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Wilmington, North Carolina – EXPOGO, Inc. the developer of the first clay target “Digital Scorecard” for the iPhone and iPod touch announced today that ClayTracker has been chosen for the second time by Apple to be featured on the App Store. Version 2.0 was recently released and now includes scoring for American, English and International/Olympic Skeet.

“ClayTracker has received great reviews from shooters worldwide, and It was great to see it featured again so soon.” said Tom Carter, president of EXPOGO Displays & Graphics, the company that created the program. “It was added to the “What’s Hot” list in December, so it is an honor to see it chosen again since there are now over 150,000 apps on the App Store.”

ClayTracker simplifies scoring of shotgun sports by eliminating the need for pencils, scorecards, and adding totaling scores after the round. Shooters can instantly view their totals and standings, then begin scoring another round with the touch of a button. ClayTracker combines multiple round totals, tracks shooter rotation and also prompts the “Option” shot upon scoring the first “lost bird” in American and English Skeet.

Claytracker 2.0 Features:
* Scoring for American, English & Olympic Skeet
* Sporting Clays scoring for up to nine shooters
* Automatic prompts for “Option” shot in Skeet
* Tracks shooting history for all shots on every station
* Touch-screen scoring with animated “Hit/Miss” buttons
* Review previous rounds on a per shot basis
* Scorecards, totals and percentages stored in history
* Google Maps and one-touch dialing for favorite clubs
* Links to NSSA, CPSA, ISSA and NSCA Rule Books

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 9.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
ClayTracker 2.0.2 is $19.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category.

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EXPOGO Displays & Graphics is a trade show display and product design company located in Wilmington, NC. Copyright (C) 2010 EXPOGO Displays & Graphics. All Rights Reserved. ClayTracker is a registered trademark of EXPOGO Displays & Graphics, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Woodbine, MD – Today’s gardener can now research garden plants with GardenPilot from 10-20 Media, a powerful plant search tool on the web and on the iPhone. GardenPilot features over 12,000 beautifully illustrated ‘plant information pages’ to help the consumer cultivate success in the garden and landscape. GardenPilot allows the user to research plants by category, by branded collection, by a number of relevant characteristics, and then search for retailers that sell the plants locally.

Today’s release of GardenPilot and Version 2.0 of the iPhone app feature branded collections such as Proven Winners, Hort Couture, Plants That Work, All America Selection Winners, Knock Out Roses, Southern Living Collection, Easy Elegance Rose Collection, Gardener’s Confidence Collection, Anthony Tesselaar Collection, Tropicanna Tropicals, Flower Carpet Roses, Terra Nova Nurseries Collection, Savvy Succulents and many more outstanding plant collections.

10-20 Media’s CEO, Steve Cissel, notes this moment in time for the consumer: “Never before has the consumer had such a powerful garden resource at their fingertips. This will help the novice and the professional fulfill their inherent desire to be in the garden.”

Become a Facebook GardenPilot Fan to see what GardenPilot has to offer. The GardenPilot marketplace ‘Navigator’ is the plant search web app developed to mirror the iPhone app. Here you will also find the link to GardenPilot on the App Store.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later
* 0.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GardenPilot 2.0 is $2.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

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10-20 Media, Inc. has green thumbs and tech fingers – helping America tend the garden. Copyright (C) 2010 10-20 Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Moscow, Russia – SQUAD today is proudly announcing the new redesigned version of SalatTime 1.3, an indispensable app for every Muslim featuring Islamic prayer time list with automatic notifications, Calendar and Compass. This app is designed for people who want to have a push notifications assistant as well as Athan alarms always at their disposal. When the application is launched it sends prayer push alerts according to the exact prayer times specified on the list.

Prayer time is calculated automatically by the application depending on your current location. The Islamic Calendar, or Hijri, indicates the important events in many Muslim countries as well as Muslim holy days and festivals. Comprehensive descriptions of each particular holy day of the Islamic calendar can be viewed by tapping on a particular date. Another feature, the Compass, which is available in iPhone 3GS is designed to show the right direction of the Qiblah. A simple, yet very convenient solution that serves users wherever they are.

The new version incorporates performance improvements so it runs more smoothly on any previous gen iPhone or iPod touch. It also comes with multilanguage support (Arabic, English, French, Russian, Persian) to provide a better user experience for people in different countries. The interface itself went through major upgrades and fixes and now has a handy layout and is easy to use.

“This app is conceived to deliver a great experience right on the go. We love assisting people with everyday issues by means of refined software and we are even more excited about this application because it’s going to be a companion absolutely everywhere. Keeping track of the exact prayer time has never been that easy!” said Ruslan Perminov, the CEO of SQUAD.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 4.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
SalatTime 1.3 is $1.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category.

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The SQUAD Company was founded in August of 2009 providing award-winning security, network and app development services for its customers. Inspired by App Store success they decided to come up the stage and focus on iPhone applications development with the introduction of puzzle games. SalatTime is considered to be one of the most successful applications. Copyright (C) 2009-2010 SQUAD. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Cumberland, Rhode Island – Sustainable Softworks today is pleased to announce the availability of Phone Amego 1.1.13. Phone Amego makes using your phone easier when you are near your computer by providing on-screen caller ID, letting you click to dial a phone number from your Address Book or on your screen, and optionally dialing through Google Voice. This release offers several user interface improvements including minimizing an active call window to the Dock, an option to translate mnemonics (letters in phone numbers), and remotely dialing a landline phone attached to another computer running Phone Amego sharing.

