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Herdecke, Germany – danholt4mac today is pleased to release an update of its famous Calories 2 software, the beloved software for tracking nutrition, body weight data and exercises. Calories 2’s youngest incarnation is version 2.8. This update makes Calories 2 fit for MacOS 10.7 aka Lion. But that’s not all.

Calories 2.8 now offers more conveniences: New options have been added to retranslate your food database to more languages. French and italian speaking users now have the chance to switch their basic food database to their language by simply retranslating it. All data that has been collected with Calories 2 will be updated and the translated food names will appear. For our japanese users we have implemented a completely localized online help yet and a japanese translation of the food database will be added soon!

New features and changes of Calories 2.8, an overview:
* Ready for MacOS 10.7 Lion
* New: Optional retranslation of the basic food database
* New: French translations for food database added
* New: Italian translations for food database added
* German translations of food portions reviewed – can be corrected now by retranslation
* New window menu to reopen the main window in case it has been closed by accident
* New: Japanese online help implemented
* BugFix: Combining food now works in japanese localization
* BugFix: Week starting feature in general preferences fixed

Important hints:
If you bought Calories 2 from Mac Appstore, get your update version directly from the Mac AppStore! All other users can download the update from the Download site at danholt4macl!

The update is free for all registered users of Calories v 2! Download your 30 day-demo of the new Calories 2.8.

Pricing and Availability:
The desktop application Calories 2 is available from danholt4mac as Single-Version for 29.90 USD ( VAT if applicable) or as Family-Version: 59.00 USD (+ VAT if applicable) and from Mac Appstore. Cal2go, iPhone-Client for Calories 2, is available in Mac AppStore fur 3.99 USD. Withings WiFi body scale can also be ordered for $159.00 USD (+ shipping + VAT if applicable). Special price bundle: Withings WiFi-body scale + boxed single or family-license of Calories 2 at the price of 175.00 resp. 194.90 USD (+ shippping + VAT if applicable).

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Located in Herdecke, Germany, danholt4mac is a privately held company founded in 2001 by Daniel Holtwiesche. Leveraging their longtime experience in third party development and localization, danholt Consulting Services is a premier solutions provider utilizing the most modern techniques for the Mac platform. Apple software Localizations offered are for the English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Japanese languages. Other services include graphics and DTP, computer aided design, CD/DVD publishing, productivity and business software. They are a distributor of some well-known software firms. Copyright (C) 2011 danholt4mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod, and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Silver Spring, Maryland – Leaping Bytes today is pleased to announce MapPocket v.2.1, an update to their map application that can help you to save a lot on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection.

Whats New in MapPocket v.2.1:
* Ability to edit saved maps
* Ability to share maps between multiple devices using DropBox account
* Landscape mode on iPad
* TV Out on iPhone 4 and iPad
* List of off-line maps displays more information about map: provider, type of map and sharing status

There are number of reasons why traveler may want to use MapPocket:
* planning to go abroad and want to avoid roaming charges (while using maps)
* planning to go “into the wild” where, most likely, there will be no any Internet connection (with some cell providers “wild” could mean “just around the corner”)
* owning an iPad or iPod without a cell data plan and going to wonder into an area without free wifi
* and you can save some trees by not printing your maps anymore

Before you go offline, plan your expedition using an intuitive interface. At any moment touch one button to start recording what you see. MapPocket will remember all tiles you viewed. Once recorded, maps will be available any time without the internet connection.

User can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. If you go to Paris you may want to choose a “roadmap” view, if you go to the jungles of Amazonia you may prefer a “satellite” view. While planning a expedition (online), you can use standard search functionality to locate points of interest. Even when offline, you can use built-in GPS to pin-point your exact location on a recorded map.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 109 MB

Pricing and Availability:
MapPocket 2.1 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Travel category.

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Leaping Bytes is a technology solutions company providing mobile, web, and custom software development founded in 2005 by Andrei Tchijov and Elena Tchijov. Since 2009 Leaping Bytes has been involved in developing applications and games for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Leaping Bytes. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod, iPad and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

London, United Kingdom – 30th June 2011 – EuroSmartz, the Number One Apple(R) iPad(R) and iPhone(R) print app development company, today announced its flagship app PrintCentral Pro now supports mobile printing using the “Personal Hotspot” capability on an iPhone 4.

