Apple news blog

Spielhaus today releases Today Todo Pro 1.4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Today approaches the crowded segment of productivity apps with a fresh take on usability. Designed with the strict policy of fewest taps possible in mind, Today uses the built-in tilt sensor of the device to speed up entering tasks. Following this philosophy the user navigates through the app by interacting with the main design element – the sun.

Seattle based Blue Bear Studio has released B.I.T.S Pinball 1.1, a free version of its action packed pinball game for iPhone and iPod touch. B.I.T.S Pinball is easy to pick up and play. The game features 5 B.I.T.S levels, Ball Cloner, Power Ups and Multi-ball Mayhem with OpenFeint support. This is based on our original and successful B.I.T.S Pinball that was featured by Apple in October in both “Hot New Games” and “New and Noteworthy” in the App Store.

Quokka Studios Pty Ltd, in association with Grabarchuk Puzzles have announced Strimko 1.0, their popular web-based logical puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch. Strimko incorporates 120 never before published, hand-crafted puzzles in a variety of sizes and difficulty levels to suit solvers at a wide variety of experience levels. Strimko has its roots in the Latin Squares concept invented and popularised in forms such as Sudoku and similar puzzles.

SimpleLeap Software has announced Cram 1.7.1, an update to their flashcard and multiple-choice study app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Cram is perfect for students, teachers, or anyone else looking to study or learn any subject matter on their iPhone with flashcards and practice multiple-choice tests. Cram’s new features and enhancements were combined with a few minor interface changes for a better user experience and better syncing with the Mac version of Cram.

Rafael Klaus has announced maComfort, a new Windows application that helps smoothing the transition for users switching between Mac OS and Windows regularly. maComfort emulates Mac hotkeys and Mac features like Quicklook, Spaces and Active Corners. It is perfect for boot camp users and people often switching between both Operating Systems. To make the whole experience complete, a Plug-In and a Theming system have also been implemented.

Smiley Cat has announced Just Fractions! 1.4, an update to their educational app iPhone and iPod Touch that teaches fraction math. Excellent for students and educators to learn how to add, subtract, divide and multiply fractions, Just Fractions! allows you to perform calculations on whole number or mixed fractions. It calculates accurately for positive and negative fractions too. Just Fractions! has been awarded with the “Best” award from iPhoneAppsPlus.

Playrix Entertainment, a top-tier casual games developer and publisher of such hits as Gardenscapes, Fishdom, Call of Atlantis, 4 Elements and others, sums up the most important events of 2009 and touches upon the company’s strategy for the year to come. To a great delight of the whole Playrix team, who celebrated their 5th anniversary this year, some of their most cherished titles were honored with prestigious awards.

California based Digital Rebellion LLC has announced FCP Versioner, a utility to automatically back up Final Cut Pro projects in XML format and generate changelogs to show modifications between revisions. FCP Versioner is an essential tool in managing Final Cut Pro projects, providing feedback to producers and ensuring that projects are safely backed up in case of disaster. Versioner also offers a wealth of options for managing backups to ensure they don’t consume too much disk space.

Playrix Entertainment has made its first published title Elementals: The Magic Key available for the Apple Macintosh line of personal computers. In Elementals: The Magic Key, players plunge into the world of magic and mystery inhabited by elementals. Their mission is to help Albert, a young magician, restore the Key of Eiron and save the unique world of elementals by solving puzzles, hunting for hidden items and winning board battles.