11/13/2014

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Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:00 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Improve your ability to Multitask with Source Point - Free Mobile Game - Published on 11/13/14

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OrionArts today introduces Source Point 1.0, its new game title for iOS and Android devices. Test and train your spatial awareness and multitasking ability with this free-to-play mobile game. Just rotate an 8-section color-wheel and catch balls with the matching color. The game requires finesse to time the turning of the colored wheel and also keep up with the increasing number of colored balls. It is deceptively simple but you'll be amazed at difficult it can be.

Singapore - How fast can your brain switch between tasks and how long can it focus, when constantly forced to make split second decisions? Find out by picking up "Source Point," a deceptively simple mobile game from OrionArts. Rotate an 8-section color-wheel to catch balls of the matching color which is being projected from the center of the wheel and see how long you can keep up.

According to Earl Miller, a neuroscientist, humans simply cannot focus on more than one thing at a time. Often mistaken as an ability to "multitask," what the brain actually does instead is to simply switch its focus at an astonishing speed.

Featuring original game play, in Source Point you will discover just how well you can "multitask" and switch your focus between steering the wheel and keeping track of which ball comes first. You'll also find out more about your spatial awareness; how well you can perceive speed and distances through this game?

The game also requires finesse to time the turning of the colored wheel and also keep up with the increasing number of colored balls screaming for attention. Being just "fast" is not going to cut it, and whatever it is, try not to drop the ball. If, unfortunately, your thinking gears are not switching fast enough, this game may also help to up your ability to prioritize and synchronize actions to what the brain is thinking and what the eyes are seeing.

Source Point is a game for the brain-age fanatics, or casual gamers who want to exercise their brains and reflex. Play with only one finger. Kill time and do some good for your brain while commuting.

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

Pricing and Availability:
Source Point 1.0 is Free and available worldwide through the App Store in the Games category. There is also an Android version available on Google Play. For more information about our games, visit OrionArts online.

OrionArts: http://orionarts.sg/
Source Point 1.0: https://itunes.apple.com/app/source-point/id743783970
Download from Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sg.orionarts.source.point
Screenshot 1: http://orionarts.sg/source-point/source_point_01.png
Screenshot 2: http://orionarts.sg/source-point/source_point_02.png
App Icon: http://orionarts.sg/source-point/source_point_icon.png

Based in Sunny Singapore, OrionArts is an indie mobile-game studio established in 2011, with a focus on creating games for the mobile platform. Copyright (C) 2011-2014 OrionArts Studio. 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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Siang Leng Koh
Producer
+65 6535 3551
Singapore
siangleng@orionarts.sg

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/OrionArts
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/OrionArtsStudio

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Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:00 am (PST) . Posted by:

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Balefire Labs Honors KiiiZ as Top-Rated Educational App - Published on 11/13/14

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Joranne Reysz today announced that KiiiZ was recognized as a Top Rated app in Balefire Labs' recent rating of educational apps. KiiiZ allows anyone to learn to read musical notes in several clefs by the means of arcade gameplay. Players must find the name of the keys displayed on screen while making as few mistakes as possible and be the quickest to get maximum points. KiiiZ Tiny Music Robots' rating places it amongst the top 10% of over 1,900 educational apps reviewed to date by Balefire Labs.

Montreal, Canada - Joranne Reysz, is pleased to announce that KiiiZ was recognized as a Top Rated app in Balefire Labs' recent rating of educational apps. KiiiZ is a game that allows everyone to learn or revise how to read musical notes in several clefs by the means of an arcade gameplay while having fun. Joranne Reysz developed this app to bring to everyone a fun and challenging way to learn to read musical notes. Musical notes reading is known to be hard and difficult, KiiiZ makes it easy and fun.

With over 150,000 education apps in the Apple and Google app stores, it is difficult for educators and parents to differentiate among the apps because the descriptions and reviews provide little insight on the apps instructional quality. Balefire Labs' online service for parents and educators provides objective evaluations on PreK-12 educational apps based on scientifically validated criteria. KiiiZ Tiny Music Robots rating places it amongst the top 10% of over 1,900 educational apps reviewed to date by Balefire Labs.