Phone Amego makes it easy to enjoy the benefits of telephone integration: (1) Know who is calling before you reach for your phone; (2) Dial with ease when the number you want to call is already on your computer; and (3) Log calls, update contacts, or take a message with just a few clicks. Phone Amego works with all kinds of phones including Bluetooth cell phones, landline phones connected via USB modem, and VoIP services accessed through a Linksys/Sipura telephone adaptor. Phone Amego finds compatible modems or VoIP adaptors automatically to make configuration a snap.

“Phone Amego is a wonderful convenience that’s simple yet surprisingly flexible” said Peter Sichel, Chief Engineer of Sustainable Softworks. “Your Mac is already a hub for other digital devices. Why not use it with your phones?” Using the Google Voice feature, the software can easily pay for itself (free nationwide long distance, low international rates, and free SMS to multiple recipients).

System Requirements:
Phone Amego runs on Mac OS X 10.5 or later (32/64-bit Universal), and works with one or more of the following:
* A Google Voice account, or
* A compatible Bluetooth cell phone, or
* A landline phone connected through a compatible USB modem and caller ID service, or
* A VoIP phone connected through a Linksys/Sipura VoIP telephone adaptor.

Pricing and Availability:
Phone Amego 1.1.13 can be purchased from the Sustainable Softworks online web store for $20 (USD). A fully functional 21-day trial version is available for immediate download.

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Located in Cumberland RI, Sustainable Softworks is a Macintosh software developer inspired by building tools to make technology more accessible and improve the Mac user experience. The company was founded in 1996 by Peter Sichel to build a software IP router for the Mac, and was instrumental in ushering in the era of reliable network connectivity and Internet sharing with IPNetRouter (NAT router), IPNetMonitor (network diagnostic toolkit), and IPNetTuner (TCP/IP tuner for improving network performance and compatibility). IPNetRouter received a 1999 Macworld Editor’s Choice Award for Best Network Utility and was licensed to Apple Computer as part of the original AirPort Software Base Station. Copyright (C) 1996-2010 Sustainable Softworks. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Kiev, Ukraine – Innerplays today is pleased to introduce Star Cargo 3000 v1.0, an innovative space combat game for iPhone and iPod touch. The player is captain of a giant cargo vessel parked in orbit above an unstable mining planet. The goal is to successfully transport 10 modular cargo containers up to the ship, before it is destroyed by debris ejected into space or insurgent weapons. The game includes 3 planets, 12 different lethal projectiles, 45 levels and Openfeint connectivity.

A long spacecraft, reminiscent of 2001’s Discovery One, is in parking orbit above an unstable planet. Mining equipment is being evacuated in large cargo containers which attach directly to the exoskeleton of the giant cargo vessel. But at the same time the containers are propelled upward to the ship, there are violent seismic events on the planet’s surface throwing up dangerous debris endangering the vessel. There may even be weapons fired at the spacecraft from somewhere on the planet. The player must use the touch-screen to zap incoming projectiles until all 10 containers are loaded.

Feature Highlights:
* Dynamic touch-screen interface intercepts quickly moving projectiles
* Sound effects accompany shots, hits and collisions
* 3 planets, 45 levels, 12 lethal projectiles
* Openfeint connectivity including Leaderboard and Achievements
* Complete scoring with targets, hits, misses and percentages
* Smooth, responsive graphics which react immediately to touch screen

The app allows 2-person play, which may be needed at higher levels. Complete scoring includes projectiles, shots and percentages. Included is Openfeint connectivity for scores posting, Leaderboard and Achievements. “This game was an incredible challenge and our testers complained about this. Their hands were burning after long sessions. So we had to slightly reduce the complexity.”, commented Innerplays Founder, Alexey Mosesov. “As you get more and more cargo containers into the ship the fear of getting hit becomes greater and greater.”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.2.1 or later
* 11.1 MB Storage

Pricing and Availability:
Star Cargo 3000 1.0 v is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Review copies are available upon request.

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Located in Kiev, Ukraine Innerplays is a privately held company founded in 2006 by Alexey Mosesov. Originally a developer of games on the PC, in 2008 Maxim Shishov joined the company and focus shifted to games for the iPhone OS. Their goal is to creative innovative games that succeed on their own merit, using no advertising. Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Innerplays. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Princeton, NJ – The latest updates to ALK Technologies’ award-winning CoPilot Live iPhone GPS navigation apps have been approved by Apple and are now available from the App Store. The full-featured GPS navigation apps now include improved guidance at complex intersections, Facebook status updates, free local search, and the latest maps of North America.

