Date archive for April, 2012
Low App Downloads in March, Cost Per Loyal Users Steady
Published 4/30/12 by Kevin StoutFiksu reports March app downloads slowed after January and March.
Read More »Bad Things Rush at you When You Give A Conservative A Cookie
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff Scott“If You Give A Conservative A Cookie” storybook app for the iPad was released today by Trajan Books. Written and illustrated by Stephen Cody, the creator of the children’s enhanced iBook “There’s An Elephant Following Me”, “If You Give A Conservative a Cookie” is a political parody of Laura Joffey Numeroff’s “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. In this story, a small cigar-smoking pachyderm with attitude finds his way to a house in the suburbs. A nice young woman offers him a cookie.
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Appcelerator Updates to Titanium 2.0, Adds Cloud Services
Published 4/30/12 by Kevin StoutMobile development platform, Appcelerator, released its 2.0 software and added cloud service APIs.
Read More »Happy Ring Ring Launches ChickyFox HD – A Music Video App for Children
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottHappy Ring Ring, the folklore media entertainment company based in Malaysia, today is thrilled to announce an entertainment category app for the iPad to the App Store called ChickyFox HD. ChickyFox HD is a whimsical children’s music video app that children can sing along with. ChickyFox HD is a music video app for children ages 3 and above. The app features two ChickyFox songs with different styles which both feature smooth and funny 2D artwork and animation to entertain your kids with.
Read More »Cheat Some Offers to Help Draw Something Players
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottA new iPhone and iPad app has been released to help players of the social phenomenon Draw Something. Unlike other games like poker or baseball where cheating is generally frowned upon, Draw Something is based on cooperative play, which makes cheating actually beneficial to both players. “Besides,” adds Heagy, “not everyone knows what the hell a ‘tebow’ is.” Cheat Some knows all possible words, and can suggest them from the letters provided in the game.
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Taking on Zynga and Rovio: Zach Gage and SpellTower
Published 4/30/12 by Kevin StoutSpellTower quickly rose the ranks after Gage’s sale strategy and briefly competed with Angry Birds Space and Draw Something for a weekend.
Read More »Smartphone safety eBook now available in paperback form
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottRod Cambridge, the author of How NOT To Use Your Smartphone, has released a paperback version of the eBook. Increasingly, smartphone users are being hacked because they don’t understand how to configure or use their devices safely. And identity thieves can do an awful lot of bad once they have someone’s personal information. The bad guys can trick smartphone owners into connecting to insecure Wi-Fi networks where their credentials and other private information becomes exposed.
Read More »Learn Chinese from American-born Chinese-translated interactive scripts
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottBeijing based independent development team Zachary Wang and Zuo Peng introduced Small Talk Chinese for the iPad. Small Talk Chinese teaches Chinese through punchy English dialogues adapted from movies, television, and other media outlets, which are then crowd-sourced for translation into Chinese. The dialogues, which feature popup word definitions and Chinese audio from native speakers, are organized around fun topics like dating, fashion, and the office place.
Read More »Mr Toast Goes Mobile
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottCalifornia based Imaginary World Comics introduces Mr Toast 1.0, its brand new gaming title for iOS devices. Players take control of Mr Toast as he walks/runs through his neighborhood. Drawing on the classic cartoon style of Mr Toast, the game appeals to kids and adults. Featuring two different play modes, in Levels mode, players have 14 levels to complete with varying challenges on different levels. In the Infinity mode, players can just keep going as long as they still have time.
Read More »hicup App releases Aficionados Infographic
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff Scotthicup 1.04 is a new mobile app that helps local individuals find each other via shared interests. Simply set up your account and you will be prompted to browse other people by location or interests. David Gowan and Julie Green have released a new released an illustrated guide outlining the unique interests of several groups of connoisseurs. Titled “The Aficionados”, the new PDF guide gives insight into five of people’s most common shared interests, including Wine, cars, food, art, and cigars.
Read More »Special Apps For Special Learners
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottFeraco Media announces special iOS apps for special learners. Bio Regents Buddy, Physics Regents Buddy, US History Regent Buddy, Geometry Regents Buddy, Chem Regents Buddy, Earth Science Regents Buddy, Global History Regents Buddy and Integrated Regents Algebra Buddy are all apps that have these features that could be helpful to all learners. The applications are subject specific and include many different learning strategies, offering interactive lessons and more.
