Best Western International today announced its debut in mobile offerings with the unveiling of its free iPhone application, titled “Best Western to Go.” “We pride ourselves on being available to travelers no matter their location, which is why mobile accessibility was a natural next step for us” “Best Western to Go” features include: Search and Book: Find and book reservations at more than 4,000 Best Western hotels in over 80 countries worldwide. Program: Create an itinerary and input addresses of attractions and restaurants. Once these have been entered, users can easily find their location using the app’s GPS-enabled map. Personalize: Capture and categorize favorite locations in specific destinations. Travelers can also upload photos and descriptions to remember the locale. Socialize: Stay connected with family and friends by sharing an experience, such as a lunch at a kitschy diner or a souvenir purchase. Travelers can push this information directly from the app to their Facebook page, email or to other iPhone users. The “Best Western to Go” iPhone application marks a first for the World’s Largest Hotel Chain®, which plans to launch applications for multiple mobile platforms in 2010 that cater to the growing number of travelers staying connected via smart phones. Best Western plans to unveil multiple upgrades ...

GameFly announced the release of an updated GameCenter 1.1. The updated app, now available on the App Store, includes more video game screenshots, hi-res videos for most of the 5,000 titles included in the app, expanded news coverage from Shacknews.com, and performance enhancements designed to increase usability for iPhone™ and iPod® touch users. “We are continuing to enhance GameCenter through the user feedback mechanism which has been instrumental in helping us craft a bigger, better and more informative product” “We are continuing to enhance GameCenter through the user feedback mechanism which has been instrumental in helping us craft a bigger, better and more informative product,” said Sean Spector, GameFly co-founder and SVP of business development and content. “GameCenter 1.1 now includes the addition of rich multimedia content like screenshots and video trailers, optimized for easy viewing on the iPhone. We really want to make GameCenter a must have app for all people who play video games.” The GameCenter app is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://itunes.com/apps/gamecenter.

Wizzard Media today announced the launch of 22 new iPhone Apps available for sale in the App store, including an App for the very popular Tiki Bar TV. This brings the total number of Apps on the Wizzard Media Network to 152, with more being uploaded weekly. The price of the new Apps range from $1.99 to $3.99 each. “Now, podcasting becomes a platform that converts audiences to revenue, accelerated by the micropayment billing process that Apple has created with the App store” The Tiki Bar TV App (2.99) delivers all the latest episodes of the wildly popular Tiki Bar TV comedy video podcast series starring Dr. Tiki, Johnny Johnny, and Lala. The show first started releasing its 5 to 10 minute episodes in iTunes on March 13, 2005 and since then its popularity has gained the cast recognition in Forbes and Business Week as innovators and leaders in video podcast entertainment. Like the Tiki Bar TV App, the twenty-two newly launched Apps are iPhone® companion Apps for popular podcasts on the Wizzard Media Network. They offer audiences one-click access to the podcast episodes directly on their iPhone or iPod® Touch, exclusive bonus content and new social communication features, creating an unprecedented level ...

BigDates today announced several milestones in support of its strategic vision of becoming the leading provider of birthday services worldwide. With 40 million users of its Facebook application, Birthday Calendar, and nearly 100,000 users of its iPhone version, BigDates’ reach on key social platforms is rapidly expanding. BigDates is also just weeks away from launching its next Facebook application, Greeting Card Universe, a commerce-enabled paper greeting card app. “Rapid growth of the social graph is quickly expanding everyone’s network of friends, and traditional paper birthday cards are inexpensive, yet from the recipient’s perspective, a step above most virtual gifts/cards.” In only two years Birthday Calendar has become the most popular dedicated birthday application on the Facebook Platform, with users spanning the globe. Translated into 25 major languages, Birthday Calendar automatically provides Facebook users with reminders for friends’ birthdays, as well as virtual gifts and digital cards. Launched only three months ago, Birthday Calendar for iPhone will have over 100,000 users before the end of the year, making it the top Birthday app in the iPhone’s Social Network category. An Android version of this same application is scheduled to launch in January 2010. Greeting Card Universe (GCU), BigDates’ web-based play in the paper greeting card ...

Tonchidot announced the global availability of the iPhone application “Sekai Camera,” a social, Augmented Reality (AR) service for browsing and sharing user-generated text, photo, voice, and other location-linked information. Launched September 2009 in Japan, Sekai Camera was recently named the Best App in 2009 by Apple Japan. Sekai Camera is now available for free outside Japan at iPhone’s AppStore worldwide (search for “Sekai Camera”). “Sekai Camera is social, and so much fun! It is serendipity here and now. Sekai Camera will become a platform for new games, entertainment and communication. We are collaborating with many partners to create fun content. So please, join us!” The Sekai Camera application features AR and location-based services that allow users to interact with and communicate in the real world in ways that they have never been able to do before. While most mobile AR applications today are navigation oriented, Sekai Camera is social by design, giving users the ability to communicate and have fun through interaction with digital tags that float in the real world. Sekai Camera has created a completely new interface for connecting the real world to the Web. “Look up! Sekai Camera will change the world - please imagine!,” says Tonchidot CEO, Takahito Iguchi. ...

