Newsdate: February 8, 2012 9:05 am Posted in Productivity Majorspot, Inc., an emerging mobile applications developer focused on productivity solutions, today announced the launch of Ghostwriter Notes version 4.0 for the iPad and iPad 2. Running on iOS 4.3 or later, the app now provides support for the revolutionary new iPen stylus. This tablet writing tool provides the closest emulation of writing on the iPad with an actual pen, and is set to revolutionize the way busy users write and format notes within Ghostwriter Notes. The app as a whole allows users to create, store, and share handwritten digital notes anywhere, combining all the practicality of a notebook with the tech-infused advantages & sheer mobility of the iPad. Ghostwriter Notes’ fourth iteration includes the addition of a number of useful features such as Copy & Paste functionality, Automatic Dropbox backup, and the ability to import photos directly from the iPad 2′s camera as well. Focused on helping users get going and get organized, this app trades in pen & paper for technology and ingenuity en route to giving users an unparalleled digital documentation platform. Ghostwriter Notes lets users create and save as many virtual notebooks as they’d like. The app also allows them to name specific pages, choose from various ‘paper’ backgrounds, or even choose a custom background to write by importing any image or photo stored on their iPad into the app. Writing within the app is extremely easy as well. Users simply take their finger and write by hand, utilizing the app’s clear digital ink as well as a nifty zoom ratio feature which controls font size down to a tee. Ghostwriter Notes’ recent update transforms app the into the perfect resource with which to utilize the innovative new iPen stylus. In addition to further polishing the app Read More
Sigma Game today is pleased to introduces Bingo Jungle! 1.1 for iOS, their new, free Game that combines Bingo and Roulette to create a single-player, gambling adventure. The game’s dazzling graphics and animation combine the art and artifacts of the Aztecs with the spectacular casino signage of modern Las Vegas. Players bet on making three, four, or five block horizontal, vertical, or diagonal bingos on a 5×5 board. Numbers are selected at random on a spinning Roulette wheel, players can move blocks that are lit up, and they can choose from 28 Skills or side bets. “You will not find any casino game in the App Store with the action and effects of Bingo Jungle!” stated Derrick Edwards for Sigma Games. “With 28 Skills, every round is different, and you’ll discover built-in surprises that enhance gameplay even more!” Gameplay consists of opening bets followed by two rounds of play. During the betting phase of Bingo Jungle!, players choose any number of Medals to bet on the outcome of a Bingo game. Payoffs vary depending on whether the Bingo includes three, four, or five numbers, and larger bets may increase the odds, producing higher payoffs. In addition to the primary bet on whether the player will successfully achieve a Bingo, the game offers 28 Skills or side bets. Players may use up to three Skills, which are paid for in Stars, to increase their payoff. Skills can improve the odds for achieving a Bingo, improve the payoff from a Bingo, or alter the playing board. With his or her bet made and all Skills selected, the player touches the Start button that releases three balls into a spinning, 3D Roulette wheel. The graphics and animation of the Roulette wheel are truly dazzling, and as each ball comes to rest, that number lights Read More
Feeling run down, depressed or sloth-like? Lacking ambition, self-esteem or shiny good looks? You’ve come to the right place friends! Dr. Tingleton knows what you already know deep down to be true: you have to feel good on the inside for your get up n’ go-go to work properly. And now, thanks to the Miracle Compliment Generator, you’ll be kicking your nap pillow to the curb and doing cartwheels before you know it. Now your iPhone can give you a compliment whenever you need a boost thanks to this new app created by quasi snake-oil salesman, Dr. Tingleton. Users simply shake the Miracle Compliment Generator whenever they need a hit. How does it work? Anytime you’d like to feel more awesome, simply open up the Miracle Compliment Generator and shake. This will trigger Dr. Tingleton’s psychic powers and he will craft a special message just for you. Why waste any more time feeling icky when you can start improving your life today, the Miracle Compliment Generator way? Read More
02.06.12 App Score: 8/10 is a seek-and-find game that features a rich, progressive story line with hidden object tasks, puzzles and mini-games spanning a total of 24 chapters. The premise of the story leads players to assume the role of a real estate appraiser checking out an ancient castle up for auction. With McGyver-like skills, you will weld broken water pipes, hunt down a ghost dog and pick locks all by employing random objects found in each scene. Players also interact with one rude-as-heck undead butler that can’t even be bothered to show you to your room when you arrive. Can you complete the story or will you go batty like your predecessor? As players progress through the Vampireville story, classic mini-games like memory matching and solitaire creep up in addition to the primary seek-and-find objectives. The addition of mini-games breaks up redundancy and keeps the game interesting, but the progressive story line does a nice job of keeping things moving and tying things together. The animation and script are both semi-intelligent and well-performed, giving various amounts of quality to the overall game. The actual gameplay is also of quality design, even though the interface is a catch twenty-two of sorts. Vampireville features many different scenes, all of which are completely interactive. Unlike a lot of hidden objects games that ding you for random tapping, Vampireville actually necessitates the action. Many of the objects in each scene are interactive, requiring players to tap, touch and drag objects that move and reveal additional objects. At times it can be frustrating, especially when the scene requires zoom to find objects, but the complete view to place them. However, the available hints, which are indicated by “sparkling” objects, are generously available and regenerate fairly quickly. Fortunately, as a casual game Read More
