Share Trips and Photos on Facebook with A Journal for Trip Boss for iOS

Bartlett, Illinois – Keeping track of memories, thoughts, and details in a travel journal isn’t a novel idea, but wouldn’t it be great if you could share the whole entry with photos on Facebook(C), right from your iPhone? A Journal for Trip Boss travel manager does just that and more. Plus Journal can be adapted for dual business use – note all the fine details of your business trip and impress your boss with a detailed trip report upon your return.

Creative Algorithms is pleased to announce the release of A Journal for Trip Boss(TM) travel manager, for iPhone and iPod touch. Multiple authors makes a fun way to record family travel memories from all family members. Pick your font, use the convenient time stamp, add emoji-like symbols like smilies, note weather, get location, enter text in landscape or portrait, and of course, add multiple photos with titles and captions. Wrap it up and export entries and photos to Facebook(C), or email, or print, right from your iPhone.

A Journal for Trip Boss(TM) travel manager is the fourth among the Trip Boss suite of travel apps, designed for the busy vacationing or business traveler. Plan itinerary, track expenses, set budgets, convert currencies, calculate tips and meal cost splits, and keep a journal, all within one travel management app. Trip Boss is modular, so you can add on additional travel modules within each app. Pick a Trip Boss app to start and add on Expense & Budget, Itinerary, or Journal modules. The modules are designed to work together, sharing global information, such as places, and eliminating double entry of data. Enter a flight and sent the ticket cost to expenses, in just a few taps. You can’t do that with separate travel apps!

“The module idea means that serious travellers can buy them all and take advantage of the full set and less frequent travellers can just grab what they need. The fact that each module and the main application are so well programmed makes this one of the very best mobile travel apps available,” writes Shaun McGill, editor of Lost in Mobile.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* iOS 3.1 or later (iOS 4.0 tested)
* 8.8 MB

Pricing and Availability
A Journal for Trip Boss(TM) travel manager is available on the iTunes AppStore at a sale price of $2.99 (USD) or for purchase as an add-on from within any of the Trip Boss apps.

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Based in Chicago, Creative Algorithms has been developing business and personal mobile applications as early as 1999. Applications are designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch; Palm OS smartphones and PDA’s, plus web-based applications for iPhone, desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Focusing on functional and beautifully polished user interfaces with high quality standards, Creative Algorithms has established a strict design philosophy for development of its products, and strives for exceptional customer service. All Material and Software (C) 2004-2011 Creative Algorithms, LLC / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Actor! iPhone app on iTunes is launched

Sydney, Australia – Kitegirlapps are offering their latest job tracker software, Actor! 1.0 for iOS. This time for freelance working actors. It’s already made the Top 100 in the Productivity section of Ecuador and Madagascar.

The Life of an Actor:
The career of an actor can be a roller coaster, feast or famine; and work can come from a multitude of sources. The typical actor will have at least one agent they are listed with. They may also be listed with a promotional staff recruitment company, various theatre companies – both amateur and professional – and have their own shows or films on the go with friends and colleagues.

Being creative minds, priority is on creating new projects, expressing themselves, perfecting their craft and marketing or promoting to attract more work. Consequently, one of the last things on the priority list is paperwork which most actors hate with a vengeance. It’s the least creative job on their plate and so they often neglect it or leave it in the hands of others. This can leave them vulnerable to having payments missed which can keep the everlasting reputation of the “starving artist” well and alive.

The Problem Solved:
By using Actor! (with the exclamation mark) on their iPhone, the actor can quickly store a list of people they get work from regularly and any related expenses in the Referrers section. For example, their acting agency along with commission percentage and any tax they withhold. Then as they complete each job, they can store the jobs in the Jobs Section and attach one of these Referrers to it if necessary. Each job can be customised to add and take away further amounts applied just to that job.

For example, a freelance job done with a group of buddies would be:
* Group earnings (Gross amount)
* Less costume hire and parking
* Divided by the number of people in the group.