As anyone that has to be on the road for their job will tell you, getting connected to a new, unknown network and trying to use a printer is no easy task. However now with PrintCentral Pro and an iPhone 4, customers can easily create their own mobile network and print wherever they are.

Setup is straight forward and only takes a few minutes. By switching the ‘Personal Hotspot’ feature on in the iPhone settings, a customer will create their own wireless network. All they then need to do is link their Wi-Fi printer to that network, open PrintCentral Pro and tap “Print”.

PrintCentral Pro will enable customers to print most common file types including Microsoft Office files, iWork Files as well as PDFs & image files. This is invaluable for printing invoices, quotations, stock lists, packing orders as well as many other items that are needed when mobile.

iPad:
Customers with an iPad can also take advantage of this new functionality. They simply connect the iPad to the iPhone 4 wireless network and will then be able to print using PrintCentral Pro.

Ian Schenkel, CEO at EuroSmartz comments: “Our mission is to bring mobile printing to all. With the widespread availability of the Personal Hotspot feature on the iPhone 4, creating a truly mobile network that will fit a road warrior’s requirements is easier than ever. We continue to push the boundaries of what can be achieved with mobile printing and this update is shining example of this commitment!”

Pricing and Availability:
PrintCentral Pro is available on the Apple iTunes App Store worldwide for just USD $9.99, GBP 5.99 or 7.99 Euro for the iPad version, or USD $8.99, GBP 5.49 or 6.99 Euro for the iPhone version.

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EuroSmartz was founded by two brothers from New Zealand in 1994 and has excelled at developing software products across multiple platforms and operating systems. EuroSmartz was the first company to bring the functionality of printing photos, contacts, web pages and more to the iPhone when it released “Print” in late December 2008. Since that time EuroSmartz has become the number one provider of printing apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. EuroSmartz’ app “Print n Share” was selected by Apple to be featured in the “Office” iPhone TV commercial which aired throughout 2009. In 2010 EuroSmartz’ other leading app “PrintCentral” was featured as “App of the Week” in the UK and European iTunes App Stores. Copyright (C) 1994-2011 EuroSmartz. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Fremont, California – Sprite Labs today is proud to announce Paint FX 1.0, the first app to let users selectively apply photo enhancements, filters, visual effects and colors to specific parts of a photo, simply by painting them with the fingers, giving users complete control of where they want those effects and enhancements in a photo and where they dont. It is also unique in allowing a combination of multiple effects in different areas of the same photo.

There are several apps in the App store which provide a wide array of photographic effects and filters, but all of them constrain the users in applying the enhancement to the full photo. Most of the photos require a fix or an enhancement to a specific part of the photo only, while needing a totally different enhancement in another part. For example, a dark area in a scene may require brightness improvement while another area with high exposure may need a contrast and a reduction in brightness.

Similarly applying a visual effect selectively on a subject instead of the full photo can bring attention to the subject. Users can even go up a notch and combine and layer different effects on the same photo creating unlimited possibilities for for creating stunning masterpieces in minutes with the simple, intuitive and natural touch interface. Check out a demo video of the app by following the video link below.

“We partnered with acclaimed usability and user interface experts and spent several months in getting each button just right, each pixel perfectly placed, and help and hints provided at each step, so that users can start having fun without scratching their heads and spend their time on creativity instead. We are really looking forward to see what users come up with, with the creative control that Paint FX provides”, says Nikita Sawant, creative director at Sprite Labs. For a quick demonstration please watch the video demo online.

With this one app, you can do so many things and many more:
* Apply precise HDR effects by controlling Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation with pinpoint accuracy
* Perfect for Tiltshift (Miniaturization) effects by adding Blur Exactly where you want it
* Completely erase backgrounds for a brilliant studio-style portrait photo
* Have fun, by giving yourself a tan or changing the color of your hair and clothes
* Artistic filters like Sketch, Hue, Cartoonize, and Threshold easily turn your photos into professional looking pieces
* A complete paint brush set is included to really manipulate your photos – The options are endless

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 17.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Paint FX 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category.

