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The following games are available for free download TODAY ONLY from the app store. All games are compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Read full article »

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Life comes to Bluetooth headphones this season with an exciting range of colors everyone can enjoy. Also introducing Bluetooth + apt-X for pristine CD quality audio rivaling the very best of wired headphones.

Say bye to your wired headphones and experience your music wirelessly,
in CD quality & stunning colors.

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Following the big success of its other apps, Viaden Mobile today introduced Video Pokers for iPad covering yet another patch in the vast field of casino apps. The application consists of two video poker games: Deuces Wild and Jacks or Better. Players can submit their scores to the Open Feint social gaming platform, track their progress online and compare achievements real-time. Video Pokers for iPad combines the benefits of three applications in one.

With the user always on their minds, the creators did their best to design a friendly and enjoyable gaming environment topping it with original crisp graphics. To those willing to compete on the global scale, Viaden offers an extra feature. Players can submit their scores to the Open Feint social gaming platform, track their progress online and compare achievements real-time. Video Pokers for iPad is compatible with iPhone/iPod Touch and of course iPad combining the benefits of three applications in one. Read full article »

Synium Software today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of Chronories 1.0, a completely new way of writing a diary. With Chronories, your diary gets written whether you contribute or not. In addition to writing your own entries, Chronories will gather for example local weather information, which websites you visited, e-mails you received, how long you've been working on your Mac and which applications were running.

With only a few clicks, you can record how you feel today, places you went to, which topics stirred up your interest and capture a Desktop screenshot. Users whose Macs sport an integrated iSight or any other QuickTime compatible WebCam can take daily snapshots of themselves. Read full article »

PhatWare Corporation announced today WritePad for iPad 4.0, the advanced handwriting recognition software for iPad. WritePad lets users take notes in their own handwriting with an iPad stylus pen or their finger. This state-of-the-art handwriting recognition software will adapt and learn while it is being used, improving the recognition quality over time.

The new input method, introduced in this version, allows users to enter text by writing on the input panel which occupies approximately the same space as the on-screen keyboard. The writing is immediately converted to the digital text and the intermediate results are presented to a user before the final output is sent to the application. Read full article »

Toolsfactory software today announces the release of rubiTrack, a GPS-enabled activity and exercise journal for Mac OS. rubiTrack lets you display, analyze and organize your indoor and outdoor workouts for sports such as running, biking, walking, hiking, skiing and many more. rubiTrack reads tracks from GPS enabled devices like the Garmin Forerunner, Garmin Edge, Nike , Suunto and Polar devices and the iPhone 3GS and 3G.

rubiTrack adds the athlete log which helps athletes keep track of fitness related vital values like weight, resting, maximum and recovery heart rate, body mass index (BMI), body composition and more. The athlete log comes with convenient features to calculate resting and maximum heart rate as well as the basal and active metabolic rate based on vital values and activity level of the athlete. The athlete log reads existing data from files and synchronizes with the Withings WiFi body scale. Read full article »

Kristanix Games has released Mahjong Epic HD 1.0 for iPad users. Players can enjoy any of the one hundred Mahjong games and are able to create their own boards to play on. There are no time limits to worry about, with unlimited undos and shuffles and can enjoy listening to their iPod music while playing. The interface is intuitive, the graphics beautiful and games are auto saved, so if interrupted, a user can return mid-game and pick up where they left off.

Kristanix Games has supplied a rich user experience for this iPad version of Mahjong Epic HD as they have for the iPhone/iPod touch releases. Players can enjoy any of the one hundred included games and are able to create their own boards to play on. With a goal in mind to make Mahjong Epic a relaxing pastime, users have no time limits to worry about, can avail themselves of unlimited undos and shuffles and can enjoy listening to their iPod music while playing. Users will find this HD version of the application as easy to use as before. The interface is intuitive, the graphics beautiful and games are auto saved, so if interrupted, a user can return mid-game and pick up where they left off. Read full article »

ONYX Apps today is pleased to introduce DjembePad 1.0, their realistic digital drum simulator and practice pad exclusively for iPad. Goatskin is replaced by a high-resolution IPS display, and the ancient and modern worlds meet. Loudness and tone are user controlled, and sounds include: slap, tone, bass, woodblock, and cowbell.

Traditional djembe drums tend to be large and cumbersome, and cost upwards of $100. They're not ideal for taking to a party or a friend's house for a jam session, and they might not make the amateur drummer very popular with their neighbors. Bringing the primal energies of tribal drums to the digital world, DjembePad offers a realistic sound and feel, but the iPad weighs just 1.5 pounds and is 0.5 inch thin. One can practice anywhere, anytime, at any volume or with headphones. The app produces a rich natural sound with subtle variation, which the iPad's internal speaker cannot accurately reproduce. For the power and punch of a real drum external speakers or headphones are recommended. Read full article »

Melvin Says There's Monsters!, a charming, often hilarious digital storybook by award winning children's animator Brendan Gallagher, was just released today for the iPad by Out to Play Interactive. Melvin's world comes to life for kids and their folks through fully animated pages, original illustrations and a whimsical musical score. The simple navigation and big, bright, high quality screen make the iPad perfect for small hands to explore and be entertained.

Melvin's world comes to life for kids and their folks through fully animated pages, original illustrations and a whimsical musical score. It's available now in the Apple iPad App Store for $2.99 (US). (An iPhone/iTouch version will follow shortly). Read full article »