Or, a television commercial done through the Acting Agent would be:
* Day rate for the film shoot plus the loading fee (Gross amount)
* Less agents commission
* Less tax withheld (these two lines copy automatically from the Referrers section)
* Plus a Travel fee to get to the shoot
* Less $500 advance the agent gave them

So the Actor can quickly see the Nett total of what they are now owed and can tick it off once it’s paid. Actor! is not as complicated as a full accounting system and is a great quick reference for the Actor who hates paperwork. They can keep on top of what jobs have yet to be paid, who owes them and how much they can expect in the hand to pay the rent.

Supported Languages:
* US English, Russian and Spanish

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

Pricing and Availability:
Actor! 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. There’s a free version called “Actor! Lite” you can try before you buy to calculate the Nett total of a single job.

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Kitegirlapps is run by Kitegirl Annabelle Drumm a Business and Life Coach for professionals working in creative jobs. Kitegirl worked as a performer professionally for 9 years, ran a dance company for 6 years and a multi-national entertainment booking agency for 15 years. She’s passionate about teaching the business side of a creative career to newcomers and coaching one-to-one with those more established in their career. She finds people working in all creative jobs often have similar problems including putting the love of their art back into their commercial work, keeping good life balance for workaholics, job satisfaction for overachievers and refining career direction for those who have lost their way. She continues to build a suite of iPhone apps to support creative people and looks forward to the reviews and suggestions of the users to make the apps as effective as possible. Copyright (C) 2011 Kitegirlapps. 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.

QuickerTek’s 5dBi Tri-Band works for newly released Apple Base Station

Wichita, Kansas – QuickerTek Inc. today is pleased to announce that their second generation higher gain 5dBi Tri-Band Antenna upgrade kit was tested with the newly released Apple 802.11n Extreme Base Station MD031LL/A model A1408. The new Apple Extreme Base Station is more powerful which carries the signal at a greater distance with significant improvement. You can never have too much signal strength! You will be the envy of the neighborhood when you upgrade your new Apple 802.11n Extreme Base Station with our 5dBi Tri-Band Antenna upgrade kit.

Our in-house testing showed up to 3 times better signal strength then that of the built in antennas on the Base Station. Keep in mind, that everyone’s situation will be different with walls and such that the signal must penetrate. But you will notice a significant signal difference combining our 5dBi antenna with the new Apple 802.11n Extreme Base Station.

We are keeping the prices the same for the Do It Yourself kits, customer sends us their unit to upgrade kits and the purchase a new Base Station all ready upgraded kits. Same low price for higher performance! Now that is a great deal!

Specifications:
* 5dBi Tri-Band Antenna with 3 foot coaxial cable
* 3 adapter cables
* Instruction manual

The 5dBi Tri-Band Antenna Do It Yourself kit can be ordered from our website or from many of our resellers. Like most QuickerTek products, the 5dBi Tri-Band Antenna kit has a one year parts and labor warranty.

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QuickerTek has been a recognized leading innovator of power/solar products, antennas and RF products for the Apple community. QuickerTek products can be purchased online and from authorized resellers. Copyright (C) 2009-2011 QuickerTek. All Rights Reserved. Apple, and the Apple logo, and 802.11n Extreme Base Station are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

adnX releases CheckUp 3 for Mac OS X

Lyon, France – adnX today is proud to release the third major version of CheckUp, one of the most popular utility for Mac OS X. CheckUp has been specifically designed to help you monitor the behavior and health of your Mac in a simple and straightforward manner. This is done in real time. No more needing to go ‘beneath the hood’ to find out all those technical details that could be affecting your system.

CheckUp is able to detect common problems with a Mac and OS X, and will also provide useful tips to help you fix them. It’s as easy as looking at the dashboard of your car!

The first thing you will likely notice about CheckUp is the minimal interface. Upon opening CheckUp, you will be greeted by a simple black Toolbar down the right-hand side of your screen. That is all. This enables you to manage your Mac’s system with as little interruption to your work as possible. From the preferences, you can control which side of the screen the Toolbar appears on, and also adjust the Toolbar’s Transparency.