The updated apps are CoPilot Live Directions, a free app that offers a 30-day trial of the full GPS navigation service that includes premium features such as voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions, 3D map displays, and lifetime use of the basic GPS navigation service. The lifetime-use CoPilot Live North America app has also been updated and is now available for a new, lower price of $29.99. New features and benefits in the latest app updates include:

* Updated US and Canada street maps and Points-Of-Interest. More than 15,000 miles of roads have been added, 73 completely updated counties and hundreds of map improvements submitted by the CoPilot Live User Community and verified by CoPilot Live.

* Live Local Search as Standard CoPilot Live now includes integrated local internet search, making it easy to find the nearest product, service, brand, store or just about anything you need. Simply key-in whatever you’re looking for and be guided straight there.

* Facebook Status Updates Now you can share your journey directly with your Facebook friends, including where you are, where you are going and even what music you are listening to on the way.

* Improved Guidance with Lane Assist & ClearTurn(TM) CoPilot Live makes it easier than ever to see where to go at complex intersections. Lane Assist shows exactly which lane to be in, while ClearTurn provides a more realistic display of upcoming highway exits and junctions.

* Adjustable Music Volume Settings. Now you can choose to mute or lower music volume automatically while receiving a voice instruction, which is one of the most frequently requested features by CoPilot Live iPhone customers.

“We are constantly working to develop new and innovative features for CoPilot Live, and many are in response to valuable customer feedback,” said Michael Kornhauser, Managing Director of ALK Technologies. This latest update adds some great new guidance features, while expanding CoPilot’s Live connected services. Now it’s easy to share your location with your Facebook friends and access useful real-time information through local search without having to leave your navigation app.”

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 1.31 GB

Pricing and Availability:
CoPilot Live 8.0.0.651 for iPhone is $29.99 (USD) and available through the App Store in the Navigation category.

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ALK Technologies has been developing innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions since 1979. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit them online. You can also follow CoPilot Live online: Twitter, CoPilot Live blog, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. Copyright (C) 2010 ALK Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Suffolk, United Kingdom – iWebTemplate today is pleased to announce the addition of a FREE iWeb themes and templates section, to be used with Apple’s iWeb Website building application. iWeb Free Themes includes seven great themes: Sky, Picture, Church, Joy, Love, Billiard and Cat. Each iWeb free theme can be used as the basis for a great new website. Each iWeb template incorporates a number of different graphic elements which can be easily removed, moved and changed in size, opacity or color.

iWeb Free Themes can be easily customized so iWeb users don’t have to worry about the design. Each iWeb Free theme incorporates a number of different graphic elements which can be easily removed, moved and changed in size, opacity or color. Some of the themes incorporate endless backgrounds, therefore websites can be filled with different amounts of information.

iWeb Free themes allow the users to duplicate the pages as many times as they need to build up a great looking quality website. iWebTemplate’s iWeb Themes collection enables iWeb users to choose the perfect theme design for any type of website.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
* iWeb 2.0 (iLife 08) or iWeb 3.0 (iLife 09)

Pricing and Availability:
FREE – Available immediately at the iWebTemplate.com website.

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iWebTemplate offers iWeb Templates and standard website templates, flash templates and other products that can be used as a basis for fast and high-quality website. Website templates, flash templates and all other products are completely customizable and ready for immediate download. Copyright 2010 iWebTemplate. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and iWeb are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Atlanta, Georgia – Obecnie today is pleased to announce the release of oBemo 2.0.1, the iPhone note taking app that stores your notes, photos and locations in one place. An elegant interface provides the ability to view and add notes without layers of navigation. Comparison shoppers can use it to take pictures of price tags and map the store location. Photographers can easily note shooting locations with a map and a snapshot.

At the $2.99 price point, oBemo offers an impressive list of features. oBemo integrates with Google Maps to share locations or get turn by turn directions. Movable pin markers on the maps let users fine tune locations when the GPS isn’t as accurate as you’d prefer.

Password protection can be enabled to keep notes from prying eyes. You can easily compose an email pre-populated with your notes. Photos can be added to your notes from the camera or from the photo album. Add your photos to the photo album so you can upload and share them. Data detection highlights web links, emails and phone numbers. Tapping on the highlighted text launches the appropriate app. Users can cut, copy and paste notes. oBemo offers full landscape and portrait support.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.3 or later
* 1.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
oBemo 2.0.1 is only $2.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category.

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Obecnie develops hand crafted apps for the iPhone. We are based in Atlanta, GA. Copyright 2009-2010 Obecnie. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Amstelveen, the Netherlands – Tuparev Technologies today is pleased to introduce Plants 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The Plants application consists of a photo reference guide to plants, and a plant maintenance scheduler. Using its simple, stylish interface, the user can easily provide all her plants at multiple locations with individualized care. Watering, re-potting and fertilizing are now done efficiently, correctly and on time.

The opening screen is a 3D bulletin board entitled “Tasks”. The “Tasks” screen displays icons for watering, re-potting and fertilizing. A number appears on each icon indicating the number of plants requiring that type of care each day. Selecting the appropriate icon brings up the corresponding schedule. Plants are listed by location, and each has its name, photo and date of next scheduled action.

