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Milano, Italy – Libero Spagnolini today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of FaceMan 3.2, the critically acclaimed iPhone app that introduces tons of new features, a brand new UI and bring a strong performance boost on iOS 5 devices.

The real fun starts when you use the cool effects that FaceMan is able to render. Based on a streamlined and super easy to use interface, FaceMan sports 24 incredible effects, and pushes the limits of what is possible on a mobile device. FaceMan is sure to provide many hours of fun that you can share with your friends.

FaceMan 3.2 is distilled with a super polished UI to get things done in less taps and more fun, a completely redesigned album with brand settings that lets you customized FaceMan in depth. The app also comes with a great built in album that lets you collect all your coolest effects.

A lot of most wanted feature requests made it in 3.2 and here are a few:
* New UI, with improved navigation controls
* Automatically save to device photo library
* Captures are now saved at native camera resolution
* New sharing feature to Facebook, Twitter
* New help overlay
* Improved performance especially on iOS 5 devices

Customer reviews have been terrific:
“This is by far the best real-time video FX app available.
Why would I lie?
Download it and see for yourself…..
If I’m wrong you can call me a liar….
Ahh yea!!!”

“This is a great & hilarious app . it takes the funniest pictures ever . you wont regret buying it . better then any other FX app out there .”

“This app is awesome! Reminds me of playing with PhotoBooth with my wife at the Apple Store for the first time, but now I can carry it around in my pocket!”

“Love it. Acts like Photo Booth but on your phone. Worth 1.99″

“Wow, this is a killer app – it is better than PhotoBooth for the iPhone, use interface is super simple and nice clean sounds let you know that you pressed the right button (to save to album in app, to save again to camera roll etc) … effects are amazing … the best two buck photoapp I’ve seen and deserves to be shortlisted alongside Hipstamatic as a must have … within seconds I was sending mug shots to my girlfriend via mms … awesome stuff!”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.2 or later
* 4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
FaceMan 3.2 is priced $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

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Located in Milano, Italy, Libero Spagnolini is an independent developer. Whether you want to report a problem, suggest a new feature or just say hello, we want to hear from you! Copyright (C) 2011 Libero Spagnolini. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Moscow, Russian Federation – Ilya Platonov releases his first iPhone app, ComedyDevice, a tool for face-to-face communication. It is designed to be used in various ways and there still more to discover. How can that be? Let’s see. ComedyDevice can work in Manual or Automatic mode. It’s best to review those modes apart.

In Manual mode you can stress any spoken phrases with Sitcom Laughter and other effects by pushing the vivid Big Round Buttons (see Screenshot #1). As adopted at TV studios, during the SFX playing appears a display board that urge your audience to show corresponding emotion (see Screenshot #2). You can interrupt playing by touching that display board.

Buttons are present in pairs, opposite/complementary in meaning.
Available pairs are:
* Laugh/Boo – basic sitcom effects.
* Applause/Whistles – useful for commenting on other’s words.
* Yes/No – useful when you don’t want to strain your vocal cords speaking to someone, so you can give answers with your iPhone instead.
* Drumroll/Crash – useful to dramatize situation with classic circus drumroll-crash sequence.

In Automatic mode ComedyDevice listens to your conversations and applies effects all by itself when the buzz level exceeds the threshold (actually, there’s more sophisticated algorithm, but basically it’s right). When the sensitivity threshold level is well adjusted, ComedyDevice will react to spoken words in a very natural human-like way.

Upon entering the Automatic mode there appears a new set of controls – Buzz-o-meter Dial and Sensitivity Control Knob (see Screenshot #3). Sensitivity threshold level can be adjusted in convenient visual way by rotating the Knob and watching the readings of the Dial. The next step is to activate automatic operation of ComedyDevice and enjoy.

Automatic behavior for various pairs slightly differs:
* Laugh/Boo – just laughs and booes according to your speaking with Laugh effect is more frequent.
* So are Applause/Whistles – with Applause is more frequent.
* Yes/No – works as some sort of decision making machine or digital oracle that will answer your questions.
* Drumroll/Crash – will produce drumroll-crash sequence timing it according to your speaking.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 15.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
ComedyDevice 1.1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category.