CheckUp allows you to access all of your Mac’s basic information from your Main IP address to your specific Operating System. A lot of useful information. It also allows you to view the performance of your processor, much the same way that you would check the speedometer of your car.

CheckUp’s Network tab allows you to view the bandwidth usage of your network connections. The window displays Connections from Applications. This helps you monitor which applications are using the network to send and receive information. The Processes tab allows you to monitor the Processes running on your computer. CheckUp’s Data tab is one of its most useful features. It allows you to see installed items on your computer. When selecting an app, an Uninstall button appears next to the Eye icon allowing you to Uninstall the app along with all its associated files. CheckUp’s History tab allows you to see a History of system crashes. This is helpful if you need to send a crash report to the developer of an application.

A powerful feature of CheckUp is its ability to alert you to potential problems with your system. CheckUp is able to detect any hardware failures on your Mac. Recent Macs have sensors integrated into the hardware that CheckUp uses to assess the state of your system. It can also detect the health of all connected disks and will check if there are any major issues. Thus, CheckUp is a great solution in keeping an eye on your Mac!

What’s new with version 3:
* New user interface less intrusive
* Completely rewritten with a modern core
* Many new features
* New documentation

Minimum Requirements:
CheckUp requires a Mac with and Intel processor and at least Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard. The new version is already compatible and optimized for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that is coming in July. Version 3 is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Pricing and Availability:
CheckUp license is available for 29 Euros only (around 40 US dollar). The new version is free to all owners of a previous license. The trial version is limited to 7 days with all features.

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Based in Lyon, France, adnX is a company created in 2001 with the goal of providing innovative applications for Mac OS X. We take great pleasure building Mac, iPhone and iPad products. We are committed to creating quality software that will make each platform even more user-friendly. Copyright 2001-2011 adnX. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Stamp Art Fever 7.0 – July release brings new Themed Sets and more

Pisa, Italy – Independent software developers Francesco Chessari and Nicola Pacini today are pleased to announce Stamp Art Fever 7.0, a major release update for their simulation game for iPhone and iPod that introduce two new Themed Sets: Coins and Blue Set. In addition the great new Mailbox system and more game modes.

What’s New in Version 7.0 (July):
* New Mailbox system: send messages to other collectors with your stamps attached
* Most Wanted section now renews every day
* New Instant Lottery game mode
* Two new themed sets to collect: Coins and Blue Set (40 new stamps)
* Feedback board changed in Message Board
* Personal Auctions improved
* Fire accident removed
* New “Jump” system in Gallery browsing
* Bugs fixed and better performance

Description Of The Game:
Trade and collect artistic stamps. Build and manage your Gallery. Compete against players of over the world for the most valuable collection. Check also Stamp Art Fever HD for the native iPad version.

App Craver: 8/10
iPod Appzone: 9/10
The iPhone App Review: 4.5/5
Crazymikes Apps: 4/5
iPhone Footprint: 4/5

User reviews:
“Great game!! 30 min relaxing a day!”
“Great app! I don’t even collect stamps and I enjoy this game a lot!”
“An Old Classic – this app brings back the nostalgia of bygone days when I was a stamp collector. thanks!”
“Neat – Stamp Art is a really neat app that lets you collect beautifully drawn stamps and share them online with your friends. It’s a fun social game.”

In Stamp Art Fever you are an art-stamp collector continuously searching for new pieces to add to your collection. Download it immediately, begin to categorize your artistic stamps and compete with other collectors of over the world for the most valuable collection!

Probably as far back as 1839 Sir Rowland Hill did not think that its reform of the postal system would have inspired the creators of this game for iPhone/iPod. The Famous Penny Black was the first of countless stamps used around the world to send letters carrying news of all kinds. Soon, collectors around the world began to take care of them and rare specimens acquired an enormous economic value.