Cards on the bottom of the board enable navigation to “My Plants” or “Green Spots”. Selecting “My Plants” brings up another bulletin board where plants from all locations are listed by name, by location, by action, or by the date of the next task. Selecting a plant opens the reference library where complete information is given regarding the plant’s maintenance requirements, species, etc.

Navigating to “Green Spots”, push-pin plastic icons on the bulletin board represent the various locations where plants are being taken care of (i.e. My Apartment, My Office, Mom’s House). Cards on the bottom of the board enable navigation to “Tasks” or “My Plants”. “Having beautiful plants in our environment can have such a positive effect on us. Using Plants, it’s easy to give them the care and attention they deserve.”, commented CEO Georg Tuparev.

Feature Highlights:
* Give Your Plants the Individualized Care They Need
* Manage Plant Care at Many Different Locations
* Easy to Use Plant Maintenance Scheduler
* Keep Track of Which Plants Need Watering, Fertilizing or Re-Potting
* Stylish, Imaginative Graphical User Interface
* Authoritative Library with Photos and Information on Hundreds of Plants
* Learn the Latin Name For Every Species of Plant You Own

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* OS 3.1.2 or later
* 9.2 MB Storage

Pricing and Availability:
Plants 1.0 is available at the special introductory price of $2.99 (USD) from the App Store in the Lifestyle and Reference categories. Review copies are available upon request.

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Based in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, and with offices in Sofia, Bulgaria, Tuparev Technologies focuses on software development for specialized financial and business services, research projects in the fields of astronomy and renewable energies, and iPhone and Mac OS X applications. Founded in 1999 by owner and CEO Georg Tuparev, it employs approximately 20 people. The company collaborates with Wrinkly Pea Design, a one-man design studio in the Netherlands, which specializes in the design of GUIs and icons for Mac and iPhone applications. Copyright (C) 2010 Tuparev Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Miami, FL – Dynadel today is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the original “Ovulation Calendar” for iPhone and iPod touch. The Ovulation Calendar application helps you determine your fertile days of the month, so you can either achieve or avoid pregnancy. It also maintains a list of your symptoms during the cycle, your BBT chart and your weight chart among other features.

The calendar is based on the date of your periods to predict future ovulation and menstrual cycles. Using the Shettles methods it can help you get pregnant and even estimate the gender of your baby. If you don’t want to get pregnant it could also be used to mark the days you should abstain from intercourse to avoid a pregnancy.

Feature Highlights:
* Password protection
* Consistency checking
* Auto filling for missing periods
* Cervical Fluid tracking
* Ovulation day computation
* BBT charting
* Weight charting
* Optimized predictions engine
* Exportable reports
* Gender prediction

The new version is a total rewrite of the original application. Redesigned to completely accommodate the most requested features from customers all over the world. A lot of new features and improvements are included, a remarkable addition is a new prediction engine, more precise and faster. Also a new consistency checking algorithm will prevent and help you add missing periods from previous months.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 0.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Ovulation Calendar 4.0 is $4.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Healthcare & Fitness category.

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Dynadel is located in Miami producing exclusively iPhone applications since June 2007 and PC and Mac software since 1986. Copyright (c) 1986-2010 by Dynadel. All rights reserved. Apple, Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina – With no development experience under his belt, illustrator Kyle T. Webster defeated the odds by landing his first iPhone game in the top 50 paid apps list last week. He credits a simple idea that is suitable for all ages and language independent, as well as the proven marketing power of social media, for the game’s sudden jump into the top 50. By Wednesday of last week, the game arrived at position number 5 behind the classic puzzle favorite, Tetris.

With little to no money to spare for marketing, Twitter, Facebook, and numerous blogs were Mr. Webster’s weapons of choice in getting the word out about the game. Thanks to the snowball effect that can happen with social media, along with early positive reviews for the game, an editor at Apple made the decision to feature the game on the homepage of the App store. Once this happened, “…things exploded,” said Webster.

App review sites like Appsmile, AppModo, AppChatter, and TouchGen were also instrumental in pushing the game higher in the rankings thanks to very positive reviews and feature stories. MacWorld UK also provided greater exposure for Webster and ‘White Lines’ with a review and an interview.

‘White Lines’ is a deceptively simple memory game that asks players to redraw increasingly complex sequences of lines that appear on screen. Webster got the idea for the game while brushing his teeth. The sound of the brushing made him think of a paintbrush dragging along textured paper over and over again in quick strokes, drawing patterns of random lines. He took this idea to the drafting table and quickly laid out the design of White Lines, which stands out from other iPhone games with its black and white minimalism and ‘Swiss’ graphic design.

