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Seattle, Washington – Spiderweb Software, Inc. announced today the release of Avernum 6 for the Macintosh, the final game in the epic, award-winning Avernum series. Avernum 6 is a fantasy role-playing game set in the world of Avernum, an enormous series of caves far below the surface of the world. Travel into the strange subterranean land of Avernum, full of dungeons, labyrinths, and constant warfare.

Avernum is a world underground. It is a nation of people living in an enormous warren of tunnels and caverns, far below the surface of the world. Once a prison colony for rebels and thugs, it is now a wild frontier, full of adventurous souls looking for wealth, fame, and magical power.

And then the Blight came. Almost overnight, the mushrooms Avernum needed to feed itself withered and died. Then the denizens of the low tunnels, the savage, reptilian Slithzerikai, emerged. Sensing weakness, they struck, destroying much of a weakened Avernum and creating waves of hungry, desperate refugees.

This final set of disasters threatens to destroy your homeland in a spasm of famine and warfare. Only you can help your people to get to safety before everything falls apart.

Avernum 6 is the final game in the popular and long-running Avernum series. Explore a gigantic world, with a fascinating storyline, hundreds of quests, multitudes of side dungeons, and many hours of adventure. The game features clever enemies and dozens of interesting scripted encounters. Learn over 50 spells and battle disciplines. Hunt for hundreds of magical items or craft your own powerful artifacts.

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Spiderweb Software, Inc., an independent game-design company based in Seattle, WA, is fanatically dedicated to creating fun, exciting fantasy role-playing games for Windows and Macintosh. Past titles include the award-winning Geneforge and Avernum series.

Albuquerque, NM / Teaneck, NJ, USA – Renowned Digital Artist and iPhone Developer are pleased to announce their app, “iCreated” included in ART News Magazine’s Art Talk section discussion of iPhone art in the December ‘09 issue. The iCreated Gallery has spent the last six months exhibiting some of the finest work being done today by an international group of artists dedicated to making art on their iPhones.

It now contains over 150 works of art, and it’s creators are ecstatic that a mainstream art Publication like ART News has taken notice. Stating that the app “acts as an online gallery for iPhone art”, the article quotes Leibowitz talking about art submissions to the iCreated gallery, “You see photographers, painters, image manipulators from all over the world”.

Since the App Store opened in 2008, new tools for creating graphics and altering photos began to appear and artists everywhere quickly began to utilize what is essentially a new computing platform. Currently, there are close to 50 iPhone artist’s work showcased in iCreated.

The first 18 images that appear when the app opens are contributions by some of the world’s most talented iPhone Artists and some of their most memorable Art. They are: Xoan Baltar, (Ourence, Spain), Kevin Barba, (Chicago,USA), Tony Cece, (Virginia, USA), Russ Croop, (Colorado, USA). Miguel Girard, (NYC, USA), Dan Hoffman, (New Jersey, USA), Julia Kay, (San Francisco,USA), Emmanuel Martinez, (Manila, Philippines), Travis Morgan, (Illinois, USA), Cedric Philippe (Nut), (Saint Claude ,France), Jose Andres Guijarro Ponce (La legra negra), (Cuenca,Spain), Barbara Ripepi, (Milan, Italy), Sean Sheridan, (NYC,USA), Patricio Villarroel,(Paris, France), and Mike Wallis, (Bedford, United Kingdom).

The next 9 images are new additions by co-creator David Scott Leibowitz, and the original 18 iPhone artworks from version 1.0

The iCreated Gallery button reveals a constantly evolving on-line gallery of iPhone Art, uploaded from around the world, and selected for their beauty, and uniqueness. The Gallery provides a space for this evolving art medium to flourish, as established and aspiring Artist’s use this app as a powerful promotional tool. Currently included in the Gallery are artworks by equally gifted international iPhone artists, Alexander Acevedo, (Florida, USA), Mauro Ballabeni, (Bologna, Italy),Corliss Blakely, (Vermount, USA), Willie Cole, (Connecticut, USA), Matt Connors, (New Jersey, USA), Robert Dawson, (California, USA), Christine Finkelson, (NYC, USA),Rita Flores, (New Jersey, USA), Helene Goldberg, (California, USA), Jens Herrmann, (Herborn, Germany), Fernando Lopez del Hierro, (Madrid, Spain), Simone Kirschning, (Germany), Kara Jansson Kovacev , (New York), Rino Larsen, (Norway), Yan Min Lee, (Taichung, Taiwan), Joey Livingston, (Florida, USA), Deborah McMillion, (Arizona, USA), Susan Murtaugh, (Wisconsin, USA), Stephane Noselli, (Nice, France), Amy Nelp, (Colorado, USA), Benjamin Rabe, (Hamburg, Germany), Mia Robinson, (Washington, DC, USA), Matthew Watkins, (Canada and Italy), and miguelb2000 (Dallas, USA)

“You’ve heard the phrase, There’s an app for that,” said Mr. Stone, “Well, now there’s an app to showcase art created exclusively on the iPhone, transforming this already revolutionary device into both an artist’s studio and exhibition space.”

Each piece of art in this virtual gallery is linked to the apps that were used to create it, giving artists and art lovers the tools to create and deliver their own art to iCreated. The exhibited work in the gallery is also linked to the contributing artist’s web site or other personal web space, so that iPhone users can communicate with the artist and discover more of that artist’s creations.

“Since people first started painting on cave walls,” says Mr. Leibowitz, “art has served our basic need to express ourselves and share our experience with others. iCreated brings that impulse into the 21st century.”

David Scott Leibowitz is a pioneer in the developing medium of digital art and part of a generation of artists who are redefining the boundaries of fine arts and popular culture. Having come of age during the information revolution, his work merges an appreciation for the plastic arts with an affinity for advanced computer technology. He began his artistic career with the manipulation of Polaroid SX-70 film in 1977 and has pursued the creation of new visual languages through the use of photography, videography, 3D renderings and collage using the Macintosh platform. His work, which can be viewed on his website Leibo.net, has been exhibited in a number of museums and galleries and has been included in the corporate collections of IBM, Philip Morris, Polaroid, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
iCreated 2.1 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category.

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Stone Design is a New Mexico based software corporation founded in 1984 by Andrew Stone which has shipped over 20 titles for Mac OS X and its parent operating system, the NeXT, in the last 20 years. In the past 2 years has added 10 iPhone applications to the collection: iGraffiti, Gesture and the acclaimed Twittelator Pro to name just a few Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Stone Design. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Paris, France – Coladia today is delighted to announce a special Black Friday promotion on their Mac Games. From Thursday 26th November to Saturday 28th November 2009, customers will receive a FREE game when they buy 2 games. The deal applies to following Mac games (available for download on Coladia’s website):

The Secrets of Da Vinci:
Valdo, an ambitious young apprentice working for Leonardo Da Vinci’s disciple, Francesco, is least happy when the scholar suddenly dismisses him. However, shortly afterwards, he receives a letter from a mysterious patron, asking him to locate one of the great master’s missing codices.

