STEM Islands. Mechanics - educational application for kids

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STEM Islands. Mechanics - educational application for kids - Published on 12/28/14

Virtual Space 000 announces their new educational app, STEM Islands. Movement and Sound for Mac. Instead of studying the phenomena of nature in a classroom, a Physics Teacher and two students set out on an amazing journey to various wondrous STEM Islands. On island Mechanics, kids will learn interesting facts about work, force, energy and mechanisms. Kids will learn a lot of interesting facts about work, force, energy sources and their sources and mechanisms.

Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation - Virtual Space OOO is pleased to announce the release of STEM Islands. Mechanics for Mac OS X. Instead of studying the phenomena of nature in a classroom, a Physics Teacher and two students - a bright girl and a curious boy - set out on an amazing journey to various wondrous STEM Islands. On island "Mechanics", we will explore basic mechanisms and learn about mechanical work. We will discover different types of energy sources and their sources. At the end, we will play a game.

Friendly characters will guide you along the learning material. A Physics Teacher and his students are continuing their exciting trip through the world of knowledge. Now their task is to discover the laws of mechanics. Taping on a character will make him/her draw important conclusions of the learned phenomenon. Kids will learn a lot of interesting facts about work, force, energy and mechanisms. The world around us is so diverse and interesting.

Make your own route for the trip using a map. A lot of topics are complemented with a fun game. So learning mechanics becomes a fun and engaging process. Download "STEM Islands. Mechanics" right now.

There are 4 educational themes:
* Mechanisms
* Mechanical Work
* Energy
* Sources of Energy

Features:
* Four educational themes in one application
* Interactive game scenes are bound to help students master the learned material and discover the laws previously unknown for them
* Fun and welcoming characters assisting in gaining knowledge
* Video and colorful animations help explain physical processes
* Fun activities touch upon every scene to provide the learner's active engagement in the process

System Requirements:
* Requires OS X 10.6 or later
* 84.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
STEM Islands. Mechanics 1.0 is $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the Mac App Store in the Education category.

STEM Islands. Mechanics 1.0: http://naturalscience-for-kids.blogspot.ru/
Purchase and Download (MAS): https://itunes.apple.com/app/stem-islands.-mechanics/id943874857
YouTube Video (Intro): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzcc74H_Qfo
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Virtual Space OOO has had over 10 years experience in educational applications development. Copyright (C) 2014 Virtual Space OOO. 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. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Virtual Space OOO All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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widget weather 1.2 released for iOS8 - Weather Forecast Widget

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widget weather 1.2 released for iOS8 - Weather Forecast Widget - Published on 12/28/14

Independent developer, Trond Rossvoll has released widget weather 1.2, an update to his popular weather widget for iOS 8. widget weather provides weather forecasts in a space effective manner by showing the current weather state and a relevant weather icon along with forecasted temperature, wind and precipitation for 3-hour periods ahead in time, and so much more. Version 1.2 adds a lot of new features, including a set of animated widget symbols.

Oslo, Norway - Independent developer, Trond Rossvoll has released widget weather 1.2, an update to his popular weather widget for iOS 8. Offering multiple icon themes to provide a personal touch, widget weather provides weather forecasts in a space effective manner by showing the current weather state and a relevant weather icon along with forecasted temperature, wind and precipitation for 3-hour periods ahead in time combined with upcoming daily forecasts if it pleases the user.

Version 1.2 adds a lot of new features, including a set of animated widget symbols. weather was the first weather widget to let the user change the weather symbols, and now it's the first to include weather animations on the today view in iOS. The animated icon set is an animated version of the already included "Monochrome set in color" by Mike Afford (former Senior Designer at BBC News). widget weather is now the first and only weather widget for iOS with animated weather symbols.

Android users have for a long time been able to personalize their phone in a manner that even Apple fanboys have to be a bit jealous of. Now iOS users can add an extra bit of personal touch to their device other than changing the background image. widget weather now includes 10 icon sets to choose from, one of which is animated. Switching between them to find the one that fits your personal style is off course quick and easy. More icon sets will be integrated in the future, and users are encouraged to submit requests for their favorite icon sets to be added.

widget weather is all about choices and comes with two weather forecast services to choose from: OpenWeatherMap and met.no (the Norwegian Metrological Institute). Combined, they cover just about any place on the planet and the user can choose whichever service they find to provide the best accuracy for their location. More information about the forecast services can be found at widget weather online, or their own websites.