During the review process, apps are evaluated based on several criteria: instructional design, such as providing feedback for correct answers and mastery-based instruction; usability design, such as reporting with actionable data and utilizing age-appropriate reading level; and additional data, such as whether the app has push notifications or links to social media.

"Balefire Labs is built solely upon our commitment to enhancing children's education, and we are pleased to see apps like KiiiZ Tiny Music Robots satisfy our rating criteria," said Karen L. Mahon, Ed.D., president and founder, Balefire Labs, Inc. "Our rating process makes it easier for parents and teachers to choose credible apps because it provides objective reviews based on a scientifically-validated evaluation criteria."

About Balefire Labs, Inc.
Based in Tyngsborough, Mass., Balefire Labs, Inc. is a provider of tools and services that foster the advancement of childrens' learning. Launched in 2013, the new online service provides parents and teachers objective evaluations on PreK-12 educational apps based on scientifically validated criteria, so they are confident they are choosing products that are most beneficial for their children. It is the only service available that uses objective criteria and makes its evaluation process transparent to parents and teachers so they have peace of mind. To ensure all evaluations are unbiased, Balefire Labs, Inc. accepts no advertising dollars or third-party vendor payments for review.

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

Pricing and Availability:
KiiiZ : Tiny Music Robots 1.1.4 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). KiiiZ : Tiny Music Robots Lite (v1.0.2) is also available for free. Both are available worldwide through the App Store in the Games and Education categories.

KiiiZ : Tiny Music Robots: http://www.fenschvalleygames.com/
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id887183490
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/kiiiz-tiny-music-robots-lite/id915204004
Balefire Labs Review: http://www.balefirelabs.com/apps/?p=31382
Screenshot: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple1/v4/3c/18/f1/3c18f149-999a-1f5a-669d-1e505be1230b/screen480x480.jpeg
Press Kit (zip): http://files.fenschvalleygames.com/kiiiz_art.zip

Located in Montreal, Canada, Joranne Reysz is an independent game developer. All Material and Software (C) 2014 Joranne Reysz / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Joranne Reysz
Indie Game Developer
Canada
media@fenschvalleygames.com

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

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Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:01 am (PST) . Posted by:

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The Splice.sr Show-and-Tell iPad app is a 2014 Tabby Awrads Winner - Published on 11/13/14

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Splice.sr from DocuBuzz is the winner of the 2014 Tabby Awards competition (iPad Education & Training category). Splice.sr is a digital show and tell app that enables users to compose and share their ideas quickly and precisely. Splice.sr lets the user splice together any content while recording a voice-over narrative. The recorded Splice can then be shared and replayed in any web browser on any device. Splice.sr can be used to teach, pitch or explain anything to anyone from anywhere.

Singapore - The Splice.sr iPad app from DocuBuzz has been selected as the winner of the Education and Training category in the 2014 Tabby Awards (Business) competition. Splice.sr is a digital show and tell solution that enables users to compose and share their ideas quickly and precisely. Splice.sr lets users teach, pitch or explain anything to anyone from anywhere.

With Splice.sr, the user can easily splice together content from any source while recording a voice-over narrative. She can also markup the content for emphasis and use an integrated flip-chart to illustrate concepts. Once her thoughts have been captured, the user simply publishes the Splice and shares its link, or posts it to popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Her targeted audience can then play back the Splice at anytime through the web browser on any device.

Teachers and trainers can use Splice.sr to quickly create compelling audio-visual tutorials from their iPads. Students can then replay and interact with these lessons through any web-enabled device they have on hand. Splice.sr is ideal for producing bite-sized learning content that can be easily consumed through modern mobile devices. Such smaller chunks of just-in-time content have been shown to greatly increase the rate of learning and knowledge transfer when compared to traditional long-form courses. Splice.sr thus enables teachers to fully leverage their training collateral and engage their students more effectively, making it an invaluable addition to any educator's toolbox.