Return to Mysterious Island:
In this first-person survival adventure, players will encounter recognisable locations from the famous novel, including the granite house, the volcano and the Nautilus. However, Return to Mysterious Island goes beyond Jules Verne’s storytelling as players take on the role of Mina, a courageous young woman on a solo round-the-world sailing expedition.

Cleopatra: a Queen’s Destiny:
Alexandria in Egypt 48BC. The country is divided by civil war pitting Cleopatra’s supporters against those of her brother and husband, Ptolemy, who is ravaging the country. In this climate of terror, Thomas, a young apprentice to Akkod, Cleopatra’s astrologist and astronomist, falls in love with his master’s daughter. One day, in horror, he discovers that both master and daughter have been kidnapped.

Destination: Treasure Island:
Four years have passed since the end of the adventure recounted in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel. Jim Hawkins has become an upstanding adventurous young man, attentive to those around him. Imagine his surprise when, one morning, he sees a parrot enter his bedroom window: none other than Captain Flint, Long John’s own companion. The bird brings him a message from his master.

Secret of the Lost Cavern:
In 15,000 B.C., strange symbols found while hunting remind Arok of an encounter with a charismatic traveler a long time ago. In order for him to find his long-forgotten friend, the most brilliant painter of Prehistoric times, Arok begins a long and perilous journey.

Still Life 2:
Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson.

Language Support:
* US English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

System Requirements:
All games are Universal applications and runs on Mac computers sporting Intel or PowerPC G5 processors.

Pricing and Availability:
Games costs $29.90 USD each, and with this special Black Friday offer, customers can get 3 games for only $59.80 instead of $89.70 or a 33% discount. All they have to add is to add the 3 games they want in the cart, and the third will be automatically marked as free. Free demo versions are available for download.

iPhone and iPod Touch
Coladia also released Secret of the Lost Cavern episode 1 for iPhone on november 20th. The game costs only 0.99 cents for a few more days.

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Based in Paris, France, Coladia, a young publishing company founded in 2005, is a leader of adventure video games for Mac and iPhone. Coladia has establised partnerships with prestigious developers and publishers, such as Kheops Studio, Nobilis Group and Microids to bring the best adventure games on the Mac and the iPhone platforms. Coladia has already successfully brought Secret of the Lost Cavern, Cleopatra: a Queen’s Destiny, Destination Treasure Island, Return To Mysterious Island and The Secrets of Da Vinci on the Mac platform.

Toronto (ON), Canada – Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution for images and vector graphics which provides extensive info on entire folders of files and helps locate potential problems according to specific workflow requirements.

Graphic Inspector provides a professional quality control solution for users of any trade, whether it’s print, prepress, web design, electronic publishing or digital photography. With its powerful Checkup Presets, Graphic Inspector lets users create custom preflight settings tailored to their workflow requirements, and quickly locate files with unwanted attributes. For example, Graphic Inspector can warn users about all files whose color mode is RGB, format – JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn’t contain “USWebCoated”, etc.

“We really do love graphic inspector as an indispensable and quick utility for checking our clients files prior to ripping,” says Joel A. Glastetter of Benchemark Printing in Schenectady, New York. “It saves us a lot of time. We have very talented operators and Graphic Inspector is really a lot better for us than some bloated preflight program that just makes a confusing mess out of preflighting a job. It’s lightweight, quick and easy!”

Graphic Inspector is the only quality control solution to check for such a wide range of attributes, which include image resolution, spot colors, fonts in vector graphics, EPS and TIFF compression, ICC profile and image metadata. In addition, users can save preflight results as text files, specify favorite folders, scan the entire subfolder tree and reveal files in the Finder.

The new version lets users view the complete EXIF, IPTC and GPS image metadata, and adds support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Pricing and Availability:
Graphic Inspector 1.6 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for $39.95 USD, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. The update to Graphic Inspector 1.7 is free for the current licensed users. Graphic Inspector is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

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Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, digital delivery, 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.

London, United Kingdom – VerySoftware is happy to announce the release of a free Christmas app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Christmas Gift Finder is a great app for to find the perfect gifts for your family, friends and colleagues this Christmas and New Year. Find a gift for your loved ones. We’ve teamed up with one of the best gift providers, Prezzybox, so that you can treat your most loved ones with something unique they will never forget.

Get up to 33% discount. Enjoy your Christmas shopping without robbing a bank. You can save up to 1/3 on gifts when using our app. Bookmark gifts you like. If you cannot decide which gift to buy from our vast choice, you can add it to bookmarks. Once you are ready to purchase, it’s always there.

Get away from running about the crowded shops during this Christmas period. Save your time and money with Christmas Gift Finder. You will be pleasantly surprised what a wide range of Christmas presents our app provides you: from Health Club Day Pass for your Mom to Pocket Crossword and Anagram Solver for your grandpa. There’s a gift for everyone! Find cool gifts and get up to 33% discount on your purchase!

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Christmas Gift Finder 1.0 is free and available exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

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VerySoftware is a team of two enthusiastic people, Sergei and Roy, who love technology and look forward to making a positive change to the world of IT. We pride ourselves on creating “delicious” software whether it’s for desktop computer or mobile devices. We decided to start with a small but useful app for Christmas, which gives iPhone and iPod touch owners a great choice of presents for their loved ones, save their time and last but not least save their money. We’ve got lots of other ideas to solve people’s day-to-day challenges, which we will be happy to share with you soon. Stay tuned! Copyright (C) 2009 VerySoftware. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

San Francisco, California – Location-based photo sharing service Clixtr just launched the Clixtr web application. The Clixtr iPhone application launched at TechCrunch50 in September 2009 and is now free. The corresponding web service is now available to the public for the first time. A talented group of MIT and Stanford grads created the Clixtr platform which turns smartphones into smartcameras.

Clixtr allows users to create geo-tagged events and upload mobile photos. Using the iPhone GPS, Clixtr users create instant, location-aware, group photo albums. Clixtr users primarily add photos through the iPhone application, but the newly released website allows anyone to contribute. The real-time platform allows people to follow and contribute to events as they happen around the corner and around the world. Before, only iPhone users could view and participate in Clixtr events. Clixtr CEO Fergus Hurley says, “Not only can you use the Clixtr iPhone app to view and share real-time event photos, now you can invite people who don’t have an iPhone to view and contribute at Clixtr.”

Clixtr recognizes the implications of the convergence of devices, “We see people using the camera on their smartphone instead of their point-and-shoot camera,” says Hurley, “The mobile camera knows where you are, knows your friend’s contact details, and it is always with you.” Clixtr leverages these capabilities to create what they call, “the Ultimate Social Camera.”

