, illustrators, animators and renowned artists and composers to their team to make "Mina's Adventures" the perfect and absolutely thrilling piece of entertainment for children that it is.

Jeffrey Wipprecht (33) is member of the German association of voice actors. He worked at different radio stations and on many tv commercials. In 2011 he was involved in the production of another app called "A Better Speaker" with which you can learn to improve your language and pronunciation.

Christian Zeiger (22), also a voice actor, lends his voice to the German version of "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory". He was involved in movies like "Nanny McPhee" or "The Croods", too. Many years he spoke Freddie in nickelodeon hit series "iCarly". Besides his voice acting career he works on many productions on German stages an leads a group of youngsters to improve their acting skills.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 522 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Mina's Adventures 1.01 is offered at the special introductory price of $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category.

Apps2Go: https://www.apps2go.mobi
Mina's Adventures 1.01: http://www.minasabenteuer.de/en/
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/minas-adventures-animated/id743793994
Download Audio from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/audiobook/tree-wonders-minas-adventures/id779660885
YouTube Video (Preview): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq4Pdq03T_0
Screenshot: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/fa/37/36/fa373618-f58a-c270-fb8a-84f3f6b74c89/screen480x480.jpeg

Apps2Go develops apps for smartphones and tablets, as well as related server-based systems. The provision of an infrastructure for the publication of any content on mobile devices is one of Apps2Go's core competences. On the basis of the RichTalk Framework, developed by Apps2Go, the most varied distribution and billing scenarios can be implemented and new publishing business models can be developed. Copyright (C) 2014 Apps2Go GmbH. 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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+49 3322 4214052
Germany
info@apps2go.de

Facebook Profile: http://facebook.com/minasadventures

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Press Contact
+49 30 20089861
hoppe@publiplikator.de

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ORANGE time management - more than just another to-do app - Published on 01/22/14

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

rapidrabbit today announces ORANGE time management for iOS, which is based on the Pomodoro technique. A user divides his tasks into work units, so the usual workflow stays the same, but becomes more structured. Thanks to this app you can work efficiently on your tasks. In this way you will get your things done in favor of more leisure time. The app offers statistics, which show how many units you've completed during a day, how long it took to accomplish a unit and to finish a whole task.

Greifswald, Germany - At the beginning of a new year everybody is making plans and good resolutions just to suspend them later. Maybe it's time to tackle this problem. That's why rapidrabbit developed ORANGE time management - a productivity app, which will help you to work efficiently on your tasks, so you get more free time.

Write down your tasks in the app, set their order and let's go! You have 25 minutes to work highly concentrated and get a 5 minutes break afterwards. After four of these units you get a longer pause to relax. You can approve your progress by getting a look at already accomplished tasks in the archive or/and the statistics. The biggest advantage is, however, that you can set your own units and break duration, so it fits your own workflow.

Here is a full list of the features of ORANGE time management:
* Archive, which gives you an overview of already accomplished tasks
* Adjustable timer settings to fit your own workflow
* Statistics, which show how many units you've completed during a day, how long it took to accomplish a unit and to finish a whole task

Supported Languages:
ORANGE time management supports English, Bokml, Norwegian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish languages.

Device requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
* iOS 7.0 or higher
* 4.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
ORANGE time management 1.0.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. The Pro version is only $1.99 (or equivalent amount in other currencies). If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact us.

rapidrabbit: http://rapidrabbit.de/
ORANGE time management 1.0.1: http://rapidrabbit.com/our-apps/orange-time-management-2/
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/orange-time-management-pomodoro/id683105057
Screenshots: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bi9bgmfjz3wloou/XRWVwF56k7
App Icon: http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/c5/29/58/c52958d1-a308-b0b5-b134-c96f48a19e09/mzl.sdqycekj.175x175-75.jpg

rapidrabbit is an independent software and technology development company, founded 2007 in Greifswald, Germany. 'Keep it simple and smart' is the philosophy in developing modern web applications that are complex but still fun to use. Specializing in open source technology, like Ruby on Rails, rapidrabbit soon became a well-known developer in northeastern Germany. By advancing to the iPhone platform, rapidrabbit takes the next step in distributing its software on an international level. Copyright (C) 2007-2014 rapidrabbit. 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. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Germany
olga@rapidrabbit.com