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Located in Fremont, California, Sprite Labs was founded in 2009 with the vision of creating quality entertainment and educational applications for mobile devices. All Material and Software (C) 2009-2011 Sprite Labs, LLC / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Rome, Italy – iOS app developer Fabrizio Bartolomucci today is pleased to announce version 2.0 of his Augmented Reality app, Virtual Tags incorporating a number of new social networking features. Similar to other geotagging apps, Virtual Tags allows users to create messages, known as clouds, based on their physical location which are then shared with other Virtual Tag users. These geotags are displayed on the screen of their iPhone Touch or iPhone or iPad as an overlay of the user’s physical environment, giving a real-time view of previous visitors to that location.

Said lead developer Dr. Fabrizio Bartolomucci, ‘Virtual Tags version 2 has been redesigned to allow users to dress their own ghostlike beings which inhabit the Augmented Reality view, following the users as they move. As groups of Virtual Tags users assemble together, the app display will begin to show similar clusters of ghosts blurring the line between physical and augmented realities. Karl Marx once stated that ‘a spectre is haunting Europe’ but unlike his communist vision, Virtual Tags will allow users to ‘haunt’ the world in new and fun ways.’

The introduction of Augmented Reality (AR) ghosts allows for several interesting potential scenarios for users of Virtual Tags as they are shadowed by their avatar within the app. Virtual Tags users will be able to easily identify other users of the same app as their avatars come into close proximity, providing the potential for formation of new friendships based on mutual interests. Virtual Tags version 2 will also allow for expansion of the flash mob craze into the augmented reality as app users will also be accompanied by their ghost, creating the unusual sight of two crowds, one real and one virtual.

Virtual Tags is also being used by Italian companies as a way of generating new business via social media buzz. Clouds are posted near business outlets with details of products or services, allowing Virtual Tags users to take advantage of special offers and to leave their own reviews based on their experiences. As uptake of Virtual Tags increases, more businesses worldwide are expected to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the app to raise their profile and encourage interaction with their customers.

Virtual Tags version 2 also adds support for legacy devices such as the iPod touch which do not contain a compass further boosting the app’s potential user base. New sound effects have also been added to alert users to the presence of nearby clouds and ghosts.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th Gen)
* iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G
* Requires iOS 4.2 or later
* 12.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Virtual Tags 2.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category. To read more about Virtual Tags including a number of product reviews, and to contact the developer please visit their website.

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Based in Rome, Italy, Virtual Tags is the brainchild of Dr Fabrizio Bartolomucci. Bartolomucci has been developing computer software since his youth, before graduating in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Pisa. Virtual Tags has received a number of positive reviews from iOS specialist blogs including AppGiveAway, SlapStart and KillerStartups thanks to the flexibility of the app and friendly nature of its user community. Copyright (C) 2011 Fabrizio Bartolomucci. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPad, iPhone, iPod and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Embrach, Switzerland – RIAMS Software, an innovative new mobile applications development company, has today announced its excitement over the successful recent release of PadDraw for iPad devices running on iOS 4.0 or later. This new children’s coloring app allows youthful users to either color pictures in one block at a time, fully by hand, or utilizing a mixture of different tools and methods. Featuring beautifully rendered original drawings, PadDraw is currently available for download on the Apple App Store for $0.99 in the Entertainment Category.

PadDraw sports an original professionally drawn picture book that features simple to color-in images, while offering children a simple cohesive narrative about a boy who loses his puppy that young kids are sure to enjoy as they color one image after the next. Furthermore, the app incorporates over a dozen unique coloring pages, three different coloring modes, and five different brush sizes to keep things fresh for users as well. The application also features an eraser tool that allows users to erase specific portions of their drawing. If young artists want to erase all their work and start on a page from scratch, they simply turn on ‘Edit’ mode and shake the iPad, it couldn’t be simpler.

The three coloring modes that PadDraw includes range from Easy to Hard. Easy mode allows kids to colorin whole sections of drawing with the touch of a finger, while Normal mode allows them to hand color-in portions of their drawing with a special feature that doesn’t let them color outside the lines. The most true-to-life variant is the app’s Hard mode, which charges children with coloring in their pages without any automatic assistance from the app itself.

