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AssistiveWare today announced that it will showcase it’s latest Mac software as well as preview improved and new iPhone software for special needs and education at the BETT trade show in London this week. The preview includes an upcoming version of Proloquo2Go, the life-changing iPhone software for people who cannot speak, as well as an entirely new storytelling application.

The content of Fingerworks.com has been removed this week after remaining online for nearly 5 years after the acquisition of the company by Apple. The removal seems to correspond with the impending announcement of an Apple tablet later this month. …

In a report published late last week and gaining significant attention today, MOTO shares the results of some simple testing conducted on the iPhone, Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Eris, and Google Nexus One, assessing the accuracy of the touchscreens on …

Alfredo Delli Bovi today announces Cosmetifique 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Cosmetifique will revolutionize the way of manage your cosmetics. Offering a simple and intuitive design, Cosmetifique shows you the quality of the INCI of your cosmetic products. When you look for ingredients Cosmetifique will show you bubbles of different colors that will enable you to check the danger of the ingredient. With Cosmetifique you will be able to share your products via mail, via Facebook or Twitter.

France Télécom and Orange executive Stéphane Richard has apparently confirmed in a radio interview that Apple will be launching its much-anticipated tablet device as has been rumored for later this month. AppAdvice offers a translation of the exchan…

Renkara Media Group today announced that Flashcard Champion Basic Math is now ranked #1 in the Top Paid Education category after being featured as a New & Noteworthy app by Apple in the US iTunes App Store. Flashcard Champion Basic Math is popular with kids and families. Kids love it because the app keeps track of their best scores so they can challenge their friends and siblings. Parents love it because it provides kids valuable practice time with the addition, subtraction, and more.

3D Magic Kft. has launched their Promo Dispenser website, a unique and free service for iPhone developers to promote their apps and games by giving away promotional codes. It serves as a unique opportunity for users to get paid apps and games for free downloading them directly from iTunes. Since the launch of the website nearly 500 developers took the opportunity to register and promote their apps by giving away more, than 5000 promotional codes in a controlled environment.

Seacloud Software has released Baby Connect 1.5 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Baby Connect is a complete solution which allows parents, baby-sitters, nannies, day cares and au pairs to track and share with each other daily information about their children. Baby Connect is the only solution doing automatic and immediate synchronization of entries on each caregiver devices, and which is available both as a native iPhone application and as a web application.

Indie software developer Ricardo Batista today introduces True SMS – Life Saver 1.0, his new and unique texting auto-responder for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s touch interface, True SMS allows anyone to respond to SMS messages without having to type any text. By providing a pre-populated list of user-customized responses, the user can simply select a response from the list and click the Send Button to reply to any text message. Drive, Work and Play Safe.

Independent game developer Emir F Samsuddin has announced Arkaneum Merchant 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. This is a simple, yet fun and mind stimulating puzzle board game that is based on the traditional game of Mancala. Utilizing the excellent iPhone’s touch screen interface, the game is very relaxing to play. You are a drone operator for a space merchant who harvests and resells precious space ores called Arkaneum.