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Ilya Platonov is an individual entrepreneur. Copyright (C) 2011 Ilya Platonov. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Bangalore, India – Permeative Technologies, a well-established and leading iPhone and iPad Application Development Company, today is pleased to announce the updated version of Solitaire Suite for iPhone and iPad. Keep your eyes peeled for the best Card game experience ever. Solitaire Suite is a combination of all your favorite Solitaire card games, such as Wasp Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Spiderette Solitaire, Yukon Solitaire, Scorpion Solitaire, Canfield, Free Cell and Klondike. Solitaire Suite will give you an overall feel and experience of amazing game play of cards now on your iPhone.

List of card games for you in one app:
* Canfield
* Free Cell
* Klondike
* Spider Solitaire
* Yukon Solitaire
* Scorpion Solitaire
* Wasp Solitaire
* Spiderette Solitaire

Features:
* Most challenging and amazing solitaire card games
* Easy to play games on your iPhone and iPad
* Four columns of suit can be formed
* Multiple cards can be moved
* Try to match up an entire sequence of cards from King to Ace
* Complete against your own high score
* Visually Pleasing and informative
* Compare and save your own global and local scores.

Pricing and Availability:
Solitaire Suite 1.4 for iPhone is $4.99 USD. Solitaire Suite 1.4 for iPad is $9.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). Both are available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Download Solitaire Suit today, and be a part of the biggest card gaming experience and enjoy with the addicting game play.

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Permeative Technologies is a young at heart company of seasoned iPhone app developers. We are a hundred strong team based out of Bangalore in India. Our engineers have complete knowledge of the iPhone app development stack – be it Objective C, the Cocoa programming environment or the XCode set of tools. Copyright (C) 2011 Permeative Technologies Pvt Ltd / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

San Francisco, California – CulinartMedia, Inc. introduces Cookies for Christmas 1.1, for iOS devices. Thoughts of family gatherings and visiting friends and bringing in the season with delicious treats means it’s time once again to begin baking Christmas cookies. With over 50 recipes, including traditional favorites like gingerbread and shortbread to new favorites like panettone and sevillanas, this app makes it easy to bake great-tasting treats at home. Each recipe displays step-by-step color photos, ingredient listings, in-built timer, and shopping and favorite lists along with videos and a “know-how” section.

Take the hassle out of the holidays, with an app that features delicious recipes from A-Z, including categories – Traditional, Quick & Easy, Contemporary and International – all making it easier for you to locate recipes, create shopping lists and prepare and bake Christmas cookies at home.

The iPhone app is fully downloadable with no wait times or connections needed to import recipes or other features, making access to recipes, favorites and shopping lists quicker and easier.

Feature Highlights:
* Descriptions of key ingredients with color photographs and illustrations
* Simple preparation and dispatch of invitations for events
* Innovative shopping and favorite list generation
* Instructional videos
* “Know-How” section with cooking tips and photos
* Built-in timer
* Convenience of adding notes to recipes
* Ingredient calculator that determines exact quantity of ingredients for each recipe based on quantity needed
* Saves recipes to one shopping list, combining and saving all ingredients into one list
* Quick sharing of recipes through social networks like Facebook and email

About iCook2day:
iCook2day is a new international publisher focusing on food and drink related content for mobile applications developed by CulinartMedia, Inc. Our main objective is to fully utilize the technical capabilities of the new electronic media to provide consumers with a more dynamic, livelier and more useful food preparation experience.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 200 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Cookies for Christmas is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Books category.

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Based in San Francisco, California. CulinartMedia, Inc., a US and German based software developer, specializes in developing revolutionary culinary apps and software that offer users heightened skills and techniques to increase their cooking capabilities. CulinartMedia is climbing the ranks of culinary apps, and is quickly making a prominent stamp on the food world. CulinartMedia is focused on creating user-friendly apps that appeal to both professional chefs and the broad population. Copyright (C) 2011 CulinartMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The two day head-start for those who opted for the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor or pre-ordered is now over, and everyone is now free to experience the Battlefield 3 beta for themselves.

Xbox 360 owners can find the 1.3GB beta download here (courtesy of Major Nelson) and get downloading.

PlayStation 3 owners will have to wait a bit longer to download the beta from the PlayStation Store; trying right now will yield an error about not having access. That’s just as well, as Sony announced on Twitter that PSN will be undergoing maintenance for a few hours from 9am to 11am Pacific. That means you’ll likely be waiting until this afternoon at the earliest before being able to get the download going. On the bright side, PS3 will get all of Battlefield 3’s expansion packs a week before other platforms.