Posts Tagged ‘book’
Book Palette: First Templates for iBooks Author on the Mac App Store
Last Updated on Thursday, 2 February 2012 03:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 2 February 2012 03:00
Jumsoft today introduces Book Pallete 1.0, their brand new themes application developed specifically for iBooks Author on the Macintosh. Book Palette app contains 10 beautiful and functional templates that bring plenty of creative options to Mac users who wish to publish their own gorgeous e-books. All templates contain the full range of standard section and page layouts provided in the iBooks Author app, including covers, chapter pages, text pages, tables of contents, glossary pages, and more. Continue reading
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Easily create iOS apps with CodeStore’s updated template app projects
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:45 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:45
UK based CodeStore has announced an updated iOS app templates Story Book App v1.3, and Comic Book App v1.2. The iOS app template projects are a quick and easy way to create an interactive book-style app, without the need to learn software development. Swipe between pages, or use the menu to jump to any page. The easy to use templates load your pages in JPEG format, and output native iPad or iPhone apps, ready for the App Store. Continue reading
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Children’s Author Includes Fans in Story Book App
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:30 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:30
Imagine yourself as a child appearing in one of your favorite books for the whole world to see. Treasure Bound Books announced the winners of their “Be an App Star” contest. In the flexible world of book apps, it’s possible for today’s children and that dream has come true for four fans of the acclaimed children’s book app, “Treasure Kai and the Lost Gold of Shark Island.” Award-winning illustrator of Treasure Kai, Victor Guiza, designed cartoons in the images of the winners. Continue reading
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App Helps Middle Schoolers Distinguish Real Friends from the Other Kind
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:30 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:30
Free Spirit Publishing and Electric Eggplant today announces Middle School Confidential 2: Real Friends vs. the Other Kind 1.1, the sequel to their iPad app Middle School Confidential 1: Be Confident in Who You Are. Designed for 8- to 14-year-olds, this release continues the story of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle, a tight-knit group of friends in middle school, and follows them as they work to strengthen friendships while navigating tough social situations. Continue reading
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Biography for iPad – The Book about People Who Changed the World
Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 01:20 Written by iUseMac Monday, 23 January 2012 01:20
Independent developer Mohammed Al Nafisah today introduces Biography 1.1, his new interactive book about people who changed the world. Designed especially for the iPad, the book brings biographies of philosophers, scientists, physicians, religious leaders, political leaders, artists and the world’s greatest composers at users’ fingertips. Biography includes descriptions of early lives, accomplishments, major events, death and selected quotes of people who made valuable contributions to society. Continue reading
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123 Color, International Edition, Talking Coloring Book for iOS Released
Last Updated on Monday, 16 January 2012 12:30 Written by iUseMac Monday, 16 January 2012 12:30
Independent developer Steve Glinberg today announces 123 Color: Talking Coloring Book 2.0, the International Edition of his popular education app for iOS devices. 123 Color: Talking Coloring Book helps teach numbers, letters, and colors, voiced in 17 languages and dialects. A top 10 education app in 40 countries worldwide, 123 Color includes more than 350 cartoons, drawings, photos, and handwriting guides in all, to be painted by freestyle finger painting or touch-to-fill. Continue reading
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Best iPad App for Kids: Nimbus Littling & the Flu from Nebtune 2
Last Updated on Friday, 13 January 2012 06:00 Written by iUseMac Friday, 13 January 2012 06:00
Kids App “Nimbus Littling & the Flu from Nebtune 2″ is hailed as “one of the most original and enchanting stories” for kids. Winner of Ebook Quarterly’s prestigious “Best Ebook for Children” award. Nimbus Littling is a 2-inch tall Littling tween who fell to Earth when she was just a baby. She has long, brown hair and purple eyes. She wears a semi-transparent, starry hairband and clothing resembling rose pedals. As with all Littlings, Nimbus has a special gift. Continue reading
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MacFreelance 50% off at BundlesForMac
Last Updated on Monday, 9 January 2012 03:00 Written by iUseMac Monday, 9 January 2012 03:00