NAVIGON AG today announced the availability of a Mexico version of its successful on-board navigation software in the iPhone App Store. MobileNavigator transforms any iPhone 3G, equipped with at least Apple OS 3.0 operating system, and any iPhone 3G S into a complete navigation device. “Our version for Mexico further expands our international portfolio and allows travelers premium navigation capabilities.” NAVIGON’S MobileNavigator is the most feature rich navigation App for the iPhone and currently within the top 5 grossing Apps in the U.S. App Store. The Mexico version includes many of NAVIGON’S premium navigation capabilities such as Google Local Search, Enhanced Pedestrian Mode, Speed Assistant, Route Planning and more. Included for Mexico are also NAVIGON’S sophisticated and elegant map views and branded in-map points of interest (POIs). NAVIGON’S on-board navigation approach has clear advantages over other off-board application solutions. After downloading MobileNavigator, the software and map data is saved directly on the device, which saves costly data plans. Start the application and go, while traveling in different countries no cell needed, everything is loaded in the application on the iPhone. “Having navigation capabilities on the iPhone is extremely helpful when traveling, no extra devices or maps are necessary,” said Gerhard Mayr, NAVIGON vice-president ...

Flight travelers often need updates on their flight status, along with airport delays, arrival and departure information, scheduled changes/time delays, gate info and even more. Avoid the stress in planning flight journeys from now on, thanks to this new iPhone Flight information app. Rather than searching and browsing through various references, websites, blogs and reviews for the required data, the MyFlightInfo App serves all the needs of a traveler from a single-point, in being that they can now access everything from their iPhone or iPod Touch. Launching the most beneficial iPhone app for real-time air travel information seekers! This flight information application has 2 major upgrades namely a “Date Expansion Pack”, which allows the user to view the flights which are scheduled from a day prior to the current day to 3 days in advance when compared to the standard, current day flights. The second upgrade is “Unlimited Push Status Notifications”, which allows the user to receive up to 5 automatic flight status push notifications (even with the app closed) per departure or arrival for the lifetime of the app. MyFlightInfo has the ability to retrieve useful information such as finding the nearest airports, providing a complete real-time arrival/departure timetable, built-in ...

Flurry, Inc. and Pinch Media, two leading smartphone application analytics providers, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to merge. This merger will solidify the companies’ combined position as the mobile application analytics market leader on the world’s fastest growing digital media platforms: iPhone™ and Android™. As a combined company, Flurry and Pinch Media analytics services will be running on more than 80% of all iPhone, iPod Touch and Android handsets worldwide. According to Morgan Stanley’s recent Mobile Internet Report, the iPhone is growing faster than the Internet did during the 90s. With 57 million iPhone OS units sold over its first nine quarters, iPhone OS penetration is more than three times greater than what AOL and Netscape achieved, combined, over the same period of time. Additionally, comparing iPhone OS sales to other historically successful hardware launches, iPhone OS outperforms the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Apple iPod and RIM BlackBerry. Additionally, Gartner Research recently forecasted that Android adoption will overtake iPhone adoption within three years. Going forward, the company will leverage consumer insight gained by tracking usage on 4 out of every 5 iPhone OS devices and 2 out of every 3 Android OS devices to accelerate ...

VOWSoft has released iTunes Backup Manager, a powerful Windows application that help people easily take control of the text messages, photos, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, and widget settings that backed up from iPhone or iPod Touch. Unlike the simple backup functions that are included with these handheld devices, iTunes Backup Manager lets people browse the backed up files, view and edit them, and export them to several popular PC formats. Instead of managing files using the tiny screen and keyboard of handheld devices, iTunes Backup Manager use computer's screen and keyboard to take control of files. It's easy to browse through all of critical backup files, and find the ones that interest user. iTunes Backup Manager makes it simple to view and edit files using iTunes Backup Manager's built-in plist editor, text editor, hex editor, database viewer, image viewer, SMS message viewer, notes viewer, call history viewer, and address book viewer. Before iTunes Backup Manager, only option was to restore all of backed up files to iPhone or iPod Touch without any modification. Now, people can select, view, and modify files before replace them on handheld device. The software lets people export backed-up SMS messages, notes, and address book ...

When Vancouver welcomes the world for the 2010 Olympic games, people will not have to search hard to find the city’s varied shopping, eating and drinking spots with the stylish, GPS-enabled shopping application for iPhone and iPod Touch users, named ChicWalks Vancouver. In partnership with ConQuer Mobile and CellMap, rising stars in the mobile space, Chicwalks Media offers meticulously researched shopping walks for fashion capitals worldwide, starting with mapped shopping routes for Vancouver, Canada and Paris, France, and soon adding San Francisco as the first US city. In anticipation of the huge influx of tourists expected for the 2010 Winter Olympics, ChicWalks Vancouver is the first in a series of apps to be launched that allow shoppers to quickly and easily discover what they want to shop for in a city, from the palm of their hand. “Vancouver's shopping scene ranges from top-name, international designers and chains, to funky, independent boutiques and local shops featuring unique fashions, shoes, jewellery and home decor items,” says Karen Henrich, CEO of Chicwalks Media Inc. “We document and organize it all in a way that enables shoppers to browse through snappy merchant descriptions and instantly hit the ground shopping—without having to do a lot of research ...