Dedicated early users include the Stanford football coaches. Clixtr product manager and recent Stanford graduate, Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy, gave beta invitations to players on the Stanford team. Players showed head coach Jim Harbaugh the Clixtr app and, “The next day I had an e-mail from Harbaugh asking if he could participate in the beta,” O’Donnell-McCarthy says. Since then, he and his coaching staff have been documenting their season in real-time from the sidelines, behind the scenes, and on the road.

Incorporated in 2008, Clixtr received seed funding from top-tier venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in March 2009. Clixtr is based in San Francisco, California. The Clixtr iPhone app is available in the iPhone App Store and the newly released web service is available at Clixtr online.

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Clixtr turns smartphones into smartcameras by leveraging location based technologies and the rapidly improving quality of camera phones. Clixtr users create events, upload mobile photos, and, for the first time ever, create real-time event photo streams with the users around them. Photos and events are public and can be followed live on the web or directly on mobile devices. By creating an instant, location-aware mobile photo sharing platform, Clixtr enables real-time event browsing by location or popularity. Users can follow and contribute to events as they happen around the corner and around the world. Clixtr is the ultimate social camera. Copyright (C) 2009 Clixtr. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

San Francisco, CA – Today, 148Apps announces the launch of GiggleApps, a site providing iPhone application reviews of the best educational and entertaining apps for kids of all ages. Geared toward parents searching for the best kid-friendly apps, GiggleApps focuses on educational and entertaining applications ranging from toddlers to teens, but also includes apps for parents and users of all ages.

“148Apps and I created GiggleApps with a common goal to create a forum to help parents make educated decisions on which apps to download for their children,” said Kristen Young, editor and head writer of GiggleApps. “The site helps parents sort through the many apps designed for children, highlighting the best apps for education, entertainment, and expression.”

The inspiration for GiggleApps stems from the number of apps developed for children and the lack of information existing about which apps are successful educational tools. Young, an avid iPhone user and mother, saw the need firsthand for parents to be able to have a reliable resource for new educational tools and games.

The site provides guidance on using the iPhone or iPod Touch as an educational device. Both devices are expected to be popular holiday gifts this year, especially for kids. These devices are easy to understand with touch and accelerometer interaction which makes it a natural fit for children. The tools also come at a great price point for an educational device with limitless possibilities.

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148Apps, a group of consumer-focused iPhone application news and review sites, launched shortly after the app store in July 2008. The site has grown quickly to reach hundreds of thousands of viewers monthly. In January 2009, 148Apps sponsored the Best App Ever Awards, the first achievement awards created specifically to honor application development on the iPhone. In May 2009, 148apps.biz launched to address the needs of iPhone app developers and other business people making a living on iPhone applications. Copyright (C) 2008-2009 148Apps. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

London, United Kingdom – XChange UK and ThePowerXChange, the sources for extended technology worldwide are pleased to announce a promotion which offers North American users a free Enfocus Instant PDF ($299 value) and UK/Ireland users a free MadeToPrint with Imposition (£318 value) with their purchase of QuarkXPress 8 as part of the Buy One QuarkXPress, Get One Free campaign. Users who purchase new copies of QuarkXPress 8 through either company not only receive the free QuarkXPress with their purchase, but also receive an additional free product through 31st December 2009.

“We wanted to give even greater value to our customers, especially with the economic situation and this makes it even more affordable to add the power of QuarkXPress 8, or additional copies to our customers’ installations,” offers Tami Stodghill, Press Relations Manager. “We work with our vendors to be able to provide the most value for our customers through these exclusive promotions. Not only can users take advantage of Quark’s Buy One Get One Free, they also get to add the power of Instant PDF or MadeToPrint and either product offers real value.”

Enfocus Instant PDF 08 makes producing press-ready PDFs easy for creative professionals. Using award-winning Enfocus Certified PDF(R) technology, it’s the simplest and most reliable way to create PDFs that comply with a print or advertisement vendors’ specifications. While working in their favourite creative application – Adobe(R) InDesign(R), Adobe(R) Illustrator(R), QuarkXPress(TM), Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) – users simply select “Save as Certified PDF…” from the File menu and let Instant PDF 08 take care of creating their PDF, preflighting it, modifying it where necessary, and even sending it to their print provider – all without leaving their application. Users can remain productive in their familiar environment without having to worry about print styles, PDF export or other complicated PDF creation settings. And if they do run into problems, Instant PDF 08’s comprehensive in-application help not only gives them the answers they need quickly, but also contains tips on how to avoid making the same mistakes again in the future.

For print providers, Instant PDF 08 significantly reduces the load on customer service and pre-press operators because Certified PDF files are always output correctly right at the designer’s workstation. With award-winning Enfocus Certified PDF(R) technology, the files are flagged as ready for output from the moment they arrive in an inbox.

MadeToPrint XT optimizes and extends output and print options in QuarkXPress and has been designed for professional users, who have to create, organize and control larger numbers of print-/output jobs. MadeToPrint XT helps to streamline these tasks as well as the creation of PDF, EPS and PostScript files. The XTension allows even complex print settings to be saved as repetitive jobs, thereby ensuring efficient and safe production.

MadeToPrint XT 8 provides features like batch processing, token-based file naming and flexible layer output that go beyond Quark’s output functionality. More than that, the XTension allows hotfolder based processing of XPress 8 files, thus enabling users to output QuarkXPress documents completely unattended. MadeToPrint XT’s latest version includes the new Imposition function, so users can print fully imposed PDF files from their QuarkXPress documents. Users can output fully imposed jobs, from booklets to N-up, choose between run list (e.g. 4 pages step & repeat) and imposition sheets (e.g. 2 pages A4 single sided). The preconfigured imposition schemes cover all common imposition configurations. Users simply activate the Imposition function and compile the required imposition scheme with the entries under the Runlist and Sheet configuration categories provided.

In addition, MadeToPrint XT allows for grouping of multiple print-job definitions into custom sets that can be invoked at any time to output the same document to multiple output devices, using the parameters specified for each device in its own print job. This means that with a single operation, a user can elect to have a document output to a black-and-white laser printer, a colour-proofing device, and a high-resolution imagesetter, and be assured that all settings in all dialogues are correct. Thus, MadeToPrint XT reduces media waste caused by improper settings of chooser selections, and allows for unattended output of QuarkXPress documents to any variety of formats.

The free Enfocus Instant PDF or Free MadeToPrint XT with purchase of QuarkXPress 8 – Buy One Get One Free promotion is available now through XChange UK and ThePowerXChange websites worldwide. Users who purchase upgrades to QuarkXPress 8 will also receive the free Instant PDF or MadeToPrint XT with their order, although upgrades don’t qualify for the QuarkXPress 8 Buy One Get One Free promotion. To order, or for more information, users can visit the websites.