Peer Assembly, a development team in Ireland helped Webster finish the game. The entire process of testing the various builds of the app and communicating with Webster was handled via Skype and email. Webster is now designing a new version of the game with some different twists that will be released for Apple’s much anticipated new device, the iPad. He is also designing two other games for the iPhone and hopes to have them in development by mid-April.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 3.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
White Lines 1.1 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Big Mouse Media and Kyle T. Webster, Inc. are owned and operated by illustrator and designer, Kyle T. Webster. Over the past decade, Kyle has created illustrations and visual identities for clients like The New Yorker, NY Times, Entertainment Weekly, BusinessWeek, Time Magazine, Nike, Hanes, and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. White Lines is the company’s first iPhone game. Copyright (C) 2010 Kyle T. Webster, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Barcelona, Spain – Ivanovich Games today is pleased to announce the release of iDaze 9000 v1.2, an update to their hilarious audio feedback application for iPhone and iPod touch devices. iDaze 9000 uses advanced digital audio algorithms to create a gap between speaking, and then hearing it. Known as Delayed Audio Feedback, this effect can be so confusing that the speaker becomes dazed. iDaze 9000 will create waves of laughter as a friend attempts to recite the multiplication tables while his speech is reduced to gibberish.

When we speak, we expect to immediately hear what we have said. A sensitive feedback loop continually adjusts our speech based on what we hear. Interfere with this loop, and the ability to speak normally breaks down. iDaze 9000 uses advanced digital audio algorithms to create a gap between speaking, and then hearing it. This effect, known as Delayed Audio Feedback, can be so confusing that the speaker becomes dazed.

The idea for iDaze 9000 came from a Top Spanish TV daily show called “El Hormiguero” (The Nest), where they use a delayed audio feedback device called “the Idiotizer” in interviews with well known people. The amount of delay and the number of repetitions is fully adjustable, and iDaze 9000 can also be used to make people sound like cartoon characters. Challenge your friends with tongue-twisters, and reading a page from a book in less than a minute.

Feature Highlights:
* Leave your friends in a daze after they try iDaze 9000
* Delayed Audio Feedback makes it impossible to speak normally
* Bring iDaze 9000 to a party and watch your friends laugh uncontrollably
* Completely adjustable from minimum to maximum delay effect
* Can also be used to make someone sound like a cartoon character
* Join the world-wide iDaze craze
* Submit your funniest videos to the iDaze channel on You Tube

There is nothing like iDaze 9000. Friends will be amazed how quickly their ability to speak clearly can be lost. The app became the number one download overall in just one day on the Spanish language App Store. “We’ve received so many hilarious videos of people using iDaze 9000, that we’ve started our own You Tube channel,” stated Founder Ivan Cascales. “We hope everyone will send in a video, and we’ll have a contest to choose the funniest.”

Settings recommendation:
* Closed helmets, default values and put the volume to maximum

Language Support:
* US English and Spanish

Device Requirements:
* Requires headphones w/iPhone
* Requires headphones and mic w/iPod touch
* iPhone and iPod touch (2nd generation)
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 1.8 MB Storage

Pricing and Availability:
iDaze 9000 v1.2 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. Review copies are available upon request.

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Located in beautiful Barcelona, Spain, Ivanovich Games is a privately held company founded in 2009 by independent developer Ivan Cascales. With an focus on innovation, Ivan has a passion for developing useful and entertaining applications for the iPhone platform. Ivanovich Games also belongs to a iPhone developers group called MobileQSoft, the basis of this group is for sharing ideas between developers. Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Ivanovich Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Berkeley, CA – MacEase Software today is pleased to announce the launch of TheMacBundles’ innovative new BYOB (Build Your Own Bundle) store and the release of a new Bundle. All Mac titles in the bundle are compatible with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

TheMacBundles’ cooperative marketing model brings unprecedented value to consumers while also returning to developers an exceptionally high percentage of the revenue produced by the sale of their software. Additionally, TheMacBundles’ no-fine-print policy means that purchasers of its bundles get the same software, support, licenses, and upgrade benefits that apply to users who paid the full price for the software.

Further, TheMacBundles’s new marketing model eliminates the middlemen, which results in yet more value for consumers and more revenue being provided to the developers that created the software.

The 12 titles in the new March bundle also are available in the new BYOB store. The new store also contains additional titles to choose from, thus allowing users to customize the bundle to conform to their individual needs. With the BYOB store, users can eliminate titles from a bundle that they either already have or don’t want. Additionally, the customized bundle can contain as few as 10 titles or as many additional titles as users want to add to it, further leveraging the outstanding value provided by TheMacBundles.

The March bundle includes 12 great titles – including award-winning titles – and is priced at only $49.95 (USD). This represents a saving of over 83% off of the over $300 retail value of the software! Additionally, users who purchase a Weekly Special title and the bundle receive a $5 discount off of the bundle, resulting in a price of only $44.95 (USD).

This new bundle will be available for 4 weeks and includes 3 bonus titles. Purchasers of the bundle always get a 30-day money back satisfaction guarantee, and this guarantee also applies to the BYOB store.

The 12 programs included in this bundle are:
* Cashculator – the easy and modern way for users to track their finances.

* CrossOver Games – allows Intel Mac users to run their favorite Windows games in OSX. No rebooting, no switching to a virtual machine, and no Windows OS license required.

* DVDpedia – a popular movie cataloging application that retrieves all information about users’ movies from the Internet via a keyword or UPC scan.

* PrintMagic – adds powerful and easy-to-use printing and data mining tools to OS X.

* HoudahGeo – is a one-stop geophoto solution for the Mac. HoudahGeo enables users to geocode and geotag their photos, and it’s full of other useful features.

