Pixelmator 2.0 Sneak Preview

post from Daring Fireball on 10 June 2011 07:03:35 PM. © Daring Fireball

My thanks to Pixelmator for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed — and, my congratulations, too, for their well-deserved Apple Design Award this week at WWDC.

Pixelmator is a beautiful, easy-to-use image editor for Mac OS X. They’re now previewing the next major release, Pixelmator 2 — slated for release this summer as a free upgrade for anyone who’s purchased Pixelmator via the Mac App Store.

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Facebook Acquires Sofa

post from Daring Fireball on 10 June 2011 04:03:49 PM. © Daring Fireball

This acquisition was the talk of the WWDC Bash last night. A lot of people were surprised — the Sofa guys do great work but don’t seem to do the sort of things Facebook would be interested in. I don’t think this is the last such design talent acquisition they’re going to make. Facebook is building a serious, world-class design group.

More here from MG Siegler.

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http://www.madebysofa.com/blog/facebook-acquires-sofa/

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Apple Enters the Fray Against Lodsys, Files
Motion to Intervene

post from Daring Fireball on 10 June 2011 04:03:49 PM. © Daring Fireball

Florian Mueller:

Nine days after Lodsys sued seven little app developers in theEastern District of Texas, Apple filed a motion to intervene inthe proceedings.

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Unlock Flash and Java on your iOS Device with
Cloud Browse 3.0

post from prMac on 10 June 2011 03:40:00 PM. © prMac

Cloud Browse 3.0 is now available in the UK, Australia, Ireland, Phillipines, and New Zealand iTunes stores. Cloud Browse enables a full desktop Firefox browser session on iPhones, iPods, and iPads, so that mobile web surfers can access Flash and Java content. Cloud Browse has enjoyed double digit growth rates in both app store downloads and premium subscription upgrades for 10 months straight, and is approaching 500,000 downloads since launch.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-26579.htm

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ICON Launches NxtApp 4 Kids - New Math Game for
iPhone and iPad

post from prMac on 10 June 2011 01:00:00 PM. © prMac

From the makers of the acclaimed NxtApp - iPhone/iPad Brain Gym - comes NxtApp 4 Kids. NxtApp is featured in The Washington Post as the perfect app for mental math and is also featured by Apple in the What's Hot section of its iTunes stores in the US and UK. NxtApp 4 Kids is a fun new math game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch where the gamer has to complete sequence of numbers and is timed against the clock. The game also includes global leaderboard with Apple Game Center.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-26637.htm

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Current Temperature 5.0 Now Available

post from prMac on 10 June 2011 12:19:00 PM. © prMac

Current Temperature, the original temperature badge application for iOS, has been updated to push the current temperature to users' devices with custom format options. The app is simple, and to the point. It is not meant to be a full-fledged weather application with maps, forecasts, etc. It simply displays the temperature and data that helps determine the feels like temperature. Current Temperature can push the temperature in your choice of Celsius or Fahrenheit.

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Fun Park HD: New Idea of Amusement Park Game
Design

post from prMac on 10 June 2011 11:35:00 AM. © prMac

A group of independent game developers, united under the brand name Game Flame, is pleased to announce its first game, Fun Park HD 1.0, specially designed for iPad and now available on iTunes. Fun Park HD is created for kids and adults of all ages and provides you with six different high quality mini games and one attraction, a Ferris wheel. Fun Park HD sharpens your mind by training different skills: visual memory, attention and concentration, logical thinking, reaction and arithmetics.

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Tribal Nova Offers iPhone App to Support Children
with Special Needs

Tribal Nova has decided to make its iPhone app available for free and to reduce the price of its iPad apps on June 11th as a way to support Gary James' Apps for Children With Special Needs giveaway party and the Special Needs community. This concerns i Learn With Poko: Seasons and Weather! for iPhone and iPad as well as i Learn With the Mighty Jungle: Animals! on iPad. I Learn With is a cross curricular game-based program helping prepare children for school, while having fun, one app at a time.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-26636.htm

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Pretty Fashion - Dress up Now!!! is Available on
the App Store

PICK Technology Limited announces the release of Pretty Fashion - Dress up Now!!! 1.1.3. This is a totally free of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad for female fashion dress up. Players should dress and drag to dress and undress outfits, t-shirts, hairstyles, glasses, shoes and so on. Features include auto save, 10 different types of customizable dress ups, Cover Girl magazine model, preview and the ability to take photos.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-26633.htm

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KwiqApps Launches Enhanced iPad Book Little Miss
Liberty

In collaboration with independent children's book author and illustrator Chris Robertson, KwiqApps today introduces Little Miss Liberty 1.0, another original children's picture book on iOS devices. The lovely picture book features young Miss Liberty and depicts her story of growing up in Paris and finally landing in New York. The app features high resolution graphics to take advantage of iPad's large display.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-26628.htm

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