10/15/2014

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Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Direct Remote iPhone App Updated For iOS 8 - Published on 10/15/14

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Independent developer, David Likosar, today announces Direct Remote 1.8, an update to his popular remote control utility for iOS devices. The Direct Remote app offers a new way to control DirecTV receivers connected to your home network. The app features quick tuning using up to 65 favorites and allows control of your receiver using intuitive gestures or a more traditional touch control. The 1.8 release adds support for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Longwood, Florida - Independent developer, David Likosar, today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Direct Remote 1.8, an update to his popular remote control utility for iOS devices. Direct Remote offers a new way to control DirecTV receivers connected to your home network. The app features quick tuning using up to 65 favorite channels and allows control of your receiver using intuitive gestures or a more traditional touch control. The 1.8 release adds support for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Direct Remote is an ideal app for anyone looking for an alternative to the standard DirecTV Remote control. It has a backlit screen that enables easy control in the dark and it can control any compatible receiver on your network, even if it is in a cabinet, another room or otherwise out of sight. Setup is a breeze since properly configured receivers are automatically detected the 1st time you open the app. See notes below to check compatibility with your DirecTV system.

Features:
* Updated for iOS 8
* Control using gestures or a more traditional touch interface
* Quick tuning for up to 65 favorite channels
* Program guide for favorite channels
* Displays program information and name of the program you are watching
* Automatically discovers receivers on network
* Enables easy control in dark
* Allows control of every receiver on the network with one device
* Receiver can be hidden in a cabinet or another room
* Works with DirecTV receivers enabled for network control (see compatible models below)

*** Requires iOS 7.0 or higher.

Notes:
* Receiver must be connected to Wi-Fi network in order for this app to work. One way to check this is to push the right arrow on your remote control. If you have access to Internet connected apps, your receiver is connected to the network.

* Compatible models are HR34 (Genie), C31 (Genie Client), C41, HR20, HR21, R22, R23, HR24 and H21, H23, H24, H25 and all newer receivers. Also works with 3rd part RVU enable TV sets. You can verify your model by looking under the front panel door of your receiver.

* Controls DirecTV receiver only, will not control your TV or volume.

The new version (1.8) adds:
* Updated for iOS 8
* User selectable default control mode
* Bug fixes

Version 1.30 added:
* Updated User Interface For iOS 7
* Performance improvements
* Bug fixes

Version 1.20 added:
* Support for C31 Client receivers (Genie Clients)
* Press and hold receiver name to change receivers
* Improved auto-find of receivers
* Improved help screens
* Bug fixes

Version 1.15 added:
* Optimized for iPhone5
* Added additional buttons
* Added lock screen delay setting
* Support for entering passwords
* Bug fixes

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* 21.1 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Direct Remote 1.8 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category.

Direct Remote 1.8: http://www.likosarapps.com
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/direct-remote/id550039208
YouTube Video (Overview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQlVfBk5ns
Screenshots: http://www.likosarapps.com/#!images/c136o
App Icon: http://static.wix.com/media/c5224d_0c0f5f2b40eed4e03d497b2289acfb8f.png_srz_143_144_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_png_srz

David Likosar is an independent developer in Longwood, FL whose focus is on iOS applications development. Copyright (C) 2014 David Likosar. 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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David Likosar
Developer
United States
likosarapps@gmail.com

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Power APP releases App Store Icon Resizer for Mac OS X - Published on 10/15/14

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Power App AG today announces App Store Icon Resizer 1.0.0, its new developer tool for Mac OS X. With a single action, App Store Icon Resizer takes care of creating all sizes of app icons that are needed for every app in Apple's App Store. The app prompts the user with a window, where the basic icon with a resolution of 1024x1024 pixels can be dragged in. After choosing the devices that the icon is meant to be used for, all necessary sizes can be exported to a user defined folder.

Pfaeffikon, Switzerland - Power App AG today is proud to announce the release of App Store Icon Resizer 1.0.0, its new developer tool for Mac OS X. App Store Icon Resizer takes care of creating all sizes of app icons that are needed for every app in Apple's App Store. With the latest release of Apples SDK it became necessary to upload app icons in 15 different sizes. This was done to support different screen resolutions for the various Apple devices that are listed on the iTunes App Store and Mac App Store.