Read More »App & Joy introduces Snooze+ 1.0 for iOS – Easily Snooze Calendar Events
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottApp & Joy Studio today introduces Snooze+ 1.0, its new business app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. With Snooze+ you can continue working with the iPhone’s native calendar and have a snooze option for all events. You can set a default snooze time and use it for all events, or you can define a unique snooze time per event. You can also use Snooze+ to view a list of your upcoming events – set their snooze time in advance and even edit the events’ details if desired.
Read More »Toy Defense Free for iOS: Highly Detailed, WWI Tower Defense/Sim
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottMELSOFT today introduces Toy Defense Free for iOS, their historically based, WWI tower defense/sim Game. Featuring graphics and animation with painstaking attention to detail, the game employs advanced AI algorithms that allow up to 40 individual infantry, anti-aircraft, flamethrower, or artillery emplacements to target and fire independently. Players are engaged throughout gameplay with strategic and tactical decisions that unfold in ultra-realistic sound and visual battle effects.
Read More »Lyn 1.2 for Mac OS X – Browse, View, Tag and Share your images
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottIndependent developer Mirko Viviani today releases Lyn 1.2 for Mac OS X, an update to his low-cost, fast, and lightweight image viewer and browser designed for photographers, graphic artists, and web designers. Lyn natively supports all popular image formats, such as: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, RAW, HDR and much more. Now a full 64 bit application, version 1.2 introduces a new Map layout, thumbnails’ caching, metadata filtering, Lion’s fullscreen mode and offers support for Dropbox and SmugMug sharing.
Read More »Pew Pew Land II – More than 300k Downloads Tower Defense Game now Free
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottMobile Force today announced that Pew Pew Land II – The Ultimate Defense Game for both iPhone and iPad,is now free for a limited time. It is the follow up to the critical and commercial smash hit that re-imagined the TD gaming genre on iOS, with over 300k downloads. Featuring 14 unlockable Pew Pew weapons and 5 Special Abilities, players must stop 12 different Creeps from reaching the end of the maze. The update adds Game Center integration with achievements and leader boards.
Read More »Car Xpenses 1.4 for iOS – App Manages Vehicle Services and Maintenance
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottUmbrella Corporation today announces Car Xpenses 1.4, an update to its productivity app designed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Never have to worry again when your car needs its next oil change or the last time you replaced battery. Car Xpenses was developed specifically to manage all of your vehicles expenses, services and maintenance needs, as well as help you save time and cost with the addition of a maintenance history. Version 1.4 includes Fixes and enhancements.
Read More »MysticLine Launches Raven Hills for iOS – An Innovative 3D Defense Game
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottMysticLine today announces Ravens Hills 1.2, an update to its innovative defense game for iOS. Be prepared, enemies are coming! Featuring original 3D modelled environment and addictive gameplay, in Ravens Hills, players must rebuild their castle from ruins to full glory during 20 levels of increasingly difficult gameplay by defeating a variety of different enemies. Towers must be built on 3 different terrains. Version 1.2 offers 3 new levels of difficulty, better gameplay and new graphics.
Read More »ABC SPANISH SPELLING MAGIC 1.0-Deletreador Magico, Free for iOS
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottPreschool University today introduces ABC SPANISH SPELLING MAGIC 1.0-Deletreador Magico free for iOS, their 19th Education app that provides practice in spelling common Spanish words of 3-7 letters. When the child touches a picture or letter, they hear the corresponding word or sound aloud. Kids must drag letters into a line to correctly spell words. In Scrambled Letters mode students are provided with all the required letters, while in Movable Alphabet mode they must select from the alphabet.
Read More »Shuriken Chicken 1.0 for iOS: Stylized, Side Scroller with Ninja Chicken
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottGames for Gummie today introduces Shuriken Chicken 1.0 for iOS, their stylized side scroller game where players control a ninja chicken. All backgrounds, objects, and characters are made from hand cut felt, then photographed for use in the game. There are several 2D animated layers as the black clad chicken with a red comb tries to run as far as possible, leaping over or sliding under obstacles, and bouncing off trampolines. He eliminates enemies in the way using shuriken, ninja throwing stars.
Read More »iSatFat: iPhone + iPad: Find Food Saturated Fat Content based on USDA DB
Published 4/30/12 by Jeff ScottIndie developer James Hollender today announces iSatFat – iNutrients: Saturated Fat 3.0 for iOS, a major update to his Medical app that lists the saturated fat content of more than 1,100 different foods. Broken down into seven Categories or as a complete, alphabetical list with search function, users can lookup and record their daily nutrient intake. Each listing includes nine pertinent facts about the food, and this 3.0 update allows users to create custom serving sizes for any item.
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