iPhone Cruncher

Denver, CO, October 07, 2011 –(PR.com)– Word puzzle enthusiasts, bring your “A” game. Spuzzle, Inc. launches a new social word game challenge in the form of Word vs Word, an app with the all-in-one link between a crossword puzzle, hangman and a word search game.

The game offers social interaction with live turn-based play and chat messaging with friends and random opponents or equally challenging solo matches. From the more than 3,500 word games available in the iTunes App Store, Word vs Word is an accumulation of all things word game players find addictive, fun and rewarding.

Word vs Word challenges players to uncover a secret word between three and eight letters. Through strategic process of elimination, intuitive selection and a little luck, the winning player reveals the secret word first and is presented with that word’s definition. As educational as it is entertaining, the app provides a social venue for learning new words and definitions.

“Word games appeal to the masses,” said Jeff Russell, President and Co-Owner of Spuzzle. “Word vs Word brings an entirely novel game to the app community that will engage people of all ages and skill levels. This game will test players, provide them with a new leisure activity, and educate them all at once.”

As a part of Apple’s App Store Volume Purchase Program, Spuzzle will allow educational institutions to purchase Word vs Word in volume and distribute it to its users.

According to Russell, the concept and idea of Word vs Word is original and unique. “There are many word game apps available for people to play from Scrabble® to Boggle®, however the history of Word vs Word stems from a family-formed game that was passed down over the last 50 years. Now, instead of playing around a table with paper-and-pencil, family and friends can play across the world by tapping-and-typing.”

Word vs Word can be played on the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad and is available in the iTunes App Store under the Game-Word category (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-vs-word/id441028725?ls=1mt=8). Future releases and versions will be introduced, including a HD

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San Fransciso, CA, October 09, 2011 –(PR.com)– Jawoco team pays tribute to the visionary, Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. The company has been inspired by Steve Jobs’ great work in technology and follows his footsteps to change the world.

“It’s a great loss that we just can’t explain it. Miss You Steve Jobs,” Imran Sheikh commented when heard about Steve Jobs death. According to the Mohi Abro advisor and co-founder, “Jawoco will now always will work the way Steve did, in order to keep his vision alive.”

Jawoco has announced Steve Jobs, Logo of the week on Jawoco’s main front page to pay him tribute. Along with that users will also be able to download Steve Jobs Wallpaper from Jawoco which is available on Facebook Page and Twitter by Jawoco, in order to pay tribute to him.

“He inspired me so much that I ended up making Jawoco as a company and also came up with Xtravo Web Browser. His visions and way of thinking always inspired me and I surely believe that people around the world are all inspired by his way of working, dedication and most of all his way of thinking,” said Imran, founder of Jawoco.

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Remember TripAdvisor’s free city guide apps for Android? Well they’re bringing the same goods to the iOS users. However, instead of launching a number of apps, each dedicated to a different city, they’re out with a single application from where users can download city guides they’re interested in.

Speaking of cities, you can choose between 20 popular world destinations, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Florence, Hong Kong, Hawaii, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington D.C.

Once downloaded, all city information stays on the iPhone, allowing for a quick access even if there’s no Internet connection around and helping you save some cash when travelling.

Aside from offering information on points of interest, TripAdvisor City Guides also comes with walking tours and insider tips which too can be accessed without a data connection. For instance, you’ll be able to get in-depth information on neighborhoods, history, culture, architecture, weather and transportation…

In any case – we’re talking about an app worth downloading…

TripAdvisor City Guides (FREE) [iTunes link]

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The “convergence” is what he’s most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do.

In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it’s an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he’s there to try it out. He admits though, he’s still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which “sings” perfectly with the mobile PIM application.

Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where

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Madrid, Spain, October 09, 2011 –(PR.com)– After the success of the Word Trainer iPhone app, the International Federation of Yawara-Jitsu, has just released a word trainer iPhone app for children.

The Word Trainer for children is an application to learn Spanish or Dutch words in a quick, easy and fun way.

The children are not overwhelmed with hundreds or thousands of words, but are offered small units of between 25 and 35 words, which they can easily assimilate.

Without grammar and endless study sessions, children can now, at any time and anywhere learn Spanish or Dutch words with this word trainer

Each word is accompanied by an animation, which makes the learning process much easier for a child. They learn while playing.

The words are repeated over and over, until they are all dominated. In this case, the category is marked as complete.