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XChange UK and ThePowerXChange are a leading suppliers of desktop graphic and publishing applications, QuarkXTension(R) technology; Adobe InDesign(R), Acrobat(R) and Photoshop(R) Plug-ins(R) and other design and publishing utilities. They offer extended technology products from across the world specific to the graphic design, print and publishing industries and make them available to an extensive user base via their printed catalogue or online at their web sites.

Atlanta, Georgia – JL Software today announced Edition 1.0 of their all-new resource “Your High-Risk Pregnancy” for iPhone or iPod touch. Your High-Risk Pregnancy takes a unique approach to providing information to the pregnant woman. Instead of a text that is designed to be read cover-to-cover, this reference is designed to provide rapid, comprehensive, and understandable information about issues that may complicate pregnancy. In particular, it is designed to continue where the busy doctor leaves off.

Prenatal care today involves many screening tests for genetic disorders, tests of fetal anatomy and growth, and tests of fetal well-being. With so many standard tests, questions inevitably arise when results are ambiguous or hard to understand.

This is where Your High-Risk Pregnancy provides a complete description of the findings, a perspective on their significance, and reassurance in the majority of cases. Busy obstetricians often do not have time to fully explain the reasons for investigation of suspected pregnancy issues, or the results of those investigations. As a result, couples often face needless worry.

Your High-Risk Pregnancy covers:

* Medical conditions you have
* Past obstetrical history
* Past gynecologic history
* History of infertility
* Family history of genetic problems
* Factors identified early in the current pregnancy
* Factors that develop during pregnancy

Understanding screening in prenatal care:
* Screening for genetic diseases
* Screening for fetal anomalies
* Screening for gestational diabetes
* Screening for preeclampsia (toxemia)

Understanding findings that may arise and tests that may be ordered during pregnancy:
* “Abnormal” ultrasound findings
* Blood tests for Down syndrome risk – making sense of the results
* Dilation and effacement of the cervix and preterm labor
* Growth of the baby
* Infections
* The nonstress test and biophysical profile
* Ruptured membranes
* Group B Strep testing and treatment
* Decreased or increased amniotic fluid
* Hospitalization
* Early delivery of the baby
* Cesarean section

The following special sections provide a quick answer to the most common and most worrisome events:
* Your screening test for chromosomal anomalies such as Down syndrome comes back “screen positive.”
* Your ultrasound scan at 18-20 weeks shows minor “abnormal” findings.
* Your routine glucose challenge test taken at 24-28 weeks is elevated.
* Repeat ultrasound to check the baby’s growth shows less than expected growth.
* You have uterine contractions and suspected premature labor.
* You have some leakage of fluid from the vagina.
* You have vaginal spotting or bleeding.
* Your blood pressure is higher than expected.
* The baby shows a “less than reassuring” heart rate tracing on a nonstress test.
* Ultrasound shows increased or decreased amniotic fluid.

The Search page uses more than 4,100 keywords, enabling the user to quickly find all pages relevant to her search. Users can also easily bookmark any page for future quick reference. There is no limit on the number of bookmarks, double-bookmarking is automatically prevented, and bookmarks can be added or removed at any time. To retrieve a bookmarked page, the user simply chooses the Bookmarks icon and taps the desired page from the presented list. This is a handy way to save a list of topics to be discussed with the physician.

Copy and paste of any text in the Handbook is supported, so women can copy and email or copy and SMS-message any of the numerous protocol lists, medication options, ultrasound images, or differential diagnosis summaries. The more than 220 pages of Your High-Risk Pregnancy address the following topics, in an easily-understandable format and style:

Pregnancy and Coexisting Medical Conditions: diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, congenital and acquired cardiac conditions, thyroid disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, hepatic disorders, dermatologic disorders specific to pregnancy, collagen-vascular disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, hematologic disorders, breast cancer and pregnancy, renal disease in pregnancy, seizure disorders, carpal tunnel syndroms, bacterial and viral infections, spinal cord injuries, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and psychosis.

Common Omissions in Prenatal Care: screening for genetic defects, maternal obstetrical history, administration of magnesium sulfate, invasive diagnostic procedures, cause of low-birthweight infants, risk factors for congenital anomalies, signs of fetal compromise, distinguishing common pregnancy complaints from serious disease, and detecting early signs of preterm labor.

Fetal Medicine: symmetric and asymmetric intrauterine fetal growth restriction, detection of fetal anomalies by ultrasound, common chromosome anomalies, fetal hematologic disorders, red cell isoimmunization, neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, alpha and beta thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle S-C disease, sickle-thal carrier state, oligohydramnios, polyhydramnios, twin-twin transfusion syndrome, and congenital infections including rubella, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus, parvovirus B19, Listeria monocytogenes, varicella (chicken pox), hepatitis A, B, C, and E, HIV and AIDS, and syphilis.

The Screening Ultrasound Exam: in addition to fetal biometric measurements of biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length, normal and abnormal structures are listed for each body area. Examinations include head, brain, encephalocele, lateral cerebral ventricles, choroid plexus, cerebellum, cisterna magna, third ventricle, face, orbits, binocular diameter, intraocular diameter and ocular diameters, lips, cleft lip, nose, chin, neck, spine, chest, fetal heart views, fetal cardiac physiology, fetal circulation, fetal cardiac arrhythmias, lungs, pulmonary sequestration, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, diaphragmatic hernia, pleural effusion, abdomen and pelvis, stomach, esophageal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula, jejunal atresia, duodenal atresia, 3-vessel umbilical cord, single umbilical artery, abdominal wall defects of omphalocele and gastroschisis, renal pelvis, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, hydronephrosis, bladder overdistention, posterior urethral valves, renal agenesis, dilated bowel, echogenic bowel, angulation of the feet, club foot, absent radius, abnormal curvature of the spine, meningomyelocele and spina bifida.

* Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring – now with the latest ACOG guidelines
* Guide To Fetal Anomalies and Genetic Counseling
* Multiple Gestation

Complications Of Pregnancy:
* Antepartum Bleeding
* Preeclampsia
* Eclampsia
* Gestional Diabetes

Induction of Labor:
* Cervical Ripening
* Management of Labor Induction

Preterm Labor and Delivery:
* Diagnosing Preterm Labor
* Treatment of Preterm Labor

Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes:
* Tocolysis
* Glucocorticoids
* Antibiotic Prophylaxis
* Management of Labor and Delivery

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Your High-Risk Pregnancy 1.0 is $14.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Healthcare and Fitness category.