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Front Wars - An Advance Wars like game for iOS - Published on 01/22/14

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Homemade Games today is proud to announce the release of Front Wars 1.0.44 for iOS. Front Wars is a turn-based strategy game. Take control of allied troops and revive the great battles of the second world war in a tense campaign against the German army. The two armies take turns building and commanding units on a grid-based map. The objective is to defeat the enemy army. You can challenge your friends online on Facebook, Game Center or by the passing the device.

Montreal, Canada - Homemade Games is proud to announce the release of Front Wars, a new Turn-Based Strategy game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The game is set in a world war II universe, in which you get to play the allies against axis forces during great battles over Europe. You can either play with your friends on Game Center or challenge them also using Facebook.

The two armies take turns building and commanding units on a grid-based map. The objective is to defeat the enemy army. There are two ways to defeat an opponent: destroy every one of the opponent's units on the map or capture the opponent's headquarters. The terrain on a map affects unit range of movements and the defense attribute of units stationed in that terrain. Capturing cities and enemy buildings will give the player new funding's at the beginning of each turn, with which the player can create a variety of new units (soldiers, tanks, planes, ships...) to gain power over his opponent.

The game features:
* Revive great battles of the second World War in a tense Solo Campaign
* 15 different Units : Soldiers, Tanks, Planes, Ships...
* Online Turn-based multiplayer on Game Center or Facebook
* Beautiful HD Graphics

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 48.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Front Wars 1.0.44 is $2.99 (USD) or local equivalent, IAP free and available worldwide from 22nd January exclusively for iOS through the App Store. PromoCodes are available on request.

Front Wars 1.0.44: http://www.homemade-games.com/press/sheet.php?p=frontwars
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/front-wars/id720862572
Press Kit - Zip: http://www.homemade-games.com/press/frontwars/images/images.zip
Screenshot 1: http://www.homemade-games.com/press/frontwars/images/1frontwarsscreen.png
Screenshot 2: http://www.homemade-games.com/press/frontwars/images/2frontwarsscreen.png
App Icon: http://www.homemade-games.com/press/frontwars/images/icon.png

Located in Montreal, Canada, Homemade Games was founded by Gregory Challant. Before taking to leap to indie development, he worked on various PC and Console game titles for big video game companies, and then worked at Massive Finger on a nice iOS pinball game called 'Pinball Maniacs'. His goal is to create a community around his games, where players can compete with each other and share game content. Copyright (C) 2014 Homemade Games. 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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Canada
gamesmadehome@gmail.com

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Drumagog AAX and 64-bit versions released - Published on 01/22/14

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WaveMachine Labs, Inc. has released an AAX-compatible version of Drumagog, their popular drum replacement plugin. Also released today are 64-bit VST and Audio Units versions for both Mac and PC. With these updates, Drumagog 5 is now compatible with Pro Tools 10/11, and 64-bit Digital Audio Workstations on the Mac and PC such as Logic X, Ableton Live 9, and Cubase 7. Available now in all plug-in formats and is available in three editions, Basic, Pro and Platinum.

Chicago, Illinois - WaveMachine Labs, Inc. has released an AAX-compatible version of Drumagog, their popular drum replacement plugin. Also released today are 64-bit VST and Audio Units versions for both Mac and PC. With these updates, Drumagog 5 is now compatible with Pro Tools 10/11, and 64-bit Digital Audio Workstations on the Mac and PC such as Logic X, Ableton Live 9, and Cubase 7.