Stamp Art Fever revolutionize your virtual world, great graphics and a perfect game of chances allow this application to become a must have. You have several ways to get the stamps you are looking for: the Philately, the Black Market, Auctions, etc. The game is enlivened by events, such as theft, which could slow down your career.

Main game elements:
* Visit the Philately and make your purchases
* Sell to shop your duplicates and create a portfolio with which buy the missing
* Search your missing copy in the Black Market
* Increase your credit “dirty” on the Black Market by selling your duplicates
* Protect your collection from Theft
* Connect with your friends and propose exchanges (multiplayer)
* Compete with other collectors of over the world

In addition:
* Game Center support
* help on line with the game rules
* Over 200 original artworks and 20 levels of play
* Support for multitasking iOS 4 compatible devices
* Detailed graphics with high resolution to take full advantage of iPhone 4 Retina display
* future update with new collection sets

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

Pricing and Availability:
Stamp Art Fever 7.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Located in Pisa, Italy, independent Italian software developers Francesco Chessari and Nicola Pacini share a passion for crafting incredibly software for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad platforms. Copyright (C) 2011 Francesco Chessari. 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.

Lumi’s Book of Eyes for iOS Comparative Ophthalmology Made Fun for Kids

Westchester, New York – Zephyr Games today is pleased to introduce Lumi’s Book of Eyes 1.0 for iOS, the ebook version of the best-selling paperback for kids 3-12, which also includes the I Spy an Eye mini-game. Originally written by ophthalmologist Dr. Robert Abel Jr., the book provides a fascinating introduction to the eyes of different animals as well as humans. The ebook is aimed at an international audience and features animals from around the world as it discusses the importance of good eye health and the value of eyeglasses. The 16-page interactive storybook can be read to a child, or by the character Lumi, a clever young man from Turkey who acts as our guide, who can read the book aloud (with or without the text displayed).

The ebook launches in landscape mode, and its vector graphics scale automatically to Retina, iPhone, or older iPod displays. The animated cartoon graphics consist of colored shapes with relatively thick stroke outlines. The pencil and watercolor drawings are simple but detailed, achieving a joyous realism through animated changes in shading. On selecting the ebook from the splash page, the enthusiastic cartoon voiceover announces, “Hello, my name is Lumi! And I’m here to show you the world of eyes!” The reader sees Lumi at work at his painting easel, out in the sunshine with a rainbow in the sky. The drawings are interactive, and touching some objects produces an animated reaction. Lumi gets his name from the French word “lumiere” that means “light,” as in the English word “illuminate.”

With a lilting Turkish accent, Lumi goes on to lead the reader on a tour of the differences between the eyes of many different animals, such as the: iguana, giraffe, eagle, owl, crocodile, tiger, hippopotamus, dragonfly, and frog. Lumi appears alongside a photo of each animal, and as he speaks he moves his head to look at the animal while addressing the reader. The reader learns how the unique ocular system of each creature is specially adapted to suit his or her special needs. In the book’s conclusion, Lumi points out that he, himself, wears corrective lenses, so that he can fully enjoy all there is to see. This serves as encouragement for young children to get eye exams and wear glasses, if necessary.

Feature Highlights:
* Actual, full color photos of the eyes of animals from around the world
* Amusing I Spy an Eye mini-game challenges kids to distinguish eyes from other objects
* The ebook contains full color graphics and animation for children of the highest quality
* Professional voiceover, music, and interactive game
* Turn audio narration on/off
* Set written text show/hide

Lumi was written and created by Robert Abel, Jr. M.D. In order to teach children about the importance of vision, Dr. Abel created the graphic character, Lumi. Lumi’s Book of Eyes informs children that it is OK to wear glasses and to have an eye exam by the age of five. Dr. Abel has traveled to India, Nepal, Mexico, Brazil, the Middle East, and Europe researching alternative medical practices. Working with an herbalist for 20 years, he has adopted many natural approaches for disease management. He has also contributed to the translation of ancient Ayurvedic eye therapies. Dr. Abel has written over 120 scientific articles and 20 chapters in medical books. He has also authored the The Eye Care Revolution, The DHA story, The Best Supplements For Your Health, The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, Lethal Hindsight and the Lumi series. These books can be seen on Dr. Abel’s website www.eyeadvisory.com