New features:
* Daily forecasts up to 6 days from openweathermap by choosing �openweathermap.org with daily forecast� as forecast service in settings
* Widget layout improvements for a cleaner view
* Added wind speed to forecasts
* Added wind direction for current weather
* Widget activation help
* App is now even more data saving. Some functions are now calculated in stead of downloaded
* Switch between imperial and metric units without needing to download new data
* Click the location name in settings to switch between the last 10 used map locations
* Widget heading is now localized for all supported forecast languages
* Japanese language support for both menus and forecast
* Choose between tap to expand or always show expanded view (setting found in the forecast service switcher)
* Increased font size for forecasted temperatures
* Added Frio Xmas and Revelio icon sets by Hamsterwheel
* Added an animated version of the "Monochrome set in color" by Mike Afford

widget weather is the only weather widget for iOS with animated weather symbols. widget weather for iOS 8 comes with multiple icon themes to provide a personal touch. A quick set up and then just pull down to check the weather forecast. widget weather now has two forecast modes:

* Current weather and forecast for the next 24-30 hours (depending on device) in 3-hour periods
* Current weather, forecast for the next 12 hours in 3-hour periods and daily forecasts for the next 6 days (iPhone) or 3 days (iPad)
* Daily forecasts currently not available with forecast from met.no but this will also be added
* Optimized for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6
* 10 beautiful weather icon sets optimized for Retina and Retina HD
* The first and only widget for iOS with weather animations
* Choose between fixed map location or GPS position
* Choose between openweathermap.org or met.no as forecast service (met.no is the data provider for yr.no)
* Choose how often new forecast data should be downloaded
* Double tap to force update manually (Great for saving data when roaming)
* Tap to expand/collapse extends the visible forecast period on iPhone and uses less space
* Multilingual with a total of 20 languages supported between the two forecast services
* Universal for iPhone and iPad

The app displays only settings - To activate the widget, do the following:
1. Unlock the device (Enter the code or touchID if you have).
2. Open the notification center by pulling down from the top of the screen.
3. Tap "Edit" at the bottom.
4. Press the green + sign next to "forecast"
5. Done.

You can change the order of things by pulling the lines up/down while pressing the icon to the right of the name (3 lines).

Supported Languages:
Providing weather forecast covering the entire planet, widget weather is multilingual. The set up menus are available in 10 languages and the weather forecasts are available in a total of 21 languages combined for the two forecast services.

Weather forecast from Open Weather Map in: English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian languages.

Weather forecast from met.no in: English, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian languages.

App menus in English, Chinese Simplified, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish languages.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus
* widget weather is only available on iOS8
* Universal Application
* 28.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
widget weather 1.2 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Weather category.

widget weather 1.2: http://widgetweather.net
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id908649054
App Icon: http://widgetweather.net/PressKit/1.2/widget_weather_icon.png
Preview Video (zip): http://widgetweather.net/PressKit/1.2/widget_weather_1.2_App_Preview_iPhone6.mp4.zip
Screenshots (zip): http://widgetweather.net/PressKit/1.2/widget_weather_1.2_screenshots.zip
Press Kit (zip): http://widgetweather.net/PressKit/1.2/widget_weather_1.2_PressKit.zip


Located in Norway, Trond Rossvoll is an independent developer whose focus is building apps for the iOS platform. All Material and Software (C) 2007-2014 Trond Rossvoll/ 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. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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Math & Pirates. Read Time - Fun Learning Game

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Math & Pirates. Read Time - Fun Learning Game - Published on 12/25/14

Do you like the battleship game? Virtual Space OOO introduces Math & Pirates. Read Time 1.0, their new children's adventure game for Mac OS X. Math & Pirates. Read Time features 12 adventure missions, in which you play a pirate, completing quests finding cannon shots on a magic island. The application teaches elementary aged children to recognize fractions, to read time, to solve mathematical expressions, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation - Virtual Space OOO, developing fun educational apps for kids, is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Math & Pirates. Read Time for Mac, an exciting new fun educational game for kids. It is an educational application and fun action game all in one. A brave pirate makes his way to complete a challenging mission. Enemy ships are ready to attack him in the open sea. Help the pirate survive, pick as many cannonballs as possible and shoot straight to take down all enemy ships. Learning can be fun!

Do you like the battleship game? If so, this app is for you! The app has 12 adventures missions, in which you play a pirate, completing quests finding cannon shots on a magic island. Do not fail once and get more cannon shots! Math & Pirates. Read Time is an educational Mac application which teaches children to recognize fractions, to read time, to solve mathematical expressions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Features:
* 3 educational games in one: mental arithmetic, learning to read clock, learning fractions
* 4 difficulty levels
* Over 1000 examples of addition, multiplication, subtraction and division
* Time accurate within hour, half an hour, 15 or 5 minutes depending on the difficulty level
* Lively music and sounds effects

Application for Elementary School - Recognize fractions, Read time, Addition, Subtraction. Recommended ages: 6-10 years old.

System Requirements:
* Requires OS X 10.6 or later
* 93.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Math & Pirates. Read Time 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide through the Mac App Store in the Education category.

Math & Pirates. Read Time 1.0: https://www.facebook.com/SmartPirate
Purchase and Download: https://itunes.apple.com/app/math-pirates.-read-time/id943874687
Screenshots: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.141283922633894.29504.137452373017049&type=3
App Icon: http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple5/v4/99/5b/3b/995b3b85-f96b-aed9-cd60-c9208dab300a/icon128-2x.png


Virtual Space OOO has had over 10 years experience in educational applications development. Copyright (C) 2014 Virtual Space OOO. 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.