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JL Software LLC is an independent Macintosh and iPhone/iPod touch development company owned by R. Harold Holbrook Jr, M.D. and has been creating compelling applications for Macintosh computers since 2001 and the iPhone/iPod touch platforms since 2008. JL Software develops exclusively for Mac OS X and iPhone OS, and has extensive experience in programming in Objective-C and Cocoa for the Apple platforms. Dr. Holbrook is board-certified in both general Obstetrics and Gynecology and the high-risk pregnancy subspecialty of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and has 20 years of experience as medical school faculty in the care of patients with complicated pregnancies. He is a peer reviewer for the major Obstetrics and Gynecology scientific journals and has written several book chapters on high-risk obstetrics as well as more than 25 research articles. Copyright 2009 JL Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Austin, Texas – Mac-Chi today announces a major update to their contact utility, WhoPaste. WhoPaste 4.0 strengthens its Daylite capabilities, introduces an innovative social network tool, supplies comprehensive AppleScript support, provides two new operating modes, and increases the flexibility of international addressing. WhoPaste, which is available only on Macintosh, can create contacts directly from spreadsheets or text for Apple’s Address Book, Marketcircle’s Daylite, Google’s Contacts, or Microsoft’s Entourage.

WhoPaste 4 adds support for Daylite’s ‘Extra’ contact fields. WhoPaste 4 is an increasingly effective tool for jump-starting the Daylite process. WhoPaste can designate a new contact’s category, priority, and tagline as well as an organization’s category, industry, region, tagline, and type. WhoPaste can also assign a list of keywords to both a contact and an organization and can now assign values to each of the sixteen customizable ‘Extra’ contact data fields.

WhoPaste 4 introduces an innovative 1-click tool for opening a multi-faceted view of a fellow web citizen. A WhoPaste user begins by just selecting a group of social network icons, as is now commonly found on blog entries or in email signatures. Once these icons have been selected, a control-click will open Snow Leopard’s Services context menu where the user can select the ‘WhoPaste’ service. The WhoPaste service will open a new Safari window with each of the selected sites displayed in its own tab. Select a few social badges, control-click… One window, many views. This exciting new feature of the WhoPaste service is always available and is completely independent of WhoPaste’s normal contact creation functionality. There is a 30-second screencast showcasing this new feature on the WhoPaste website.

WhoPaste 4 can also extract the urls for these social sites and include that information as part of a new contact record. WhoPaste 4 currently supports: Amazon WishLists, Facebook, Flickr, Last.fm, Linked In, generic RSS, Twitter, and YouTube; more sites will be added based on customer requests.

WhoPaste 4 introduces ‘Auto Save’ mode, which bypasses the normal WhoPaste review window and immediately saves the data. Select some text, control-click… You’re done! A new contact has been saved into your GMail Contacts or any of the other repositories. ‘Auto Save’ can be toggled on or off by selecting a menu item.

WhoPaste 4 also introduces ‘Vacuum’ mode, which allows WhoPaste users even wider latitude in collecting data. When ‘Vacuum’ mode is engaged, WhoPaste will only extract email addresses, web urls, phone numbers, and postal addresses. WhoPaste’s impressive drag and drop features make easy work of any manual extractions from the remaining data. ‘Vacuum’ can be toggled on or off by selecting a menu item.

WhoPaste 4 significantly extends its reach by introducing four AppleScript commands: newContactFromClipboard, newContactFromText, newContactFromFileContents, and newContactsFromFiles. Each of these commands takes full advantage of all the current WhoPaste settings and each includes parameters for setting both ‘Auto Save’ and ‘Vacuum’ mode. This new scripting support makes it possible to enlist WhoPaste as an automated front-end for Daylite or any of the other repositories. WhoPaste’s AppleScript support includes four pre-built Automator actions, each of which mirror one of the four new AppleScript commands. The Automator actions are yet another tool allowing WhoPaste users to create fast and accurate contacts.

Mac-Chi has augmented the existing ‘Appendix’ capability with a new ‘Prependix’ feature. The existing ‘Appendix’ capability allows users to extract contact data from text where WhoPaste would put all of the text that followed an ‘Appendix’ trigger into the Notes field. The new ‘Prependix’ feature puts all of the text preceding a ‘Prependix’ trigger into the Notes field and then extracts contact data from the remaining text. WhoPaste users can specify multiple triggers of either kind and the two trigger types can be used together.

Specifying a new country on the WhoPaste review window will now cause WhoPaste to re-evaluate the postal address information.

Mac-Chi has also enhanced post processing options. Both the ‘Write to Watched Folder’ and the ‘Execute Script’ options can now forego recording the contact to the selected repository. Both of these enhancements allow WhoPaste to better interact with enterprise systems or to drive alternate desktop databases like FileMaker.

The user interface to WhoPaste’s powerful preferences has been streamlined based on usability testing. Mac-Chi is relentless in its commitment to powerful elegant simplicity.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 25 user licenses are now available. WhoPaste licenses, which are fully controlled by customer, may be relocated to new Macs at any time.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 or later (Leopard & Snow Leopard Compatible)
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 8.0 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
* Who Paste 4.0 is available for $15.00 (USD) for a 1-user license
* (Multi-user licenses are also available – 2-user license is $20)
* A free trial version is available for download
* The trial version allows saving 20 extracted contacts or 40 Safari social views
* A Media Review License is available upon request

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Located in historic fun-loving Austin, Texas, Mac-Chi is a privately funded company founded in 2006 by Steve Cronin. Mac-Chi focuses exclusively on the Macintosh and iPhone platforms using the Mac OS X Address Book as its central platform for innovation. Mac-Chi delivers contact-friendly software that enlivens your people. Copyright 2006-2009 Mac-Chi. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. Google, Gmail, and the Google logo, are registered trademarks of Google Inc.

Chicago, Illinois – Renkara Media Group today is pleased to announce the release of Translate Now!, a free translation application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Translate Now! is powered by Google Translate and enables users to translate between 36 languages.

Features of Translate Now! include:
* Beautiful and highly animated user interface
* Email the translated text without leaving the application
* Easily paste text into the translation window
* Copy the translated text onto the clipboard
* Application automatically increases text size for symbolic languages such as Japanese or Hindi
* Language selection and current text are preserved between sessions

Translate Now! translates between all of the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch with the 3.0 OS installed
* Application requires an active Internet connection

Pricing and Availability:
Translate Now! is free and is available for immediate download exclusively through Apple’s App Store.

About AccelaStudy:
AccelaStudy provides an extensive set of language vocabulary tools for serious students and leads the competition with offerings in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

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Renkara Media Group, Inc. is a leading provider of education and entertainment software for the iPhone and iPod touch. Since the release of the iPhone SDK, it specializes in applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, particularly in the development of education, entertainment, and reference products. Apple, iPhone, and iPod touch are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Austin, Texas – WellAlright today is proud to announce BandMate 1.5, their personalized live music calendar for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique capabilities and interface, BandMate recommends live music events based on the songs already on the user’s iPod.

With so many new bands playing on any given night, it’s difficult for concertgoers to pick out the show they’d like to see most, and often they find out too late about great shows they missed. BandMate evolved around the idea of helping music lovers find out what live events they might be missing. And with so many towns with great live music scenes, BandMate also serves as an essential travel planner – suggesting shows to catch while on the road.