According to the author, “Born in the mountains of Turkey, Lumi came from very artistic and creative parents. His father, a musician, philosopher, and poet, is also a shipbuilder and always wanted to build an Ark so if the world were to flood, he could save the animals and the people. Lumi’s mother is a chef and cooks food for all the travelers who come through from Europe, The Middle East, Asia, and Africa. When Lumi was a little boy, she would tell stories about animals from around the world. Lumi would take his summer vacations from school visiting the places his mother talked about so he could see the animals and how they lived. Since most kids didn’t have this opportunity, he wanted to write about them and share his knowledge. Lumi always believed in learning and sharing with others. Lumi recognizes the power of learning through reading. Lumi loves talking to the animals and kids.”

The ebook exhibits very high production values, and all elements blend seamlessly to produce an engaging, entertaining, and enlivening experience. The writer of the original book was Dr. Robert Abel Jr., MD, ophthalmologist, author, and lecturer who is devoted to bringing complementary thinking to eye health. He created Lumi out of his love for children and animals. Illustrations were created by Shanon Stevens, a distinguished graduate of the Wellington Institute of Technology in New Zealand. Project Development was by John Foster and Blackburst Media, Inc. Audio Design and Engineering was done by The Code International, Steve Horowitz and Robert Carpenter; audio recording at Dubway Studios NYC. Animation and GUI Design was contributed by Kohrtoons Studio, Inc., Rob Kohr, and Bobby Khounphaysane. Finally, the ebook was produced and published by Zephyr Games, Inc., Kenneth Johnson, CEO.

“Dr Abel is a remarkable man and a respected doctor,” stated Developer and Publisher Kenneth Johnson. “Lumi’s Book of Eyes captures the miracle of vision as it is found in different ecosystems around the world.”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* iOS 3.0 or later (iOS 4.3 tested)
* 40.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Lumi’s Book of Eyes 1.0 is $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category. Review copies are available upon request.

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Zephyr Games is located just outside of New York City. They are focused on creating games and small applications for the handheld, mobile, and casual markets. Founded in 2009 by Kenneth Johnson, Zephyr Games draws upon the talents of numerous independent developers and freelance designers within the NYC area, and is committed to working with up and coming brands and products to assist them with extending their brands to handheld and mobile gaming. Their mission is to create high quality game and app offerings for their users over a variety of target platforms, such as the iPhone and Steam. They intend to build games for genres having strong user interest in game mechanics, competitive play, and storyline. Their strength with consumers and within the market space comes from their devotion to building up not just our brands, but also their intellectual properties. Each of their unique properties will be built with multiple releases in mind, building synergies with their existing product lineup and creating a strong user community based around these products. Copyright (C) 2011 Zephyr Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Pink Zombie Studios releases ShuffleFrenzy for iOS – New Shell Game

Auckland, New Zealand – ShuffleFrenzy, a ball-and-cup game created by Pink Zombie Studios, is now available for free download on the Apple iTunes app store. Long for the old carnival days when you could enjoy a good shell game? Or, if you’re not that old, do you want to find how fast your eye is? If you said, “YES”, ShuffleFrenzy is the game for you! ShuffleFrenzy is the flagship game from our new Pink Zombie Studios brand.

“ShuffleFrenzy is a great game to pass the time! Its very easy to pick up yet hard to master. It’ll get you hooked to your device for hours of fun and challenge!” says Erick Garayblas of Pink Zombie Studios.

ShuffleFrenzy is a simple game – follow the shuffling cups to identify which one has the ball. The shuffle speed and the number of shuffles increases if you keep guessing correctly. How good is your eye? How many shuffles in a row can you follow?

