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CarusoApps is pleased to announce iLineup 1.4 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. To do our part, CarusoApps will be donating 25% of the profit from all of our downloads to relief efforts for the Haiti/Chili earthquake disaster from now until 4.5.2010. This application is dedicated to all baseball/softball players, coaches, and managers. It allows users to set their players lineup on the field and batting order. Positions, Player Numbers, and Substitutions are also included.

XChange UK and ThePowerXChange are pleased to announce a new limited time Quite-A-Switch bundle which includes Enfocus FullSwitch with Quite Hot Imposing and Quite Imposing Plus 2. The bundle offers users unbelievable savings on the powerful products. Not only do they experience the substantial discount with their purchase, but the products let users streamline their workflows and save them even more.

Independent developer Daniel Schroth has just released the new game Word Star for iPhone and iPod touch. Word Star not only brings the popular word game Boggle to Apple’s mobile devices, it also provides the user with all missed solutions after each round. Extending ones vocabulary has never been such fun and so addictive. Word Star features intuitive controls with accelerometer based input such as shake to roll the dice, or shake to clear the current selection.

After Valve’s series of teaser images, it’s now been revealed that their upcoming sequel Portal 2 will also be coming to the Mac. The above image comes from a series of scans from the latest issue of Gameinformer magazine which carries a cov…

Houdah Software today announces ACTGratuity 2.1, its full-featured tip calculator for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. ACTGratuity aims to impress with its feature set, ease of use and undeniable cuteness. ACTGratuity sports an all new interface and looks so cute you can’t resist, yet is easy to use and loaded with all the features you need. Version 2.1 adds support for Liquor: an amount you want to be excluded from tip calculation, as well as adds built-in documentation and much more.

Treebune srl has announced the immediate availability of Pushme.to Lite 1.1, a free, fully functional version of Pushme.to app, a messenger made to send free messages from the web to iPhone and iPod touch. Treebune’s successful web to iPhone messenger, also offering web widgets, Facebook application and instant image transfer goes completely free with an ad-supported version. The sender is not required to own an iPhone or even a phone to send you instant messages.

Noise Industries has announced that new development partner, PHYX Inc., has won Microfilmmaker’s prestigious Award of Superiority for their FxFactory powered PHYX Keyer. FxFactory powered plug-ins are designed by Noise Industries and their development partners to extend the visual effects capabilities of Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express applications.

Florida-based technology company Bellwether Systems has released Florida Lobbyist Directory 1.2 for iPhone and iPod touch. The Florida Lobbyist Directory is the single best source of easy-to-access information about lobbyists and their clients. Application users can easily search and browse a database of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and their clients. This application implements all-new data for 2010, with scheduled updates already in the works.

Media 100, a leading provider of advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast, postproduction, and new media industries, today announced that Sirk Productions edited and sound designed SEVERE CLEAR using Media 100 Suite. SEVERE CLEAR is a documentary based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Quadion Technologies has announced Rune Trails 1.1.1, a major update of its addictive and popular puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod touch. This completely revamped new version includes five game modes, extra special runes and Open Feint challenges. Overall the game playability has been greatly enhanced by these new additions, creating five very distinct experiences and addressing most suggestions provided by users.