Drumagog is a software plug-in which replaces acoustic drum tracks with the choice of other samples. But Drumagog also offers the "secret weapons" top mix engineers use to give hit records polish and power. It is this exclusive combination of replacement and enhancement tools that has made Drumagog the industry standard for more than a decade:

* Advanced Triggering Engine Catches All, Even Hi-hat Articulations
* Full-Wave Alignment
* Triggering, Dynamic Tracking, Stealth Mode and Auto-Ducking
* Matched Room and Overhead Samples From One Hit
* Drum-optimized Synthesizer
* Convolution Reverb (Platinum)
* Morph|Engine (Platinum)
* Plug-in Hosting (Platinum)

System Minimum Requirements:
* OSX 10.4.11 and Windows XP

Available now in all plug-in formats, this is a free update for registered Drumagog 5 users. It is available in three editions, Basic, Pro and Platinum.

Drumagog 5: http://www.drumagog.com
Download: http://www.drumagog.com/demo
Purchase: http://www.drumagog.com/features/compare-editions

For over a decade, WaveMachine Labs has created audio and music software used by professionals worldwide. Major studios and post-production facilities use their drum replacement plugin, Drumagog, on a daily basis to enhance and fix drum recordings. WaveMachine Labs also creates iOS software such as Auria, a 48-track audio recording system for iPad, as well as Voice Band and iGOG for the home musician. Based in Chicago, WaveMachine Labs strives to develop innovative audio software for both the professional and home-user alike. Copyright (C) 1999-2014 WaveMachine Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Logic, Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Ableton is a trademark of Ableton AG. Cubase and VST are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

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President
United States
rim@drumagog.com

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/WaveMachineLabs
Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/WaveMachineLabs

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Let's get on the fun battle with the crazed dogs! Crazy Dogs for iPhone - Published on 01/22/14

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Here's a kick-ass battle game where some human-looking dogs have gone crazy. GameKore today is proud to introduce Crazy Dogs 1.0 for iOS. This game has been developed by one developer for 2 years, from programing to creating the characters and all the graphics. The game follows the story of a quiet planet of dogs, thrown into chaos when attacks from alien intruders suddenly happen out of nowhere, and of Jin's long quest to find his kidnapped daughter.

London, United Kindom - Here's a kick-ass battle game where some human-looking dogs have gone crazy. GameKore today is proud to introduce Crazy Dogs 1.0 for iOS. This game has been developed by one developer for 2 years, from programing to creating the characters and all the graphics. The game follows the story of a quiet planet of dogs, thrown into chaos when attacks from alien intruders suddenly happen out of nowhere, and of Jin's long quest to find his kidnapped daughter.

Suddenly, this peaceful X-planet was attacked by unidentified creatures.
They destroyed everything the dogs loved, driving them mad.Jin's dangerous, long quest to find his kidnapped daughter. Fight off all the enemies with powerful action and customized weapons.

Game features thrilling actions with free movements:
* You can fight them with kick-ass actions like jumping, rolling, and shooting

Powerful weapons:
* Pistol, rifle, shotgun, explosive weapons, etc.
* Customize and upgrade 40 different kinds of weapons
* 90 different kind of gun accessories enhancing quality of guns

Enhancement items:
* Add 60 different kinds of defense mechanisms to incapacitate the enemies

Rescue the land of dogs:
* Save the land of dogs in 20 different maps from all the enemies. maps will be updated regularly

Battle with the enemies:
* The dogs have many enemies, each one unique....and you can fight them all!

Other features:
* Optimized best for the iPhone5,the iPad, and the Retina
* Game center support

The app is free to download to play, but you can buy items within the game.

I'd like Crazy Dogs to be played by many people. Do you think you can write a review about my game?

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* This app is optimized for iPhone 5
* 136 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Crazy Dogs 1.0 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Crazy Dogs 1.0: https://www.facebook.com/crazydogscommunity
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crazy-dogs/id647772024
YouTube Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=B6ikomKtEjo
Screenshot 1: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t31/1537586_250867268407608_38133681_o.jpg
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App Icon: https://sites.google.com/site/crazydogscommunity/_/rsrc/1383987781468/home/icon_new4_144.png

Located in Ulsan, Korea, GameKore is a mobile game develop company. Copyright (C) 2014 GameKore Co.LTD. 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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GameKore
+82 1073309305
United Kingdom
admin@gamekore.net

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/crazydogscommunity
Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/GamekoreStudio

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Time to Go Rogue - Blackguards RPG Now Available Worldwide - Published on 01/22/14

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Blackguards, the new turn-based RPG from Daedalic Entertainment, is now available worldwide for Mac and PC on Steam and GOG. Blackguards offers strategic combat and combines the studio's high standards of storytelling and unique characters with thrilling action and an elaborate 3D environment. The player takes on the role of a convicted murderer, accompanied by a group of no less dubious characters. Challenging quests lead the player through a dark story of doubt, treachery and loss.