The Tabby Awards / Business competition is the only global awards program to recognize the best business and productivity apps for tablet devices. Splice.sr was selected as a winner in this year's competition by an international panel of 20 independent judges, who reviewed over 130 apps from all over the world. The 2014 judging panel was chaired by Alex Bratton, author of Billion Dollar Apps and CEO and Chief Geek of Lextech Global Services, and co-chaired by Jeff Klaumann, former Head of Samsung Apps US. DocuBuzz joins a winner's list that includes well known companies such as Adobe and Autodesk as well as upcoming mobile developers like Docusign and iQuest.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 7.0 or later
* 8.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Splice.sr 1.3 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.

Splice.sr 1.3: http://www.splice.sr
Use-case Description: http://www.splice.sr/case_studies/teach.html
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id891919787
Media Assets: http://www.docubuzz.com/press/splicesr

DocuBuzz is a Singapore-based startup that is focussed on developing mobile, content-centred collaboration solutions. DocuBuzz is a graduate of the Founder's Institute incubation program and is backed by seed funding from FocusTech Ventures and Crystal Horse Investments. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 DocuBuzz Pte Ltd. 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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John Phillip
Founder and CEO
65-6610-7155
Singapore
john@docubuzz.com

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/DocuBuzz
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/docubuzz
Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/docubuzz

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Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:15 am (PST) . Posted by:

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A Better Finder Attributes 5.28 adopts fresh look for Mac OS X Yosemite - Published on 11/13/14

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publicspace.net has announced A Better Finder Attributes 5.28 for Mac OS X. The product is used by many professional and hobby photographers for correcting photo shooting date information and has long been known to post-production and digital media producers for its ability to change Finder attributes, such as file creation and modification dates, hidden flags, labels and more. The new version features a major user interface refresh for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - publicspace.net has announced the release of A Better Finder Attributes 5.28. The new version features a fresh, "flatter" look to bring it into line with the new Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite aestetics. A Better Finder Attributes has long been known to post-production and digital media producers for its ability to change Finder attributes, such as file creation and modification dates, hidden flags, labels and legacy creator and type codes. Its ability of visualizing and removing hidden files has also been much appreciated by practitioners in those domains.

Recent releases have brought it to a larger audience of digital photography amateurs and professionals by adding the ability to batch adjust the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) time and date that JPEG pictures were shot to compensate for time zone errors or incorrectly set camera clocks.

Digital photographers also frequently leverage its ability to set the creation and modification dates of digital photo files to their actual shooting date to obtain proper chronological sorting in the Finder. Furthermore, professional photographers who use multiple cameras to cover the same event use A Better Finder Attributes to compensate for discrepancies in the internal clocks of their cameras.

A Better Finder Attributes can be used as a stand-alone application or straight from the Finder using either the contextual menu or a hot key. It can be integrated into existing workflows by creating droplets which automatically apply their stored settings. A Better Finder Attributes supports reading time stamps from a wide range of RAW camera formats (including Canon, Nikon, Olympus, DNG and many others) and can write EXIF timestamps in JPEG, CR2, NEF, ARF, CRW & CIFF image files.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later

Pricing and Availability:
A Better Finder Attributes remains priced at $14.95 (USD). Family, Business and Enterprise Licensing is available. The product is also available from the Mac App Store under the name "File MultiTool 5."

publicspace: http://www.publicspace.net/
A Better Finder Attributes 5.28: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderAttributes/
Direct Download (dmg): http://www.publicspace.net/download/ABFAX.dmg
Purchase: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderAttributes/order.html
Video Demo: http://www.publicspace.net/movies/abfa5/abfa.mov
Screenshot: http://www.publicspace.net/images/abfa5/top_tile.jpg

publicspace was founded by Frank Reiff in 1996 with the aim of producing affordable best-of-breed software for the Macintosh. In the past decade, our A Better Finder series of file utilities and our MacBreakZ personal ergonomic assistant have become familiar fixtures of the Macintosh community. publicspace is also produces "The Big Mean Folder Machine" and Vitamin-R. Copyright (C) 1996-2014 publicspace. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Frank Reiff
Owner/Founder
Luxembourg
reiff@publicspace.net

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