Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – February 19, 2010

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for February 19, 2010:

• Macintosh
• iPod

Macintosh

• Ambrosia Software, Inc. has released the Multiwinia v1.3.1 update to the real-time online strategy war game for Macintosh. Multiwinia features furiously-paced action and a beautifully rendered landscape populated with digital stick men ready to follow your orders to destroy their opponents. This updated version, which is free to all registered users of Multiwinia, is available at Ambrosia’s website.
• Qoppa Software has announced PDF Studio 6.2, a complete PDF editor that works on Windows, Mac and Linux. PDF Studio is packed with features, including the ability to edit PDF files, fill forms, review and comment, create digital signatures, assemble documents and more. Version 6.2 fills a gap by adding PDF review and edit functionality to Google Docs. It provides an integrated Google Docs file manager to upload, download and share files or whole folder structures.

iPhone/iPod/iPad

• For a limited time, Taito is offering a selection of their classic arcade titles at a considerable discount. (If the sale hasn’t begun in your region by the time you read this, please check again later.) The following games are on sale: Space Invaders, Arkanoid and Cameltry.
• E-MAGINE, S.A. has released iTravelAlert 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to remain safe while traveling. The application provides its users with real-time information on travel warnings, including terrorist threats, disease outbreaks and natural disasters. Drawing from sources such as the World Health Organization and the Department of Homeland Security, iTravelAlert data is considered the most reliable possible.
• Onederr Inc. has released Facebook Fun 1.3 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. The application’s name is perfect, as the app provides tools for vastly increasing visibility and fun on Facebook. Through Facebook Fun, users have access to a myriad of emoticons, are able to draw with neon colours, can post a picture update and they are optionally able to share their geo co-ordinates on a Google Map.
• Mind Juice Media Inc. has announced the online preview of freeAppCalendar, a new website where iPhone and iPod touch owners can come to find great games and apps for Free every day. In addition, visitors to the site have the amazing opportunity to Vote for which games and apps they want to see become free the following week. This puts control into the hands of the visitors to choose which games and apps will be featured on the main app calendar each week.
• Quickoffice, Inc., has announced Quickoffice Connect, allowing on-the-go mobile users access to content anywhere, anytime. Quickoffice Connect is part of the company’s vision to deliver mobile cloud services across the major mobile operating system platforms. Quickoffice partnered with multiple popular online collaboration and content management providers—including Box.net, Dropbox, Apple MobileMe and Google Docs—to deliver the most consolidated access and simplified remote management of files directly from one’s smartphone. Users are able to search, preview and manage files to multiple storage services through a single, integrated, easy-to-use application.
• Adam Malysz was won the silver at the Winter Olympics. Vivid Games’ Ski Jumping 2010 is the best selling Polish sport game on the App Store to date. Vivid is celebrating these successes by offering Boozle for free for as long as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics last.
• Esse Quam Videri Music Group has announced iGovernment 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. iGovernment brings brings the government into the palm of your hand. It features over 50 feeds of news, photos, blogs, and videos from departments and offices across all three branches of the Federal Government into an easy-to-use, fast, and beautiful package. Now it is easier to keep up with the latest government news than ever before.
• Alfons Schmid has announced the release of Notebooks 3.1 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Notebooks organizes projects, documents and notes in one place, which won’t interrupt the train of thought when ideas are produced and broken down into tasks. Notebooks adds task management to its note taking and file sharing capabilities and helps users to get their jobs done without leaving the application.
• ZETZ mobile has announced the release of Games 2010 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Games 2010 is an easy-to-use set of Winter Games bookmarks. It is the best way to follow the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games on your iPhone or iPod touch. It provides all the best Vancouver 2010 Olympic news sources, constantly updated, with over 30 leading news sources. Get all the best content from leading newspapers, web sites and magazines, so you don’t have to search.
• Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has announced that Draw Parking is now available on the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. A test of precision and skill, Draw Parking delivers challenging puzzle gaming right to players’ fingertips as they race against a strict time limit to park all the cars.