Hamburg, Germany - Calling out to all rogues and fans of RPGs: Blackguards - the new turn-based RPG from Daedalic Entertainment is now available worldwide for Mac and PC on Steam and GOG. This final version of the game includes all new features implemented based on the feedback collected during the Early Access Program.

Players who bought Blackguards via the Steam Early Access will receive an automatic update including the final version of the game.

Leading up to the release, Blackguards proved that, with their first venture into the RPG genre, Daedalic Entertainment once again have created a gripping gaming experience.

Gamespot were keen to highlight the detail of the 180+ individually designed battlemaps: "You see it most in the heavy focus on interaction with environmental objects scattered throughout the hexagonal grids, and in its best moments, Blackguards uses them to craft more rewarding battles than we recently saw in The Banner Saga."

Blackguards' is now available for PC and Mac on Steam and GOG. The Standard Edition on Steam is available for US$39.99/ Euro39.99/ RUR699/ GBP29.99 and the Blackguards Deluxe Edition for US$ 59.99/ Euro59.99/ RUR999/ GBP44.99. The Special Edition on GOG is available for US$44.99.

About Blackguards:
Blackguards is probably one of the bleakest stories ever told in the universe of 'The Dark Eye': What if the only remaining hope of a world is not a company of virtuous heroes, but instead a bunch of outcasts and criminals? Blackguards will answer this very question. The player takes on the role of a convicted murderer, accompanied by a group of no less dubious characters. They may spare the world its grim fate, but their good deeds are neither acts of kindness nor heroism, but according to their roguish nature rather a result of their attempts to save their own hides.

Staying alive is a feat of its own, since not only the long arm of the law wants their heads, but there are also other, mysterious powers with much more sinister intentions on their trail. As if all this wasn't enough, Aventuria's south is crawling with dangerous beasts and monsters.

Blackguards is a turn-based RPG with strategic combat and combines the studio's high standards of storytelling and unique characters with thrilling action and an elaborate 3D environment. Challenging quests lead the player through a dark story of doubt, treachery and loss.

About The Dark Eye:
The Dark Eye has been Europe's most best known fantasy RPG universe since 1984. In addition to the popular pen&paper adventures the Dark Eye is the basis for a successful series of videogame adaptions. The Dark Eye is licensed under Chromatrix GmbH.

Daedalic Entertainment: http://www.daedalic.de/en
Blackguards: http://www.daedalic.de/en/game/Blackguards
Purchase and Download: http://store.steampowered.com/app/249650/
Screenshot: https://app.box.com/s/rgd1tls5d7ha5kmtigwv
Press Kit (zip): https://dl.boxcloud.com/bc/2/18cb4a782d1c522813c7bd18535c0d29/oxsr6n5bVQhyic6N7TfrMf0sVTkQUOBIH0HsZBGRDI0si84Chpt_3ZjzaZYMPOwbyyATOQjCMtuz5i34lvwOP6jpszWlLv8WEdznyZPTapEL7jhsMH-dydGXCG7uH9b3oAP7jkXgaUO2k-1Qz1gBVmHEBw0D4q0oEnYMytv70dG45z2398SxwC_u32XyFDdrq

Daedalic Entertainment is a Hamburg-based indie-studio that develops and publishes high-quality games worldwide, focusing on the projects with strong narratives. Over the last few years, Daedalic has collected 21 German Game Developer Awards (incl. "Studio of the Year 2009, 2013"), five German Computer Game Awards (incl. "Best Game 2011"), and more. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Daedalic Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. The Dark Eye is a trademark of Significant Fantasy Media Rights GbR. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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503-342-8067
United States
ted@calico-media.com

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