* HoudahSpot – makes searching for files a breeze. Create detailed queries to pinpoint a file. Specify criteria with boolean operators. Specify where to search. Much more.

* ImageFramer – an Easy-to-use but powerful application for framing users’ images and photos with beautiful photo-realistic and artistic frames.

* MainMenu – a powerful maintenance tool to keep users’ Macs running like new, packed in a slick and simple interface. Also, it can improve application performance.

* Punakea – a little app that helps users cope with the day-to-day struggle of managing their files. Designed to complement Spotlight, it allows users to tag their files and bookmarks.

* Berokyo – a desktop organizer and quick launcher application that lets users organize all their stuff into one or more customizable 3D multi-shelf cabinets that will keep their stuff out of sight.

* Brush Pilot – a fast and easy-to-use application for previewing Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) and Adobe Photoshop Elements Brushes (.abr). It saves users time by allowing them to instantly preview their brushes without having to load them into Photoshop.

* Master Key – a program that teaches users to type on a standard or new key layout or improve their typing skills using built-in drills or users’ own plain text files.

Existing Mac users can purchase this bundle to enhance their and/or a family member’s current setup. First-time computer users and people switching from a PC can use this bundle to get their Macs equipped for a wide range of tasks at a bargain-basement price!

The New Weekly Special is Media Rage. It is a collection of powerful and essential tools for media enthusiasts. Media Rage can read and write information stored in MP3, AAC/MP4, FLAC, AIFF, WAVE, BWF, and Ogg Vorbis audio files as well as EXIF (read only) tags in digital images. Media Rage can assist users in cataloging, organizing, sorting, and updating thousands of audio files with ease.

Media Rage is being offered by TheMacBundles for one week for only $12.95 (USD) – this represents a savings of 56%!

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Steve Becker, the owner of MacEase and founder of TheMacBundles, has been developing freeware and shareware for the Macintosh since 1997. The software from MacEase specializes in collecting, saving, organizing and printing information. The focus at MacEase is to develop software that extends the capabilities of the user’s computer, improves workflow and productivity, and enhances the user experience.

Lausanne, Switzerland – Nicolas Seriot and Anton Anton today are pleased to announce the release of TweetyShow 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. TweetyShow shows photos posted on Twitter in real time. iPhone users can scroll through an endless grid of photos coming live from the Twitter-sphere. The result is a strange, addictive and poetic experience. Whereas Twitter communication is traditionally text only, Twitter users frequently post links to photos, using services like Twitpic or Yfrog. TweetyShow’s goal is to put these photos in the spotlight.

TweetyShow has nothing to do with traditional Twitter clients. Indeed, it does not even require a Twitter account, or any kind of registration. People can download TweetyShow and start watching a continuous stream of photos right away. When people using TweetyShow particularly like a photo, they can save it to their iPhone photo library, or send it by email to a friend. They can also display all the photos of any Twitter user, or search by name for a Twitter user they know.

Twitter images grids already exist on the web, but TweetyShow brings this kind of service for the first time on Apple’s App Store. All the photos used in TweetyShow are shared by users through the Twitpic photo sharing service. To celebrate the launch of TweetyShow 1.0, dozens of promo codes for the US App Store will be posted in the next couple of days on the TweetyShow’s Facebook page.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 0.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
TweetyShow 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category.

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TweetyShow has been developed and designed by two former high school friends. Nicolas Seriot is now an iPhone developer, and Anton Anton is now a graphic design teacher. Both live on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Copyright (C) 2010 Nicolas Seriot. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Toronto (ON), Canada – Zevrix Solutions announces public beta of Package Central 1.0, a new document packaging workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Originally developed for a major publisher in the United States, the software automates InDesign packaging by processing files from hotfolders. Package Central offloads packaging to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the output process.

Under Package Central workflow, production artists, prepress operators and designers simply submit files to hotfolders that reside on the network. Package Central automatically collects the files from its station using hotfolder settings, and will auto-activate document fonts as well. Operator workstations will never again be tied up by the output process.

Major Package Central features and benefits include:
* Process InDesign files from hotfolders
* Font auto-activation
* Update modified links automatically
* Variable package folder names
* Automatic e-mail notifications of process stages and errors
* Automatic error handling
* Detailed logs

Everyone who downloads Package Central public beta and registers with Zevrix Solutions can purchase Package Central with a 30% discount once it’s released.

Pricing and Availability:
Package Central 1.0 public beta can be downloaded from the Zevrix website. Estimated release date – March 22, price – $499.95 (USD). Package Central is a Universal Binary and runs on Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6.

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Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit their website. Copyright (C) 2010 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Lenexa, Kansas – BKeeney Software, Inc. today is pleased to announce the release of Task Timer 4.3.3, a major update to its time management software for Mac OS X and Windows. Task Timer version 4.3 adds the daily total to the dock and status menus for Mac OS X users. This release also fixes some minor bugs.

Task Timer is an easy-to-use project management tool that allows users to track time spent on an unlimited number of projects and tasks. Users can start and stop time via a status menu that is available even when Task Timer is not the active application. Task Timer generates reports using a specified data range, and users can easily view weekly, monthly and yearly totals in unique chart settings. Task Timer conveniently synchronizes data on each user’s computer with a database server, so it even tracks time when users are away from the office. It even allows multiple users to synchronize to a centralized database server.