ShuffleFrenzy includes:
* Two amazing themes that can be unlocked as you continue to play
* Eight different achievements to be unlocked. Some achievements are secret, so you’ll have to figure out what unlocks them
* Challenge your friends to beat your highest score
* Brag to your friends via Twitter and Facebook about your high score
* Get the highest score on our global leaderboards by competing against other players from around the world

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.2 or later
* 23.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
ShuffleFrenzy 1.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Pink Zombie Studios is a new brand collaboration between Fahim Farook of RookSoft Ltd, Erick Garayblas of Kuyi Mobile, and Taylor Jasko. Pink Zombie Studios aims to develop fun and colourful games and apps for various mobile platforms including iOS and Android. Copyright (C) 2011 Pink Zombie Studios. 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.

Calendars 2.3 makes working with Google Calendar on iOS devices fast

Odessa, Ukraine – Today Readdle, a leading publisher of business and productivity applications for the iPhone and iPad, updates Calendars, its popular iOS application for tracking events, appointments and tasks on the go, with the “transparent” Google Calendar sync and other additions. With Calendars 2.3 people can incredibly quickly add, edit, delete or re-schedule events and tasks within the application.

Calendars combines all the best features of online Google Calendar with seamless performance and ease-of-use of the native iOS application. All changes in tasks and events are immediately synced with the web in the background avoiding any interruptions during the work. The sync process is transparent from the user’s standpoint meaning they will never notice it.

“Everything is fast in Calendars 2.3. It’s very fast to look-up event, create a new appointment or check your schedule. Combined with the intuitive interface this makes Calendars 2.3 great choice for both new and long time Google Calendar users,” says Igor Zhadanov, Readdle CEO.

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

Pricing and Availability:
Calendars 2.3 is available on the Apple App Store for $6.99 (USD) or as a free upgrade for the existing application users in the Productivity category. Calendars is a universal iOS application, which works on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

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Readdle provides productivity and business software that helps iOS users to use desktop-class features on their mobile devices. Readdle products include top rated software centered on document management, collaboration and personal productivity on the go. Since 2008 more than 1,400,000 people around the the world rely on Readdle’s software to carry files, review documents, capture important information and manage personal schedules. Readdle products are available through the Apple App Store and enterprise licensing. Copyright (C) 2011 Readdle. 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.

Boynton Classic Blue Hat, Green Hat Dressed up for App Store

Vancouver, Canada – Loud Crow Interactive Inc is proud to announce the release of Sandra Boynton’s Blue Hat, Green Hat 1.0; the third title in their collaboration with Boynton Moo Media. Available now as a universal app on the iTunes Store for $3.99 (USD), Blue Hat, Green Hat is a wry and light-hearted adventure in which children guide three earnest animals and one misguided turkey through various activities involving clothing and colors. The app offers narration by famed British Invasion rocker Billy J Kramer, the wonderful narrator of the bestselling Boynton app, The Going to Bed Book.

“I have a particular fondness for Blue Hat, Green Hat,” says Sandra Boynton. “At age three, my son Devin had a surprisingly hearty laugh for a small person – a laugh that would make everyone else laugh. I created this book long ago just to elicit that belly-laugh from him.”

Originally published in 1982, Blue Hat, Green Hat is one of Boynton’s all time bestselling titles, having sold over four million copies. Working closely with Loud Crow, Boynton designed the interactive concepts, wrote and produced the soundtrack with Michael Ford, and digitally recreated the original illustrations with new animations to ensure this interactive re-imagination delights fans while keeping true to the spirit of her widely-loved board book. Loud Crow then carefully worked its widely-praised technical magic to fully realize and enhance her interactive concepts.

“It was great fun to re-invent Blue Hat, Green Hat as an interactive e-book app,” says Boynton, “collaborating again with my endlessly clever Loud Crow friends. The digital dimension gave us so many terrific opportunities for adding theatrical flair to this spare yet decidedly Vaudeville book.”