Beyond simply alerting a music lover to live shows by their favorite bands, BandMate analyzes the music they already listen to and discovers new bands that the music fan would want to check out. It searches through event listings in the city of the user’s choice to create a personalized calendar of only the shows that they want to see. Each event even includes a probability score of how strong the recommendation is. BandMate also provides all the tools music fans need to find out more about artists, including links to schedules, videos, bios, music, along with easy ways to share any info with their friends via e-mail and Facebook.

Feature Highlights:
* Watch the band’s videos
* Listen to the artist’s music in iTunes
* View multiple pictures of each artist
* Read the band’s biography
* Browse the artist’s web site
* Launch the band’s Last.fm radio station
* Explore the other artists in the line-up
* Add artists not already on your iPod
* Import artists from iTunes playlists
* Share the event info via email and Facebook
* Keep track of favorite events
* Export favorites to a calendar
* Explore events in different cities

“I’m lucky enough to live in Austin, a fantastic city known for live music. So many incredible bands play here every night. And if you look hard enough, there’s always some artist you’ll want to check out,” said Rimas Remeza, owner and CTO of WellAlright. The tough part is, with so many shows simply poring over the local event listings might help you find a couple of bands you know, but it does little to help you find new bands that you may like. We definitely needed a better way for people to connect with new artists that they’d enjoy,” continued Remeza. “Being both a music fan and a geek, and seeing the possibility of combining both loves to do something that might help people enjoy their live music scene a bit more, I developed BandMate. Hopefully, it will lead to more folks discovering new music and more new fans out there supporting bands.”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
BandMate 1.5 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Music category. Promo Codes are available upon request.

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Based in Austin, Texas, WellAlright is a small privately held company founded in 2009 by independent software developer Rimas Remeza. Committed to providing the most unique solutions, WellAlright was founded for the purpose of developing iPhone applications designed to to help people enjoy life. Copyright (C) 2009 WellAlright. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

London, UK – Digital Heaven, one of the leading third party developers for Apple Pro Apps, today announced the release of VideoSpace 3.0, a new version of the popular freeware disk space calculator widget for Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro editors. VideoSpace 3.0 adds support for ProRes 422 (Proxy), ProRes 422 (LT) and ProRes 4444 codecs introduced in Final Cut Pro 7.

Since its launch in 2005, VideoSpace’s easy to use interface has made it the industry standard disk space calculator. By selecting a codec and frame rate then entering the desired duration, VideoSpace calculates how much disk space would be required. It is also possible to calculate in the other direction – by entering the available disk space, VideoSpace will display the corresponding footage duration for the current settings.

As well as a dashboard widget, VideoSpace is also available as a web application at VideoSpace Online for both desktop browsers and in a special version for the iPhone and iPod Touch. VideoSpace supports NTSC, PAL and HD formats and a wide variety of codecs including DV, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD, HDV, XDCAM HD, ProRes and Uncompressed. The widget and desktop browser versions feature comprehensive options for number of audio tracks with sample rate and bit depth settings.

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Digital Heaven was founded in 2000 by ex-BBC Resources video editor Martin Baker. For six years the company provided broadcast post production facilities for clients such as the BBC, Channel Four and many independent production companies. After the success of their first software products, the company shifted its focus in 2005 to exclusively concentrate on software development. In total, 14 Final Cut Plug-ins and four other applications have been added to the product range. VideoSpace, a free widget for Mac OS X Tiger which calculates the disk space required for a given duration and codec setting was released in October 2005. Clocking up over 10,000 downloads in the first month of release, VideoSpace was featured as a macworld.com ‘Widget of the Week’ and as a staff favourite on Apple’s widget download page.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Thirtynine LLC is delighted to introduce Christmasfy Me 1.0, their free greeting card utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Just in time for the holidays, Christmasfy Me lets anyone christmasfy their picture by adding cute Christmas elements. When done, users can share their new Christmasfied picture via email, on Facebook or on Twitter.

Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and touch sensitive interface, Christmasfy Me is an incredibly simple-to-use application and ships with 3 elements to use right away. Users can add Christmas themed elements, such as Santa’s beard and hat, reindeer horns and elves ears, to pictures in their library or to pictures they are taking inside the app. Easily resize, rotate or reposition any element to align them into place. Tired of one element? Tap on it 3 times and it will magically disappear.

Thirtynine spent much time on the overall quality experience, making Christmasfy Me’s user interface much easier and intuitive. With its in-app purchase ($0.99 USD), at any time users can unlock another 37 elements. Additionally, Christmasfy Me features built-in email, Facebook and Twitter support, and makes it easy to send newly Christmasfied pictures to family and friends.

Feature Highlights:
* Comfortable and simple User Interface
* Touch sensitive – Easily move elements to align them
* Ships with 3 starter Christmas themed elements
* In-App purchase unlocks 37 more elements

“The idea for Christmasfy Me came to me when thinking of what to use this year for my own personal Christmas greeting,” said Davide Di Cillo, founder of Thirtynine LLC. “Last year I added a Santa Claus motif to a stylized illustration of my head, so I though it would be cool to give everybody else the chance to Christmasfy their pictures for the holidays.”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Christmasfy Me 1.0 is completely free ($0.99 USD to unlock additional Christmas elements) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category. Review copies are available upon request.

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Located in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Thirtynine LLC is a privately held company founded in 2008 by Davide Di Cillo. Specializing in creative design and programming for both web and mobile, Davide’s main focus is developing powerful, versatile tools for the iPhone platform. Thirtynine’s philosophy is in taking care of their customers every step of the way to build their brand, as well as helping to improve and promoting brands to the next level. Copyright (C) 2009 Thirtynine LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Waretown, NJ – Announcing that c0deart LLC, the developers of Traffic Info Map USA, has released the latest updated version of the application. The app is a portable traffic and weather report with near real time data for any zip code in the country. This helps users to avoid road closures, accidents, detours and other traffic related snafus on their travel route. With this newest version, the app does even more.

Traffic Info Map USA was designed to quickly deliver text-based traffic information. The app uses Yahoo! Traffic RSS feed API to retrieve traffic data for most metropolitan areas in the United States.

While most cities get near real-time coverage, others are less frequently updated, depending on their location. C0deart has resolved this by supplying a convenient zip code checker on their website that details what coverage is available for the zip code a traveller is going to. Coverage is then known before hitting the road.

Regardless of traffic coverage, Traffic Info Map USA delivers real time reporting of a user’s speed, direction, altitude and co-ordinates.