Pricing and Availability:
Task Timer is the perfect time-management tool and may be purchased online for $24.95 (USD). A free 14-day trial is also available online. BKeeney Software products also include Slideshow Magic, a multimedia production and presentation tool; a file management program called File Sheriff; and Font Pilot, which allows users to manage fonts and preview new fonts without installation.

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BKeeney Software is a software development and consulting firm specializing in cross-platform applications for Macintosh OS X and Windows. For more information about BKeeney Software and to view a complete list of products and descriptions, visit them online.

London, UK – SMEStorage today is pleased to announce that its iSMEStorage iPhone application is live in the Apple App store. The application is the first iPhone application to let users access and manage over 10 storage clouds from their iPhone in one Cloud file view. Clouds from which files can be viewed and managed include Amazon S3, RackSpace CloudFiles, Box, Apple Mobile Me, Microsoft SkyDrive, Microsoft Live Mesh, Gmail-as-a-cloud, Email-as-a-Cloud, FTP-as-a-Cloud, Google Docs, and WebDav enabled clouds.

CEO Ian Osborne states, “We are very happy to add the iPhone to the list of clients that users can use to get access to their files from our platform. This application provides access to an amazing array of storage clouds right from the palm of your hand, and provides sophisticated file sharing, file security, viewing and sync-to-device features.”

“There are number of firsts for this application. It is the first to virtualize storage clouds and make them available from one Cloud File System, and it is the first App of any kind in the App Store that enables access to Microsoft SkyDrive files.”

“Cloud users who have envied the simplicity of direct file sync to their iPhone from other storage platforms, but who did not want to move storage providers can now use SMEStorage and our iPhone application and have the same feature.”

“If users are at all like me they will have files in Google Docs, company files in something like Amazon S3, personal Files stored on MIcrosoft SkyDrive, and files stored as email attachments on GMail, as well as other interesting file information in platforms such as Evernote. I use my own service as I find the ability to access all this information in one location and move files easily invaluable. Couple this with easy ways to secure files, file share and sync, and you have on the road nirvana !”

Osborne finished by saying “The iPhone is the first mobile client we have supported and we intend to roll out support for Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile over the coming year”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 0.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
iSMEStorage 1.01 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category.

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SMEStorage provides provide a cloud storage gateway in which we sync file meta-data but all files continue to reside on the original storage platform. In this way we are able to offer value added services and clients to existing cloud storage providers, and also enables us to provide a single cloud file system which enables files from many different cloud storage providers to be managed in one cloud file tree. SMEStorage provide services to individual users, and also to corporate users via its Organisation Cloud platform offering, which combines file sharing, user management and collaboration features. Copyright (C) 2010 SMEStorage. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Drachten, Netherlands – Bohemian Coding today is pleased to announce the release of Fontcase 1.5, a free update to their popular font manager. Fontcase has an intuitive and uncluttered interface; while it may look simplistic, there are a lot features built in. Fontcase 1.5 adds auto-activation, duplicates-detection and more while still keeping the focus of the application simple. Apple was kind enough to award Fontcase with an Apple Design Award this year and we’re confident the new Fontcase 1.5 will add further value for our customers.

Auto-activation works as one would expect without the need to install any plug-ins. Fontcase will automatically activate any missing fonts and also deactivate them again when Fontcase quits. As of version 1.5, Fontcase will now also periodically check the standard font folders to see if any fonts have been added lately. If they’re not present in the library, Fontcase will automatically import them.

It desirable to avoid activating the same font multiple times and yet it’s easy to get this wrong. Fontcase 1.5 helps by automatically warning you whenever this occurs and it’ll let you disable one of them easily. To make it easy to backup your library, Fontcase adds a new export feature that is smart enough to do only incremental backups of your library including any metadata in a universal XML file; we have no intention of locking you in.

Last but not least, Fontcase 1.5 dramatically reduces launch time and boosts the overall speed of the application significantly while at the same time reclaiming valuable disk space by better compressing cache files by a factor of 10. Especially users with big libraries will see a significant performance boost. We’ve also fixed several bugs from the previous versions and we’re confident our customers will appreciate the new Fontcase 1.5.

New features include:
* Often-requested auto-activation
* Automatic detection of duplicate font activations
* Automatic detection of newly installed fonts
* Incremental export of fonts and associated metadata
* Greatly enhanced speed when working with large libraries
* Several bugfixes

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel

Language Support:
English

Pricing and Availability:
Fontcase 1.5 is available as a full-featured demo. A single user license is 42.00 Euros ($55.00 USD). Contact us for a free NFR license if you want to give Fontcase a try or write a review.