Denver based BundlesForMac has announced the start of the MacFreelance Weekly special. MacFreelance will be offered at 50% off for a limited time. MacFreelance is a great app for generating invoices, tracking projects, and much more. Not only does MacFreelance generate professional looking invoices, but it also allows you to easily add new clients, monitor time spent on projects, track payments, perform tax calculations and generate detailed reports. The special will run until January 18, 2012. Continue reading
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2011 – The Year’s Best Book Apps for iPad – 31 Not-to-be-Missed Titles
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:00
Digital-Storytime has reviewed over 400 book apps in the site’s first year. Only 31 titles have received a perfect 5-Star review. These apps represent the cream of the crop of enhanced digital picture books for the iPad. Dedicated to digital children’s books, Digital-Storytime will be celebrating the 27 developers behind these 31 outstanding apps during the month of January. The site will be expanding to cover cross-over hits for the new Kindle Fire & Nook Color markets in 2012. Continue reading
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Six exciting new children’s BookApps by Touchoo – to warm up the season
Last Updated on Friday, 23 December 2011 07:00 Written by iUseMac Friday, 23 December 2011 07:00
Distributor and aggregator of Interactive children’s books, Touchoo, has added 6 new and exciting Book-Apps to its offering on the Apple App Store, following the success of its previous Book-Apps ’1 Little Boy’, ‘Thumbelina’ and ‘Benny the Cat’. All Touchoo’s Book-Apps will soon be also available on Motorola’s Xoom2 tablets, where Touchoo’s Library application will be preinstalled. The new range of BookApps are suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and early readers. Continue reading
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Geo Walk 2.4 Opens a Store of Amazing Facts and Goes on Sale
Last Updated on Friday, 23 December 2011 02:50 Written by iUseMac Friday, 23 December 2011 02:50
Vito Technology, awarded developer of Star Walk and Solar Walk, is happy to announce the release of Geo Walk 2.4 – 3D World Fact Book. With this update, the app opens an In-App purchase store with high quality content from the famous publisher Dorling Kindersley. Handpicked articles on various topics are placed on an interactive globe model with respect to their location making most wonderful things of the world easy and fun to discover. Geo Walk is on sale 70% off regular price till Dec., 29th. Continue reading
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Twigsbury releases Santa’s Coloring Book 1.0 for iPad
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:30 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:30
California based Twigsbury today introduces Santa’s Coloring Book 1.0, their new children’s coloring book app for iPad. Featuring illustrations by the Kersten Brothers Studio, kids can color 10 free pages with the app’s innovative “stay in the lines” coloring book. Santa’s Coloring Book includes custom recordings of 12 classic holiday melodies. Santa’s Coloring Book features 44 festive colored pencils to choose from. Two additional coloring packs are also available. Continue reading
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Cinderella by BST for iPhone – 49 HD Animated Pages in Watercolors
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:00
Big Small Things today introduces Cinderella by BST for iPhone, their new Book that brings the classic tale of Cinderella to life. Featuring expressive, museum quality watercolor paintings, interactive animation, professional narration, built-in puzzles, and four different languages for text and narration, the ebook was designed to be the best of all the Cinderella stories for iOS. The ebook is Retina display ready, and offers three reading modes: Read to Me, Read it Myself, and Auto Play. Continue reading
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MaBaSoft Releases Application Wizard 3.2
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:10 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:10
MaBaSoft today announces Application Wizard 3.2, an update to their popular application launcher, quitter, and switcher for Mac OS X. Application Wizard allows users to quickly open and quit single or multiple applications, switch between running applications, and easily access documents, folders, and disks. Version 3.2 adds the possibility to run AppleScripts, allows users to sort running applications chronologically and exclude applications from the Switch menu, and fixes some minor bugs. Continue reading
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Gift the Colourful World of Animals and Their Voices to Your Little Baby
Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2011 01:45 Written by iUseMac Friday, 16 December 2011 01:45
Independent iOS developer Alexander Shumilov today introduces Animal Book for Babies, his new children’s gaming title for iOS devices. Give your baby hours of fun and take the benefit of the educational benefits of this game. Designed for 1-3 years old children, Animal Book for Babies features beautiful animal illustrations made by professional painter and carefully selected animal voices. The playing process naturally stimulates interaction and therefore improves your baby’s manual dexterity. Continue reading
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