The application can be downloaded at: iTunes Store:

The most important features are:
• Children can listen to authentic native speakers pronounce all words.
• Each word is accompanied by an animation.
• The text option helps them improve your writing abilities.
• The multiple choice option helps them improve their understanding.
• No network connection is needed.
• There is no need to configure or read a manual. Just install and start.

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San Diego, CA, October 10, 2011 –(PR.com)– Open Mobile Solutions (OMS), the leader in connecting businesses to the right mobile development resources, hosts a panel at CTIA focusing on specific strategies for designing and distributing applications across multiple platforms and stores. The panel will discuss best practices as well as how to prioritize and optimize applications and services for future growth. Experts will include representatives from Qualcomm Ventures, InMobi, Verizon Wireless, Samsung, and GetJar.

“This session forces businesses to take a hard look at how they plan, develop and distribute mobile apps, and how to make strategic and informed choices about applications in the pipeline for future development,” says Jai Jaisimha, founder and CEO of OMS. “After working with companies ranging from startups to enterprises, we are finding this is a common trouble spot in the industry today.”

Six of today’s most innovative software companies—BeDynamic, Bipper, CommutePays, ShowUhow, SoftClouds and WildTangent—will present their mobile application strategies to a panel of industry experts from Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung, InMobi and GetJar. The subsequent QA and breakout roundtables will cover: Analytics; App Stores and Distribution Strategies; Monetization; and Multi-platform Development and Publishing Strategies.

“This event enables us to learn from industry experts as well other companies facing similar challenges in the market,” says Keith Pichelman, CEO, of Concrete Software. “We count on OMS to put the latest, most critical issues on the table.”

OMS will also begin recruiting participants for a private beta of its new OMS’ App-to-Store service, designed to give customers a one-stop way to distribute their applications to multiple stores, faster and with data intelligence. For details and further information, contact John Dietz at info@openmobilesolutions.com.

About Open Mobile Solutions (OMS): OMS is the leader in helping businesses design, develop, port and distribute applications across multiple platforms and stores. Strategic partners include Verizon, ATT, Intel, Samsung and QUALCOMM, along with a cadre of engineering partners, who are evaluated, vetted and tested through a detailed rating and recommendation system to offer the best match for customers. With executive leadership offering 30 years experience in hi-tech and

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San Clemente, CA, October 11, 2011 –(PR.com)– Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., a franchisor of retail video games stores throughout North America, is pleased to announce a new trade-in program for Apple products that include iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, in exchange for store credit or cash. With this program, Play N Trade intends to offer immediate gratification to customers, as well as provide a more convenient alternative to EBay. With the trade-in program, customers avoid having to deal with shipping their items and waiting for payment to arrive at a later date. Since the holiday season of gift buying is quickly approaching, the trade-in of Apple products offers another way for their customers to purchase games. Since most iPod, iPhone and iPad trade-in values are significantly higher than typical game trade-ins, customers will be able to build store credit very quickly.

Play N Trade plans to refurbish the Apple devices for resell, but currently has no plans to enter the business of selling phone plans. All trade-in products undergo Play N Trade’s stringent refurbishment process to insure it passes proper quality standards prior to resell. If products do not qualify for the refurbish program, Play N Trade will properly and responsibly recycle it at no extra cost.

“We are excited to offer this new service to our customers. As the gaming market moves forward, we are committed to evolving our services to ensure we continue to meet the needs of our customers and our stores,” said Sean Finnigan, President of Play N Trade.

Mr. Finnigan continues, “If customers have an old iPhone, iPad, or other Apple product, they may now visit their local Play N Trade retail store and exchange it for something brand new. Bring or send your old technology to a Play N Trade store and we’ll determine if it qualifies for our refurbishment program. If the device meets our refurbishment standards we will assess the monetary value of the device and in exchange offer store credit or cash.”

For customers interested in having their Apple devices repaired instead of

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Manhattan, NY, October 11, 2011 –(PR.com)– If Steve Jobs was a color or series of colors, what would he be and what would it look like?

Steve Jobs was a multi talented, multi layered personality. Even the people closest to him that thought they knew him in some ways feel like they didn’t know him. It is not their fault; he was a very complex man. On one hand he is incredibly sensitive, loving and compassionate and on another hand ferocious. How does one make sense of it?

Greg Herzog has attempted just that, through his trademarked method Color Coding DNA® with his Quantum Reaction algorithm, based on a geometric mathematical equation; where X # of points represent the makeup of the subject: Mr. Jobs where each degree of expression within the context of each point is color coded and weighted accordingly.