Newsdate: February 6, 2012 9:05 am Posted in Education, Games Crosswords are no longer just for adults. Internet Design Zone, an iOS application development company, today is very happy to announce the release of their newest app, Crossword Game For Kids 1.0. Parents will find that kids learn to spell, speak and identify new words very quickly after solving crossword puzzles designed just for the little ones. The app is ideal for parents who wish to teach their kids new words and test their knowledge in an interactive way. With this app, kids will be able to learn new words, spell them on the screen, identify them from their pictures and spoken names, etc. This fun educational app will ensure hours and hours of fun and learning for kids. It is a free download to try out. To solve a crossword, picture clues are provided for every word. On tapping the picture, the picture zooms in and its name is spoken aloud. The letters are scattered everywhere. The child has to drag each letter and spell a word correctly. There is no time pressure to solve a crossword. The kids can play at their own pace. Hints are available if needed. Kids will learn new words quickly. They will learn to spell words, pronounce them and identify them from pictures. The app is ideal for kids in the age group 5-10 years. With 500 different crossword puzzles to solve in 5 levels Crossword Game For Kids features hundreds of words and cute pictures of animals, fruits, vegetables, people, sea life, everyday objects, birds, etc. Crossword Game For Kids 1.0 has 10 crosswords free to play in each of the 5 levels. Total 50 crosswords free! The remaining 450 crosswords (90 in each level) are available through a single in-app purchase. Read More
02.03.12 App Score: 8/10 Once upon a time there were two pigs who built their castle out of jewels…Well, maybe that’s not the exact version of the classic tale, but this game isn’t the exact version of the classic game it appears to be. is a version of the classic match-three puzzler and while it has a very Bejeweled feel to it, PiggyWoogy is a clever recreation of classic gameplay. PiggyWoogy’s storyline is simple – save piggy and his sweetheart swine from the invading woogys (wolves) by making matches within the castle’s jeweled wall. Just like you would expect from similar game boards, different colored jewels are rearranged to connect three or more. As the matches disappear, new jewels fall into place. The difference in PiggyWoogy is the wolves that are scaling the jeweled wall. The right combinations will dislodge the wolves, causing them to fall. Rather than playing against a clock, players are pitted against the wolves. The levels are cleared by dislodging each level’s preset number of wolves. The block-matching, wolf-climbing PiggyWoogy frenzy can get pretty “hairy” at times, but there are special blocks and powerups to help you out of tight spots. A reset, oil and ice block all become available at random times based on the number of matches made. Combos are rewarded with special blocks that result in special actions, like bombing groups of jewels or zapping entire rows. If a keen eye and a quick finger aren’t enough to stop the wolves, they will scale the wall and take a bite out of piggy’s health meter. If the health meter disappears before the set number of wolves are defeated, the level fails. As players progress through levels, new wolves with different abilities are introduced to up the challenge. PiggyWoogy doesn’t feature any Read More
Newsdate: February 2, 2012 5:05 pm Posted in Social Networking WeNowBuddy for iOS and Android is using fun and interesting question games to help users connect to people around the world. Whether you are looking for friendship or love, or whether you wish to simulate the experience of going on multiple blind dates (up to four, at once), WeNowBuddy answers the call. Finally, it is possible to find a friend with Justin Bieber’s haircut or with Angelina Jolie’s stunning physique. You can customize your friends! WeNowBuddy has different features for single or multiplayer options. Users looking for love only need the WeNowBuddy app and their Apple/Android device to play the single player Image Game. This 1:1 feature is a secretive single player platform, which allows two people to connect via information-garnering questions. The game starts by uploading a picture to represent you on WeNowBuddy. Questions are asked of users, and answers determine the compatibility between different users. Once compatibility is established, WeNowBuddy – via its unique gaming approach – fine-tunes a user’s compatibility with other users. A unique Stick Game feature shows stick arrows pointing to the person(s) a user is most compatible with, and WeNowBuddy also features a chat mode that allows users to enter into a private chat room. These features are intended to allow users to easily find new friends, and then have a place where they can get to know them better. “The old adage is, ‘You can’t pick your friends’ – but with WeNowBuddy we have effectively altered that, forever,” said Lena Kwon, UbiNuri’s product manager. “We obviously aren’t the first company to create a fun, laid back social networking app, and we won’t be the last. What sets WeNowBuddy apart from the rest, though, is the fact that it brings joy and it also carries Read More