Once a piece is finished, kids can simply start over on a new page or save their colorful drawing directly to the iPad. There’s not many app that are as helpful in encouraging children’s artistic development as they are in making themselves accessible to their youthful user demographic. PadDraw is one app that kids will love not simply because its engagingly vibrant but because its made with their needs in mind as well.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 4.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
PadDraw 1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category.

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Founded in Switzerland, RIAMS Software is the brain-child of Olaf Japp, a veteran developer with an eye keen on creating top quality mobile applications of the iOS platform. Specializing in mobile software development across a number of genres, the organization is committed to reinventing the way children and adults interact with the mobile technology around them. (c) RIAMS Software 2011. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Berikon, Switzerland – games2be GmbH today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of FireCraft, their real firework simulator on iOS. FireCraft is all about building your own firework rockets and giving amazing Firework-Shows. FireCraft is available for the iPhone/iPad and can also be played for free online.

To create rockets is simple. The player can fill an empty rocket with various “bullets”. Every bullet has a specific behavior. There are bullets for the thrust and others for sparkles, glitter or various explosions. The bullets are also available in ten different colors. The interesting thing about this system is, that the player has countless possibilities to combine the bullets and can thus create individual rockets.

When a Rocket is built, it can be tested and be saved for firework shows. When giving a shows, all the saved rockets can be launched to delight the audience and the player gets rewarded with cash. The cash can be used to buy new bullets, bigger rockets and new locations for shows.

Features:
* 59 different firework-bullets
* Each bullet is available in 10 different colors
* 24 unique locations for your firework shows
* Countless possibilities for creating your own firework rocket
* Every single explosion is unique

Platforms:
FireCraft on iPhone/iPad
FireCraft HD on iPad
FireCraft Online

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Located in Berikon, Switzerland, games2be is an independent game developer founded in summer 2010. games2be wants to discover new game concepts and new playgrounds. The focus lies on easy to pick up fun games on various platforms. Copyright (C) 2010 games2be GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Venice, California – On the Path LLC has just released the first in a series of master classes by virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist, Michael Chapdelaine, available through their best-selling iPad app, “On the Music Path.” In this first lesson, Michael Chapdelaine teaches his beautiful solo arrangement of the Cherone and Bettencourt hit ballad, More Than Words, breaking down each element of his arrangement and showing students how to imitate the sounds of the bass, drums, guitar and vocals to create an exquisite solo guitar performance.

The lesson is structured in an incremental, step-by-step fashion so that even intermediate guitarists will be able to master the early steps and add subsequent layers as their skills advance. Michael’s fingerstyle arrangements have become YouTube sensations with dozens of aspiring guitarists posting their own performances of Michael’s arrangement. With over 50 minutes of video and 15 practice sessions accompanied by both guitar tablature and musical notation, this is a unique opportunity to learn the art of solo fingerstyle guitar from one of the world’s leading fingerstyle guitarists.

About The Artist:
Michael Chapdelaine is the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world’s top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres: the Guitar Foundation of America International Classical Guitar Competition and the National Fingerstyle Championships at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield , Kansas. He won the National Fingerpicking Championships at Winfield in 1998. He has twice won the coveted National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant, and has taken First Prize in both the Guitar Foundation of America’s and the Music Teachers National Association’s Guitar Competitions. He has also won the Silver Medal in Venezuela’s VIII Concurso International de Guitarra “Alirio Diaz”. Michael is Professor of Music and head of guitar studies at the University of New Mexico.

About The App:
The “On the Music Path” iPad app offers carefully structured lessons on how to play the guitar, piano, drums and bass from a star-studded cast of world-renowned musicians. In addition to Michael Chapdelaine, teachers include Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson, Eric Johnson, Jake Shimabukuro, Vonda Shepard, Leland Sklar, Lee Ritenour, Kenny Sultan, Scott Tennant and Ravi Shankar.