Violet: Sensitive
Steve was known for his uniqueness, talent, artistic merit, emotions, practicality, dreaming, idealism, pride, loyalty, compassion, and imagination. Because he had a unique angle on the world that others just didn’t see, he was also known as: hyper-sensitive, moody, secretive, impatient, stubborn, aloof, cold and quarrelsome.

Red: Represents High-spirited and Courageous
Steve is not known for restraint, both impulsive and enthusiastic, if an idea strikes him, he was the first on the bandwagon to make it reality, without stopping to think about any obstacles that may be in the way. Spontaneous and determined, he let his heart rule his head. Optimistic, and impatient, he lived for the moment, forgetting all else. He didn’t like to take no for an answer. Steve had the self-confidence to put himself out there and he wanted to make a strong impression. He took everything personally. He didn’t take any time to consider the consequences of his actions.

Light Blue: Very Opinionated
He always preferred to explore the more outlandish and far reaching ideas. Jobs liked to break the rules when expressing himself; he loved controversy and chaos, and had little respect for tradition. Intuitive by nature he could always judge a person’s character very

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Arlington, TX, October 12, 2011 –(PR.com)– For 10 years, the Smart Card Alliance Government Conference has been the leading showcase for government projects in ID and security. The Smart Card Alliance Government Conference will survey opportunities and challenges for government issuers, accreditation and testing authorities, procurement programs, and the industry to meet the government market demands. Over 700 will attend, including government and industry executives, administrators and technologists. Thursby’s high security PKard for Mac and ADmitMac PKI software is used for Apple smart card integration, management and security across the DoD and at many Federal agencies such as the NIH, FRB and DEA. The new PKard for iOS software extends CAC and PIV authentication to iPads and iPhones for secure web access, email and VPN applications.

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So you want to use your iPhone or iPad to monitor your baby? No problem, there are several such solutions out there and here I’ll highlight one called iBabyVideo.

First of all, you should know it’s not a mobile only service that can also work with any computer if you fancy so. However, that’s not the point, as you want to access to the baby camera at all times, whether you’re sitting in the front of a computer or not.

iBabyVideo will live stream video to your iPhone from a nursery webcam. Setup is apparently pretty easy and in case you need an extra help, there are “helpful video tutorials.” Some of the cool features include:

• Ability to start and stop the video feed at any time
• Set audio and motion levels to record motion events
• Receive push notifications of motion events – very cool!
• Invite other family members to view your feed

At the moment, iBabyVideo is available for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad users, but the Android version is in development as well…

iBabyVideo ($12.99) [iTunes link]
iBabyVideoHD ($12.99) [iTunes link]

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The “convergence” is what he’s most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do.

In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it’s an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he’s there to try it out. He admits though, he’s still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which “sings” perfectly with the mobile PIM application.

Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia,

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Huntington Beach, CA, October 13, 2011 –(PR.com)– Food apps are getting their own award event. Toque Magazine announces the launch of the first-ever Food App Awards, honoring app developers, designers and owners within the food, wine, beer, spirits and restaurant categories. Winners will be announced on December 8, 2011 during a live Twitter event at 5:30 p.m. PST (hashtag #foodappawards).

Entries are currently being accepted on toquemag.com and have an extended deadline of October 28. Toque editors and food app critic Steve Cooper will select the finalists; an independent panel of judges will evaluate and score the winning apps in 20 categories, including Best Overall, Best Design, Best Navigation, Best Value, Best Cookbook/Recipe, Best Restaurant, Best Branded, Best Restaurant, Best Innovation, Best Baking and Best Social.

“We are pleased to have 11 outstanding judges on our panel to evaluate the finalists,” says Erika Kotite, founder of Toque Magazine. “They all have impressive backgrounds in digital media, food journalism and mobile apps. Plus, they all have a great love of food and of the tools to procure it.”

The judges are: Rick Boyce, vice president of advertising sales at monster.com; Jeff Brooks, founder of Digital Industries and Video Fishbowl; Tom Frangione, COO of Greylock Partners; Danielle Gould, founder and editor of Food + Tech Connect; Carmen Hughes, principal at Ignite PR; Kristina Johnson, chef and blogger at formerchef.com; Amanda Kooser, technology editor for CNET’s blog Crave; Rieva Lesonsky, small business expert and CEO of GrowBiz Media; Anne Maxfield, blogger/site owner of The Accidental Locavore; Brian Morrissey, editor-in-chief at DigiDay; and Gordon Plutsky, CMO at King Fish Media.

For more information about submitting your app for consideration or about the awards event on December 8, please contact Erika Kotite at erika@toquemag.com.

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