Newsdate: February 2, 2012 4:10 pm Posted in Business, Finance Sage North America today announced the launch of Sage Mobile Payments 2.0, the latest version of its Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant mobile payments product. Sage Mobile Payments comes bundled with a Sage merchant account, and allows businesses to cost effectively and securely process credit and debit card transactions on mobile devices, like cell phones and tablets, including Apple’s iPad, across all major wireless carriers. Version 2.0 focuses on enhancing the customer experience through new features designed to save businesses time and increase the security of their transactions. “While other vendors are fighting over no monthly fees, but higher processing costs for mobile transactions, we’re still saying ‘no’ to mobile transaction surcharges,” said Hammermaster. “With Sage Mobile Payments, businesses have the option to pay no more than they would to process regular credit or debit card transactions on a standard credit card terminal.” Enhancements built into Sage Mobile Payment 2.0 include an updated user interface, signature capture capabilities, a tax and tip calculator, and a free Sage Mobile “app store” download. “In 2011, 25 percent of worldwide mobile PC shipments were tablets, and upwards of 75 percent U.S. small and midsized businesses plan to purchase tablets in the next year,” said Greg Hammermaster, president of Sage Payment Solutions, the payments division for Sage. “Mobility has truly become a must-have in today’s business world. Businesses using Sage Mobile Payments have a great opportunity to expand their sales and customer service opportunities, and with the confidence of a commercial-grade mobile payments solution. Sage Mobile Payments will help businesses evolve into this next phase of mobile payments.” Businesses using Sage Mobile Payments can benefit from increased chances to close sales; anytime, anywhere transactions; a secure and PCI compliant payment processing environment; real-time authorizations for Read More
02.02.12 App Score: 8/10 is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that is the sequel to Crystal War, which became quite popular among mobile gamers. The one thing missing was the ability to game against other fans. Now, by popular demand, multi-player in real-time is available. Even better, the iOS game still delivers on all facets, making it a sure hit among new and veteran fans. As with the original, gameplay is smooth, engaging and built around a fairly elaborate storyline, which starts with the Goblins unifying after 100 years. The new leader, a four-armed monstrosity abandoned at birth, “Black Chuck Houser” has used his unsurmountable will to survive, overwhelming power, and unrivaled cunning to fuel his unprecedented rise to the top of the Goblin ranks. You are the only person that stands in his way. As with the RTS genre, Crystal War Blood Field tasks you with mining crystals, building defenses and demolishing your opponents. From the start, the player has to be very aggressive in attacking the opponents as they’re very difficult to overtake and as the levels progress so do their defenses. This becomes quite the predicament and can only be overtaken by the game’s built-in RPG theme that allows you to level up as you gain experience. It makes for a nice RTS and RPG hybrid, but also makes it essential to better equip your character with increased skills. The human army features an assortment of characters, including the miners as well as the soliders. In all, there are 16 unique units. On the other side, the Goblins have a group of 13 units, including trolls and the terrifying Balrog. Each unit offers its own set of characteristics and abilities. This wide selection of options is what makes Crystal War Blood Field a truly interesting game that Read More
02.01.12 App Score: 10/10 Disney Mobile’s has received some well-deserved accolades as a top-rated game and indeed, since it’s release in September the water-physics puzzle game has been a top seller in the App Store. For fans of the Swampy and Cranky battle for bathwater, the recent update that included “Cranky’s Story” is a welcome addition to an already stellar game. Where’s My Water? features seven different sewer worlds with 20 levels each and the recent introduction of Cranky’s Story provides an additional 5 with the option to purchase additional chapters. The premise of Where’s My Water? is to solve each level by creating water flow to Swampy’s bathtub. Swampy is a hygiene-oriented alligator who really loves to take baths, but his nemesis Cranky is trying to block the water. To help Swampy stay clean, players solve various puzzles by digging out dirt and removing obstacles that prevent water flow. Levels become progressively more challenging as new obstacles and elements are introduced. With each level Swampy waits patiently in his bathtub, with scrub brush in hand, while you make quick use of problem-solving skills. There are opportunities for time bonus score boosts, overflow bonuses, and of course achieving “tri-duck”. Each level has three rubber ducks that can only be collected if they come into contact with enough water. There are also secret hidden items that can be found in some levels, which once collected will unlock bonus levels. In addition to bonuses, other elements, such as algae, toxic waste and moving plumbing obstacles come into play. Since some of the Where’s My Water? levels are more challenging than others, a terrific blend of casual entertainment and challenging puzzle play is achieved. Some may question the physics, but whether or not the actual water-flow physics are realistic is Read More