In fact, Traffic Info Map USA has a list of great useful features beyond simple traffic and weather reporting:
* Highly customizable (more than 6 types of preference)
* You can access to any traffic and weather report at the ZIP code level for the US Only
* A ZIP Finder is implemented for any city name that you want access beside your current position
* You can access at Traffic and Weather report in the same area for a better analysis of your current conditions
* The map toolbar allows you to handle any map navigation faster than ever
* The landscape format of the map screen is optimized to visualize more information
* You can choose your starting mode screen (List or Map) in the Options menu
* Even if your traffic and weather data are not available at your current time and preferences, you can still use the app for your current position real time data (Altitude, Speed, Direction, Coordinates)
* XML Synch with Yahoo Traffic
* XML Sync with Yahoo Weather
* Embedded map (Mapkit Framework)
* Location awareness capability of OS 3.0 (Core Location Framework) 
* iPhone / iPod OS 3.0 with an internet connection. Works fine even at Edge level

Traffic Info Map USA uses an easy color coded system for instant information relay.

About Traffic Map Info USA
Traffic Info Map USA is a near real-time portable traffic and weather report you carry with you everywhere you go. With Traffic Info Map USA on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you can know what others don’t and avoid that traffic tie-up, know the weather at your destination and receive real time data about your speed, direction, altitude and co-ordinates.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Traffic Info Map USA 1.2 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Navigation category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover by Edward Turner helps mobile app developers maximize sales by optimizing their marketing copy and crafting news-worthy press releases that get picked up by some of the most-read mobile app websites and blogs on the Net. Copyright (C) 2009 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Waretown, NJ – Announcing that Rostami Magic, developers of the magical iForce app for iPhone and iPod Touch users, has released their unique mentalist program. The only organic and customizable app of its kind in existence, iForce is fully examinable and undetectable, with a seemingly endless number of ways to perform magic using an iDevice.

iForce is a performance tool and mentalist’s companion. Disguised as an ordinary doodle app, it plays the supportive role in an illusion. The user predicts an answer or outcome, entering it into the app. This information is used to reveal an answer to the person for whom the trick is being performed. At all times, the user is the magician. No one can guess that it is actually iForce doing the predicting.

The prediction accuracy of iForce is amazing and its secrets cannot be discovered by others. Even when examined, people are unable to detect any sign of iForce working its uncanny magic inside the iPhone. This lends even more credibility to the magician. With its flexibility and allowance for customization, iForce offers illusionists almost unlimited magical ability. A user can instantly create unique performances to keep the material ever fresh.

iForce Features:
* Easy to learn and use
* Written and video instructions supplied
* Several amazing effects that users can perform immediately
* Endless prediction possibilities
* No voice recognition, predictions can be performed 100% silent
* No wireless communication necessary, only the user’s iDevice
* No compass used, works with all iPhone and iPod Touch devices
* Impossible to detect how the magic is performed

Professional magicians from all over the world have purchased iForce for use in their own shows. The secret way in which the app works, plus the fact that the illusions are unlimited, makes it a perfect purchase for anyone involved or interested in magic and mentalism.

About iForce and Rostami Magic
iForce is the world’s most unique magic app for iPhone and iPod Touch users. The brainchild of computer special effects genius and life-long magician, Greg Rostami, iForce is an organic and fully customizable tool for illusions. The program holds secrets that no one will ever discover. Top professional magicians use the app in their performances and have given iForce rave reviews. Greg Rostami has also developed other magic products, which can be viewed on the Rostami Magic website.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
iForce 1.0 is only $2.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover by Edward Turner helps mobile app developers maximize sales by optimizing their marketing copy and crafting news-worthy press releases that get picked up by some of the most-read mobile app websites and blogs on the Net. Copyright (C) 2009 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Berkeley, CA – MacEase Software today announced the release of TheMacBundles’ December bundles. TheMacBundles’ new 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.

TheMacBundles continues its innovative approach to marketing high quality software bundles by featuring a new bundle of 12 highly rated titles during each of the first three weeks in December. Each bundle will feature a combination of new tiles and titles from the previous week’s bundle. This provides users with a unique opportunity to find the combination of high quality software that best meets their needs while also saving a bundle of money. All titles in the December bundles work with OS X 10.6.

TheMacBundles:
* Uses a cooperative marketing model
* Eliminates the middlemen, which results in a better value for consumers and more revenue being provided to the developers that created the software
* Includes only the latest version of the titles that are included in a bundle
* Includes no “filler” programs – all titles in a bundle are premium quality software
* Provides only titles which include the same level of support and the same reduced price for upgrades that apply to users who paid the full retail price for the software
* Will be offering new bundles on a regular basis, thus providing an unprecedented selection of high quality software at unprecedented low prices

The first December bundle includes 12 great titles – including award-winning titles – and is priced at only $49.95 (USD). This represents a savings of about 85%! Additionally, users that purchase a Weekly Special title and the bundle receive a $5 discount off of the bundle, resulting in a cost of only $44.95 (USD).

The first December bundle will be available for 7 days and includes 3 bonus titles. Purchasers of a bundle always get a 30-day money back satisfaction guarantee.

The 12 programs included in this bundle are:
* iPhoto Library Manager – adds an additional level of control over iPhoto collections, can create multiple iPhoto libraries, and more.

* Media Rage – is a collection of powerful tools for media enthusiasts. It 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.

* MyTunesRSS – is a private music and video server which lets users access their multimedia collection through a web interface in any browser. Users can create RSS feeds, download playlists, complete albums, and single tracks, or even play music directly in the browser in a convenient player.

* PDFClerk Pro – is a powerful PDF manipulation program. Join PDF documents together, split even and odd pages, add/delete pages, rotate pages, add text, add graphics, and more.

* Simon – is the essential site monitoring tool for Mac OS X. It checks servers for changes or failures, and notifies users via e-mail, sound, speech, Twitter, or other means. Many additional features are included.

* Spyder – the only MySpace social network browser exclusively developed for Mac OS X. An intuitive user interface allows users to control powerful features effortlessly.

* WebPrint Plus – allows users to easily and quickly save or print snippets of any size from any program, the Internet, and the Clipboard. Works via a uniquely flexible interface and system-wide shortcuts. Many more features are included.

* Yum – is the ultimate recipe and cookbook manager. Add favorite recipes, organize them into categories, assign them ratings, print them with custom layouts, create shopping lists from the ingredients, and many more features.

* Yummy FTP – is the fastest and most powerful Mac FTP / SFTP client available, with features such as directory synchronization, scheduling, remote editing with per-file editor support, auto-uploads via FTP Watcher, and more.

* A-Dock X – brings a secondary Dock to users’ screens. It’s highly customizable and offers some unique features like skinning, 10-level deep folder browsing, and much more.

* Sonic Mood – creates a soothing background of melodic tones and natural sounds when users don’t want the distraction of ordinary music. SonicMood comes with 31 pre-configured “Moods,” an editor that lets users customize or invent new Moods, a recording function, and much more.