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Based in Drachten, the Netherlands, Bohemian Coding published its first application DrawIt around two years ago. Last year they added Fontcase to their portfolio, which won an Apple Design Award at last years WWDC. Pieter Omvlee is the sole developer and currently residing in London, UK. Copyright 2007-2010 Bohemian Coding. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

London, Canada – Rocking Pocket Games today is pleased to announce the availability of Puppet Jump 3D 1.2, a game that can be only described as a cross between Little Big Planet and Doodle Jump for the iPhone. Puppet Jump 3D challenges players to jump on platforms as high as they can without falling, while collecting Puppet Points that can be used to customize your character and unlock new background scenes.

As the player jumps higher they will encounter moving and breakable platforms that are spaced even farther apart, and duck behind clouds and other obstacles that might obscure your view and cause a mistake. What sets the game apart is the graphics style and the customization possibilities. In addition to the cute cartoonish 3D graphics and animated characters, when played on an iPhone 3GS there are impressive realtime shadows unlike any other iPhone game, thanks to the proprietary 3D engine developed by Rocking Pocket Games.

Customization is extensive with over a million combinations. Players can change the body type, hair, eyes, mouth, and material of their puppet. A variety of scenes can be unlocked, ranging from blue sky, cliff face, outer space, tropical waterfalls, and even hell. Puppet Jump 3D is the first in a series of puppet games, with Puppet Sprint 3D coming soon and Puppet Labyrinth 3D to be released Q2 2010.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later
* 29.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Puppet Jump 3D 1.2 is available as a free trial download on the iTunes App Store, with an in-app purchase of $0.99 to unlock the full game.

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Rocking Pocket Games was founded in 2008 to bring high quality games to the iPhone. Led by Chris Egerter, former PC 3D engine developer and lead programmer of several game titles, Rocking Pocket Games has produced some standout iPhone games such as Blue Skies, iFishing, Pocket Farm, and Dark Raider. Rocking Pocket Games pushes the technical limits of the iPhone and creates games targeted at those who want more out of their portable digital devices. Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Rocking Pocket Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Lancaster, UK – Building on the success of the critical hit puzzle game, Chromixa, for iPhone and iPod touch, Pure Square Go is delighted to announce that update 1.1 is now available. The full list of upgrades are; 22 new puzzles (70 total), new “Time Challenge” mini game (4 total), OpenFeint integration for online leaderboards & achievements, compete for the fastest level completion time and shake to reset. But that’s not all. A Lite version has also been released.

Beginning life as a digital art project, Chromixa 1.1.1 is the enchanting result of designer Simon Watson’s fascination with light. Inspired by noted artists such as James Clar and James Turrell, Chromixa’s first incarnation was a real life installation built from 100s of red, green and blue LEDs, a micro-controller, plexiglass, and one very creative brain.

With the concept of physically interactive light mixing at its core, Chromixa has gone through many evolutions, reaching its zenith as an exciting new puzzle genre on the App Store. The simplicity of blending primary colours and fitting tangram-style geometric shapes together offers a uniquely stimulating and addictive interactive experience.

Arrange colored shapes of light to complete beautifully designed puzzles. Primary colors of red, green and blue are rotated, positioned and overlaid to create new tones as shapes overlap. Like a jigsaw of light, your goal is to arrange the shapes to fill an outline with a single color.

As you complete puzzles, the points you earn can be used to unlock fun arcade-style mini-games. Like all good puzzle titles, Chromixa is built upon a simple yet endlessly expandable concept, that unfurls to create progressively discerning challenges that are fun, beautiful and offer pleasing mental agility exercises for all ages.

What Everyone is Saying …

“So ingeniously simple it’s hard to understand why it wasn’t thought of until now.” – PocketGamer

“One of the most exciting puzzle games I’ve played this year.” – TouchReviews

“The game is so simple it’s hard to convey its gameplay with much excitement, but rest assured it’s tantamount to digital heroin. Chromixa is undoubtedly the best iPhone game you’re not currently playing.” – MobileChoiceUK

“A unique and very nice puzzle game.” – TouchArcade

“The gameplay is really smooth and it’s a pleasure with the ease of controls. All the factors combined make it an excellent game, and I would highly recommended it to anyone who is looking for an refreshing puzzle game.” – iPhoneFootprint

“Chromixa is a great brainteaser yet quite simple and even relaxing, especially if you turn up the volume and listen to the soothing soundtrack. Puzzle game enthusiasts will rejoice.” – MacWorld

Feature Highlights:
* 22 new puzzles (70 total)
* 4 arcade-style mini games to unlock and play
* Animated introduction tutorial
* Simple one finger controls
* Easy to pick up
* Original music soundtrack by Stian Stark
* Solve puzzles in any order, with no time limit
* Play your own music
* OpenFeint integration for online leaderboards & achievements
* Compete for the fastest level completion time
* Shake to reset

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 7.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Chromixa 1.1.1 is $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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The two man team at Pure Square Go, have been creating different types of written content for games for the last six years. From script writing and design document authoring to concept pitching and character creation, there isn’t much in the way of in-game written content that Pure Square Go’s team hasn’t had experience with. Crucially, with years of journalism and games design consultancy experience between them, when it comes to generating market friendly promotional and non-fiction material, or creating in-game narrative content that sensibly informs interactive game mechanics, Pure Square Go is armed with weapons singularly designed for the purpose. Copyright (C) 2010 Pure Square Go. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.