About Boynton Moo Media
Boynton Moo Media is the imprint for Sandra Boynton’s new digital works. Her first two apps with Loud Crow, The Going to Bed Book and Moo, Baa, La La La!, are both bestsellers, both have been App of the Week, and each has been awarded the coveted Kirkus Star. Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children’s author, songwriter, and director. Since 1974, Sandra Boynton has written and illustrated over fifty children’s books and seven general audience books, including four New York Times Bestsellers. More than 30 million of her books have been sold – “mostly to friends and family,” she says. With Michael Ford, she has also written and produced four albums of what she calls “renegade children’s music.” Three of their albums have been certified Gold, and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has reached Platinum. Boynton has recently written and directed four short films based on their songs, including the celebrated One Shoe Blues starring the great B. B. King. And co-starring sock puppets.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 28.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Blue Hat, Green Hat 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category.

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Loud Crow Interactive Inc. is a Canadian digital book publisher based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company was founded by a group of former video game developers with over three decades of experience in interactive media. Loud Crow is currently exploring partnerships to expand its PopOut! series of interactive children’s books and to build new lines of interactive e-book products. Visit the company’s website for more details. Copyright (C) 2010 Loud Crow Interactive 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.

KeBouquet! app Updated and on Sale through the App Store

Milan, Italy – A-Tono, an imaginative mobile application developer specializing in the unique, announced the update to version 1.3 of KeBouquet! A universal app for all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. To celebrate the update KeBouquet! will be on sale for few days, from Thursday June 30 to Sunday July 3, 2011, for just $ 0.99 (USD), down from the usual $1.99 (USD) price.

KeBouquet! allows users to create and give amazing virtual flower bouquets for all occasions: birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Valentine’s day, Mother’s day, Father’s day, etc.

This wonderful app lets users choose, design, and send or share uniquely customized virtual flower bouquets with their loved ones in a matter of minutes straight from their mobile devices, without needing to go to the florist and without fear that flowers wither under the sun.

KeBouquet! has a simple and intuitive user interface: just drag the flowers in vase and choose backgrounds, vases and accessories to create a beautiful bouquet or just shake the device to create endless bouquets! Once you make the flower bouquet add a greeting card with a personalized dedication.

For those who cannot find the right words or prefer to communicate with the flower language, the Encyclopedia allows you to discover the meaning of flowers, also searchable by meaning, recipient or event: Kebouquet! will automatically choose the most suitable list of flowers.

Moreover, with a calendar included, KeBouquet! offers the possibility to schedule the sending of bouquets and remeber the main holidays. The bouquets can be sent via text or e-mail or shared on Facebook and Twitter straight from the application.

Available in three languages – Italian, English and Spanish – the new amazing application by A-Tono KeBouquet! is a great overall utility to have handy for the main holidays or any upcoming birthday, anniversary, or other special occasion that may pop up as well.

App Features in Version 1.3:
* Intuitive and simple user interface
* Creation of flower bouquets by choosing from a wide range of flowers, vases, background and accessories
Adding of a personal message on the greetings card
* Shake function to generate random bouquets
* Flowers Encyclopedia to learn the language of flowers, , searchable by meaning, recipient or event.
* Customizable calendar
* Reminder of major holidays
* Sending of the bouquets by text and e-mail
* Sharing of the bouquets on Twitter and Facebook with the option to tag a friend
* Scheduling of the sending of bouquets

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 4.2 or later
* 4.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
KeBouquet 1.3 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

KeBouquet! 1.3
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It’s the future, and it is today: welcome to A-Tono. Thanks to its peculiar company/agency profile, A-Tono celebrates a decade of interactive multichannel marketing leadership. Over 70 people in 3 highly specialized sites share our new approach that we call “creatology”. Strategy, creativity, technology combined by integrated teams of creatives, engineers, marketers, to develop innovative ideas that work. So to establish relationships that last with an advanced audience, through insightful communication spread via mobile, web, point of sale and every traditional media that can be connected and measured. Copyright (C) A-Tono 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.