The MacTrack – iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple Mac News

Real Software, creator of Real Studio, the cross-platform desktop, console and web development tool, announces that Real Studio will be on sale for Black Friday, November 23, 2012, the biggest shopping day of the year. From 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM CST, all new Real Studio licenses will be discounted to 30% off of their original price. Developers can create powerful cross-platform applications for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and the web ranging from utilities to full-featured enterprise applications.

Digital Nomad Travel Magazine is innovating digital publishing, by announcing its launch on the Apple iPad Newsstand platform. Digital Nomad Travel Magazine 2.7.5 showcases stunning photography, travel tips, articles and interesting perspectives, taking readers on a journey from their home or from abroad, whenever they choose to access content. The new monthly magazine offers rich, HD-quality content, user contributions and cutting-edge interactive functionality for advertisers.

Expanding indie developers Kwalee have bolstered the ranks once again this month with talented programmer David Smithson joining the team. Kwalee are going from strength to strength right now with a noticeable increase in media attention surrounding the release of the third game – Farm Fighters and the imminent update to their second title Pussy Flip, soon to be re-named and re-launched with some significant new features on the 29th January 2013.

Flipout! is back and better than ever. Flipout! 1.3 is challenging, educational and slightly addictive game based on the classic card game Concentration. It is a game of skill and luck that challenges a player’s memory. Players flip over two cards and try to get a match. It’s available for iPhone, iPod and iPad. Flipout! was built by the creative geniuses at Grio Games, a subsidiary of the awesome game, mobile and web development company, Grio.

Auryn, Inc., the most award-winning digital publisher of children’s storybook apps, celebrates the Holiday season by offering their entire line of apps for just $0.99 USD for the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. Some notable apps included in the promotion are Where Do Balloons Go? by Jamie Lee Curtis, Teddy’s Day, Teddy’s Night, Van Gogh and the Sunflowers and The Little Mermaid.

Cirrus Thinking, maker of the award-winning Dolly Drive cloud backup and storage for Mac, is offering a deal for Black Friday 2012. With Dolly Drive’s Black Sheep Friday, Mac users have even more reason to rejoice. With a promo code, purchasers can get 20 percent off Dolly Drive’s Mac-centric online backup, sync, and file storage service, plus a 30 day free trial period. Dolly Drive REVO version, is an all-in-one sync, store and backup service designed for the Mac experience.

Negative Nimbus, the award-winning iOS game about a lovable-but-curmudgeonly raincloud who can’t stop raining, is giving thanks by going free for the Thanksgiving weekend. In the game, players guide Nimbus through the stunningly animated worlds of Sunnyland, raining on all the flowers and trying to keep everyone else dry. The universal iOS app, which usually sells for $0.99, will be available for free from Thursday, November 22nd through Sunday, November 25th.

DEVONtechnologies, LLC offers 25 percent discount on all new purchases of its software products as well as on all upgrades on Black Friday through Cyber Monday weekend starting November 23, 2012. Products offered fro sale include DEVONthink, DEVONnote, DEVONagent, DEVONsphere and MyThoughts. Customers find more information about the exclusive Black Friday though Cyber Monday deal on the DEVONtechnologies website.

Sphero Glide hits 70 percent on KickStarter after revealing demo at the 2012 Blue Conference. Rewards have been tweaked for people who still want to back the kickstarter project and have their very own sphero. With 3 weeks to go, many people have already tweeted their support. Sphero is a robotic-gyro controlled 3D Flight Simulator for iOS and Android. Using the sphero, players will be able to play Sphero Glide using realistic hands-on flight simulation in a Unity3D environment.

Castle Kings 1.01 for iOS is a new strategy game based on the everlasting standoff of the four Mighty Races: Humans, Elves, Orcs and Undead. Players take over as many castles as possible, in order to multiply troops and conquer even more castles, and, consequently, win the battle, the main task of each mission in the game. Featuring fearless knights, greenwood elves, combatant orcs and undead of the underworld, the game is filled with shady alliances and notorious betrayals.