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Supersonic Racer-Christmas Bike Racing Game hits iOS Store with Speed

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Supersonic Racer-Christmas Bike Racing Game hits iOS Store with Speed - Published on 12/25/14

California based Orange Fun Games announces Supersonic Racer 2.1, its brand new Christmas Bike Racing Game developed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. With more than 30 increasingly challenging levels, Supersonic Racer challenges players to race through hills of varying steepness, perform super cool bike tricks, play with random online players and Facebook friends, all the while being fast enough to escape the terrible grasps of the alien Gringy!

Alhambra, California - Orange Fun Games is proud to announce the release of Supersonic Racer 2.1, its brand new Christmas Bike Racing Game developed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. With more than 30 increasingly challenging levels, Supersonic Racer challenges players to ride on hills of varying steepness and matching them with downward slope finger taps to maximize speed and ensure level pass.

The player gets the Space Ninja rider by default and has a choice to purchase and unlock any of the other four characters, Cowboy Zombie, Speedy Snowman, Dark Blue Knight, and Teal Girl, to bike ride on outerspace snow covered hills while being fast enough to escape the terrible grasp of the alien creature Gringy.

One of the highlighted features of the game is that with each level pass, the player gets to play the unlocked levels in multiplayer mode with random online players and Facebook friends. At the end of every multiplayer game, the player has the choice to publish automated screenshots of random gameplay moments to show off his or her awesome supersonic bike tricks.

Game Features:
* Exciting and refreshing game visuals and graphics
* Play through more than 30 very challenging and adventurous levels
* Invite and play with Facebook friends or random online players in multiplayer mode
* Share stunningly cool multiplayer gameplay screenshots on Game Stream
* 4 kickass and unique supersonic characters Cowboy Zombie, Speedy Snowman, and Dark Blue Knight
* Alien Creature Gringy chasing the racers for added thrill
* Sweet in-app purchase such as power speed booster bundles to improve gameplay
* Helpful level skip bundles to unlock various levels in advance
* And more to explore

Supersonic Racer-Christmas Bike Racing Game squishes in so much fun that it's like a space bike's laser flame exhaust of digital colors and excitement blasting you straight in your blitheful face before it disappears into the distance leaving you with one thought: "this sounds crazy, but I want more!!!"

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 28.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Supersonic Racer 2.1 is Free (With In-App Purchases) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Orange Fun Games: http://www.orangefungames.com/
Supersonic Racer 2.1: https://itunes.apple.com/app/supersonic-racer-christmas/id949290959
Screenshots: http://supersonicracer.blogspot.com/
App Icon: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nceiji0AeNFLsEABTJaEkkC4B-zVidnvMbCJGZ3VvGiM9oIAACeiZJMvz3NKstfsNEdDfgwat6g=w1563-h729


Located in beautiful Alhambra, California, Orange Fun Games is a privately held development studio founded by independent developer Yao Li. The company specializes in apps developed for the iOS platform. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 Orange Fun Games. 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. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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VirtualMaze introduces GPS Utils 1.0 for iOS and Android

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VirtualMaze introduces GPS Utils 1.0 for iOS and Android - Published on 12/25/14

VirtualMaze introduces GPS Utils 1.0, its new navigation app developed for iOS and Android devices. GPS Utils includes a handy location finder that shows the users physical address. You can get accurate GPS location coordinates with the corresponding physical address. The app also includes your speed in KPH or MPH units. You can also get a magnetic heading which helps find directions from anywhere. The app shows the direction towards your target location while you traveling.

Chennai, India - VirtualMaze is proud to announce the release for GPS Utils 1.0, its new navigation app developed for iOS and Android devices. GPS Utils includes a handy location finder that shows the users physical address. You can get accurate GPS location coordinates with the corresponding physical address. The app also includes your speed (device speed) in KPH or MPH units. This is a simple speedometer app that shows you very accurate speed and your current GPS location coordinate. In addition to speed, the app tracks your recent speeds and showing that in graph format. GPS Utils is very simple to use. Just swipe left or right to navigate through each function.

Features:
* Very simple and easy to use
* Get accurate speed and location for wherever you want to go
* Gives you very accurate GPS location
* You can get very accurate speed - In addition it shows speed variation in graph format

Magnetic compass:
With GPS Utils, you can also get a magnetic heading which helps find directions from anywhere. The app shows the direction towards your target location while you traveling. It will help you to reach your destination easily and correctly. Just set the target location and get the direction towards that place through the app's built-in compass.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (All Android Devices)
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 1.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GPS Utils 1.0 is Free and available worldwide through the App Store in the Navigation category. There is also an Android version available on Google Play and Samsung Store.

VirtualMaze: http://www.virtualmaze.com/
GPS Utils 1.0: https://itunes.apple.com/app/gps-utils/id734337771
Screenshot 1: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/a1/22/44/a12244c8-7cc1-21c3-fd53-7c5d503daa81/screen480x480.jpeg
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VirtualMaze is actively involved in the following sectors: Game Development, Application Development, Enterprise Software Solutions, and Porting and Testing Services, covering a broad range of devices. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 VirtualMaze. 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. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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Graphic Inspector Now Reports Image Print Size: Graphics Preflight Tool

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