On the Music Path has been a top-ranked app since its initial release at the end of April and has garnered 5-star reviews from users and critics alike.:

“On the Music Path has to be one of the most ambitious iPad apps for guitarists built yet,” extols Fretboard Journal.

“Every once in a while a product comes along that is so well done, so well thought out, that it takes a little time to realize just how special it is,” writes one user.

On the Music Path has been featured as a “New and Noteworthy” and “What’s Hot” app in over 100 App Stores worldwide and was selected by Apple as a “Staff Favorite.”

Device Requirements:
* Requirements: Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 7.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
On the Music Path 1.1 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Music category. Lessons cost between $4.99 and $19.99 and include 45-90 minutes of one-on-one lesson time with a master musician accompanied by musical notation, chord charts, lyrics and guitar tablature synchronized to the teacher’s playing. The app includes lessons for all levels of students, from novice to advanced, and is available exclusively through Apple’s App Store. Students can download the app and try out the first few chapters of any lesson for free.

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On the Path LLC is a small software development firm with a passion for music and a belief in the age-old tradition of apprenticeship between a student and a master teacher. Copyright (C) 2011 On the Path LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Minneapolis, Minnesota – Incoming text messages are not always as they appear. It may pay to verify that the text message that your coworker just received from the boss is truly from your boss before you start scrubbing the toilets on its order. A new iPhone application, Fake-A-Message 2.0 now allows users to set up fake text messages which they will later receive.

The fake text message is summoned at the press of a button or at a pre determined time. One can even reply to the text message and fake scripted responses will keep the conversation going. Identical to a typical iPhone incoming text or multimedia message, the fake messages will even fool fellow iPhone owners.

“Fake-A-Message allows you to fake multimedia messages as well as program elaborate replies for fake conversations” said developer Ed Williams. “Other fake texting applications only allow simple notifications.”

Users of Fake-A-Message are finding numerous ways to put the app to good use. Some use it for entertainment, shocking friends with salacious pictures from former Congressmen or shamed athletes. Others use of the ‘Random Excuse’ button to generate an urgent text summons to facilitate a an early exit from an unwanted situation. Regardless of how you use Fake-A-Message, it is clearly a handy utility to have.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 3.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Fake-A-Message 2.0 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category. There is also a free Ad-supported version available.

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Excelltech has designed over 30 applications for the iPhone as well as several titles for the Blackberry and Android platforms. The company is dedicated to utilizing mobile technology to deliver useful innovations and entertaining diversions. For more information on Excelltech please contact them online. Copyright (C) 2011 Excelltech Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

New York, New York – AppAnnex LLC today is proud to announce an irreplaceable assistant to healthier and longer life called GPS Running Watch 1.0. Either you are running for pleasure or training as professional – GPS Running Watch 1.0 will automatically records your time, distance, speed, pace, calories burned and elevation basing on your personal weight, height and age.

With GPS Running Watch 1.0 you will forget about expensive standalone GPS devices…now you have everything in ONE solid iPhone application. With GPS Running Watch 1.0 you can easily track all your run statistics, visualize them within the graphs, check your pace and distance on the map, keep an eye on your workout history and even tell the world about your accomplishments via Facebook or Twitter.

Easy to use and intuitive interface will help you to start running anywhere and set up everything right on the go. The developers thoroughly selected each and every element to show and combined them in quite simple but unique and outstanding user interface. With GPS Running Watch 1.0 you are getting not only GPS powered and loaded with features running stopwatch, but also sleek and outstanding iPhone application that should take honorable place among your best-loved apps.

Supported Languages:
* US English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Device requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 3.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GPS Running Watch 1.0 will be available for special promotional price $0.99 (USD) (or equivalent amount in other currencies) exclusively through the iTunes App Store in Healthcare & Fitness category. Promotional price offer ends on July 5th and regular pricing of $1.99 (USD) (or equivalent amount in other currencies) will be in effect.

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AppAnnex was founded in 2010 by group of seasoned developers who decided to open new horizons in mobile world. With more than 30 years of total development experience and hundreds of projects done, our main mission is to bring to the market most innovative and entertaining mobile applications and games to enhance user’s mobile experience. Copyright (C) 2010 AppAnnex LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.