App Store Icon Resizer prompts the user with a window, where the basic icon with a resolution of 1024x1024 pixels can be dragged in. After choosing the devices that the icon is meant to be used for, all necessary sizes can be exported to a user defined folder. A checkbox allows the user to generate .xcassets. The JSON file is generated along with the icons.

"Creating all necessary icon sizes for a single app is a time consuming process itself, even without xcassets and JSON. We figured that it would be much less boring if that process could be automatized, saving time and nerves. We created this app to make our own life easier by eliminating a process that is both time consuming and boring. Everybody who ever had to do a task that takes time and is boring at the same time will surely agree that this is a terrible combination." as Christian Schaffner is pointing out their motivation to create the App Store Icon Resizer and make it available in the App Store.

System Requirements:
* OS X 10.7 or later
* 64-bit processor
* 0.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
App Store Icon Resizer 1.0.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Developer Tools category.

Power App: http://www.powerapp.ch
App Store Icon Resizer 1.0.0: http://powerapp.ch/product/app-store-icon-resizer-iphone-ipad-mac-apps/
Purchase and Download (MAS): https://itunes.apple.com/app/app-store-icon-resizer/id922236711?l=de&ls=1&mt=12
Screenshot: http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/7f/fe/58/7ffe5865-10c0-3ae9-6ef7-1862e2f2c31a/screen800x500.jpeg
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Based in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, Power App AG is an independent company founded in 2010 by Christian Schaffner. Power App's main focus is developing powerful, versatile applications for the Mac and iOS platforms. Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Power App GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, 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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Christian Schaffner
GM
++41 78 771 64 44
Switzerland
info@powerapp.eu

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/Powerphoneapps
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/powerappgmbh

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OneReader: Inbox Zero for Your News - optimized for iOS8 - Published on 10/15/14

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Paris based Information Addicts today announces OneReader 1.6, an update to the popular news reader for iOS that combines the efficiency of the traditional RSS readers with the various ways in which we receive the news today. OneReader aggregates RSS feeds and articles from social networks in an efficient interface that makes it easy to breeze through a large amount of content. Version 1.6 is optimized for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and for iOS 8.

Paris, France - Information Addicts today is proud to announce the release of OneReader 1.6, an iPhone and iPad app that enables you to receive news items from across all of your favorite news and social networking platforms (RSS feeds, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more) in one place. OneReader is now optimized for iOS 8, allowing to share articles with any app that provides a share extension and integrating with 1Password to avoid typing passwords manually. The screen resolution of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are also now supported.

OneReader is focused on efficiency and allows you to quickly scan the news whatever its origin and decide what you want to read, share, store... or skip. This makes it the ideal news reader for those who value the ability to select their sources and make their own decisions on which articles will be of interest to them.

"For someone who is constantly looking to discover new content, this app is pure genius. [...] It truly is the only aggregator you will ever need." - All Things Apple
"Rely on this app for your news." - appPicker

With OneReader:
* You are in complete control of your news sources: your favorite web sites through RSS feeds and your contacts on social networks
* OneReader turns your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and App.net timelines into a stream of articles, presented with their title and an excerpt
* Your friends' and contacts' posts become comments to the articles and you can reply, favorite or like directly from the app
* You can keep track of what you have read: you receive each article only once, even if it is shared across multiple sources
* You enjoy many options for sharing and storing articles (Twitter, Facebook, Evernote, Pocket, Instapaper, create task in Omnifocus or Things, etc.) and all apps that provide a share extension on iOS 8.
* You can read your news on any of your devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) with full synchronization

OneReader aims to make it easy to deal with information delivered as streams. Future versions will include additional sources, more sharing and storage service options as well as an even more streamlined interface. In future versions, additional features are planned to assist with managing very large streams.

Language Support:
* English and French

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* Universal Application
* 11.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
OneReader 1.6 is $3.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the News category.

Information Addicts: http://www.information-addicts.com/
OneReader 1.6: http://www.information-addicts.com/onereader/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id880565114
Media Assets: http://information-addicts.com/press/en/OneReader.html

Located in Paris, France, Information Addicts is the one-person company of David Bonnefoy. Information Addicts develops mobile applications that make it easy to deal with the large amount of information we receive every day. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Information Addicts. 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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David Bonnefoy
Owner
France
david.bonnefoy@information-addicts.com

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