* FolderGlance – is a small plugin for the Finder. It allows users to control-click or right-click on folders to see and open their contents, as well as examine the contents of sub-folders down an unlimited number of levels, and much more.

Existing Mac users can purchase this bundle to enhance their and/or a family member’s current setup and to get a great gift for someone. 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!

Additionally, the highly rated utility FileXaminer is being offered by TheMacBundles for one week for only $5.95 (USD) – this represents a savings of 40% on this award-winning utility! Also, the highly rated Web Devil is being offered for one week at 50% off!

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Steve Becker, the owner of MacEase and founder of TheMacBundles.com, 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.

Los Angeles, California – With the new application App Popular(TM), iPhone users can now share, monitor and track iPhone applications available in any of Apple’s 77 online App Stores. Retailing for $1.99 (USD) the application developed by App Popular, LLC, and released in version 1.0, is available in the Apple iTunes App Store. Features include social networking utilities to share apps via email, Facebook and Twitter; tracking functionality to monitor price changes, App Store rankings and App Popular rankings; and categorization tools like “Best App,” “My Wish List” and “Worst App.”

Created by John R. Haigh and developer Nikita Logachev, App Popular delivers a variety of user tracking tools to monitor any app’s popularity. In addition to sorting apps by country and category ratings, users can create and share custom app lists, wish lists and lists featuring their favorite and least favorite apps. To promote favorites and help guide their network of colleagues, friends and family, users can add short comments to their app selections.

Haigh explains that to facilitate social networking shares, a unique web page is created for each App Popular user’s list and is hosted on the App Popular website accessible via a shortened URL auto-generated by the bit.ly service. At any time these lists can be edited, saved or shared. Default lists are “My Top Picks,” “My Worst Picks” and “My Wishlist.” App Popular also uses member default lists to create “Top Member Picks,” “Worst Member Picks” and “Most Wished For Apps.” These categories are updated every 15 minutes.

The application also uses Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 push notification service to help users track App Store price changes. Push notifications are currently available only for apps downloadable worldwide. To alert users to deals and trends throughout the day, the application also offers an app data “Stream” where users can view price changes of currently ranked apps, new #1 rankings, apps entering and leaving the top 10 and the “Top Picks by Members” categories. The Stream currently tracks the United States & United Kingdom’s (Free & Paid) “Top Overall,” “Top Grossing, and “All Games” categories.

With convenient access to all 77 App Stores and the chance for users to share newfound apps, Haigh hopes to see a wider exploration of the app universe. He says “Whether users are addicted to the App Store or just obsessed with international trends, our app can help users unearth, stumble upon and save money on the apps they want, or don’t even yet know they want. It’s a great way for them to align with the pulse of iPhone app lovers across the globe.”

Key features:
* Explore all 77 App Stores by country and category
* View any app’s top 100 world rankings updated 6x daily
* Get price alerts via push notification for any app available worldwide
* Create custom app lists and share lists or individual apps via email, Facebook, or Twitter
* See what’s hot and what’s not and find the best deals throughout the day with the app data “Stream”
* View “Top Picks by Members” Best, Worst and Most Wished For Apps Lists

Version 1.1 Update – Existing features improved and expanded. Includes two additional app discovery features. Slated for December 2009 availability.

Device Requirements:
* App Popular works on the iPhone and iPod Touch
* Minimum system requirement: iPhone OS 3.0
* App Popular requires a network connection to function

Pricing and Availability:
App Popular 1.0 is priced at $1.99 (USD) and is available exclusively from the App Store in the Social Networking category. Updates will be frequent and driven by user feedback.

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App Popular, LLC, is a collaboration between John R. Haigh, co-creator of the Mark On Call(TM) iPhone app, and freelance iPhone developer, Nikita Logachev. Copyright (C) 2009 App Popular, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sunnyvale, California – Gamelion today is pleased to announce the release of a new game exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch devices, “Crazy Hamster”, featuring the craziest and funniest hamster ever in a game. Crazy Hamster is an addictive casual game where the player’s task is to help a hungry hamster to pass through different levels full of traps and obstacles. The hamster is just running and unstoppable, the only way to save him from certain death/peril is to use a limited selection of tools to neutralize the traps on his way.

The world the hamster lives in can be controlled by building bridges, adding trampolines, extinguishing fire, putting up ladders and many, many more. The challenge is not only the limited time, but also limited number of tools per level. The first version release of Crazy Hamster on the App Store is only the beginning of the adventure. With new free updates already on the way, new levels, worlds and tools will be added, providing a lot of fun for a long time.

Game features include:
* Simple, but addictive game play
* Funny and cute animations and sound effects
* 4 different worlds, each with several levels
* 7 different selectable items
* Free updates with new levels and worlds

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Crazy Hamster 1.0.1 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. A free demo version “Crazy Hamster Lite” will also be available for download on the App Store beginning of December.

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Mumbai, India – EDUmobile, the Mobile Training Lab behind the world’s most popular online iPhone Training Program with over 150 students in live training, has expanded its operations by hiring more tutors to help provide one-on-one live support to its growing base of students. In order to make the classes more affordable to a wider base of candidates, a 50% discount has been introduced for a limited time.

“We’re very pleased to see that our iPhone Development Training System has been received so well at a global level. Because we are located in India we are able to economically bring on board more Tutors who will provide immediate support to all our students, without them having to wait too long. We want to be able to continue to provide the same high level of support to all candidates as we have been doing in the past. The growth in the number of students undergoing training now requires us to bring more tutors on board. Our Live Tutor Support is very popular amongst candidates, along with our Online Videos, Training PDF Manuals and Weekly Worksheets.” says Sushant Das, one of the co-founders of the venture.

EDUmobile is currently offering the course at 50% discount for a very limited time. To avail of this offer, simply enter the coupon code LIMITED50 while enrolling. This offer has been introduced to acknowledge that there are many candidates globally that simply cannot afford the full training fee of $200, but would like to develop iPhone Apps – and join the gold rush at the Apple iPhone Store. This is a limited time offer, will be taken down very shortly after 50 candidates sign up.

The iPhone Tutorial is delivered over a 12 week interactive training period, and comes with a 100% money back guarantee. The course is crafted to suite the industry need for beginner, intermediate and advanced level developers. After the course completion, developers will be able to create and publish their own Apps on the iPhone Appstore.

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EDUmobile is a spin-off independant initiative of Chakra Interactive Pvt Ltd, a company operating in the Wireless Mobile Software Development space for the past 6 years, having worked on wireless projects released by global top tier clients and publishers such as EA Mobile, Hands-on-Mobile, I-Play, Sony Pictures, Disney Mobile and Warner Bros amongst others. EDUmobile provides high quality training in various mobile technologies through Online Video, Interactive one-on-one support, Weekly PDF Manuals and Worksheets and an ongoing Support Forum. Copyright 2009 EDUmobile. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.