70 years after the start of World War II Apalon is happy to announce the launch of 100 Nazi Scalps iPhone game. 100 Nazi Scalps is an arcade styled game with unmatched graphics and sounds that allow users fully immerse into the authentic atmosphere of WW2. The iPhone game is now available for download on the Apple App Store. This game allows players become a brave American soldier in bloody missions of World War II. The main character and other members of his squad were sent to Paris, France, but on the way their plane crashed. Everyone, except for the sergeant, managed to escape the burning plane and hide in the woods. That is how the first mission of the game starts. Each level has its unique missions: as a fearless Nazi slayer, players have to save the sergeant, hold the position until the squad arrives, kill Nazis or even get more scalps. The supreme test is to defeat 'The Boss' - Nazi General - and the division of ruthless soldiers. The game immerses players in that “killing Nazis” atmosphere popular these days. The game is likely to equal record of iPhone and iPod Touch applications developed by Apalon, that repeatedly reached TOP100 ...

This holiday season, mistletoe isn’t the only way for couples to get on Santa’s naughty list. MyPleasure.com is shaking things up by taking an exciting new approach to sexual exploration and education with a contemporary and frisky spin on sex dice just in time for the holidays. Sex Dice Evolved introduces a whole new world of sex play to iPhone app technology. With endless intimate possibilities at a simple shake of the dice, couples can share a retreat of sexual exploration after the holiday craze and even beyond. Every combination is accompanied by expert sex advice and tips and customizable dice allow partners to express their likes and dislikes, so the experience is always fun. Plus, with the ability to share and download naughty dice, you’ll never get bored. MyPleasure believes that exploration, curiosity and education are key to a healthy sex life and has created this app for couples to enjoy. Sex Dice Evolved App And, for people who like to share advice and sexpertise, Sex Dice Evolved allows users to customize and publish their own sets of dice on Twitter. When a die set is created within the app, a simple click of the share button will tweet out the ...

NYC Way is an iPhone application that bundles a variety of local resources useful for residents and tourists alike. It happens to be one of the first mobile apps to combine a wide variety of data sets from NYC GOV (and various other third party data sets), location awareness and social media. The users get to experience the power of 30+ NYC related iPhone apps packaged into one. Based around the theme of making our government more transparent, NYC Way is a big step to help NYC GOV share their rich data sets with the rest of us using mobile platforms and social media. It uses various data sets from NYC Data Mine, and many others available via NYC GOV. NYC Way is location aware and provides you with information sorted by proximity - based on where you are. The app allows you to update your facebook status or send out a tweet about any place you discovered or visited – making you the true NYC Reporter. At the time of reporting, NYC Way stands to be the most voted for application in Mayor Bloomberg's NYC BigApps Competition. OneDerr Inc (www.onederr.com), a company based out of Jersey City, made the application available in the ...

White Birds Productions and Bulkypix are happy to announce the BABEL RISING is now available on iPhone and iPod Touch for 0.99$ (SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE) Buy it on App Store: BABEL RISING: "You are God! From high above in the sky, it appears the humans are bustling about... and building a tower. A tower, what for? To raise themselves to your level? How conceited, how foolhardy. It is time to show them the price to pay for defying the Creator! Babel Rising is an action puzzle game offering hours of gameplay. The challenge is simple: unleash your powers to prevent the humans from building the tower." "You have six devastating powers at your disposal, including the thunderbolt, the typhoon and earthquake! From the simplest to the most powerful, master them, use them one after the other and combine them to increase their impact. Divine power is at your fingertips: sweep the screen from top to bottom and left to right with one finger or more to unleash your wrath." "Perform the “divine combo” successfully and sweep away the humans from the tower’s levels in one go. Hilarious animations, detailed graphics and a soundtrack worthy of the best Roman Empire movies ...

Tesco Wine has launched a new iPhone app especially for anyone who has ever wished they could pick the perfect wine, tasted a classy claret at a party and wondered where they could buy it, or wanted to impress their friends with connoisseur-like credentials. Now everybody can be a wine buff with Tesco.com’s new Wine app - developed by Cortexica Vision Systems which was founded by experts from Imperial College using pioneering visual imaging that mimics the way the human brain identifies images. "All you need to do is take a picture of any wine bottle label from your iPhone and if it is one of the 1,000 that Tesco Wine by the Case stocks you’ll see all the tasting notes and information about that wine, including the guide price" explained Laura Wade-Gery, Tesco.com CEO. "We hope this will democratise and demystify wine know-how by making information much more accessible. But we’re advising using the app cautiously if you’re at a dinner party - exercise good manners and discretion at all times. Tesco Wine by the case sells some wonderful, award-winning wines that are great value, so you wouldn’t want to embarrass your hosts by announcing the price tag" The app can suggest the ...