In celebration of its one year anniversary Kwiksher is offering 30% off their Photoshop plugin, Kwik, for the entire month of May 2012. Kwik allows anyone from graphic designers, writers, illustrators and do-it-yourselfers to create rich interactive mobile iOS and Android apps in Photoshop and then publishing those apps using Corona SDK all without using code. Countless storybooks that have been developed for the iPad, Kindle Fire and other android devices using the Kwik plugin.

Games are played by many hundreds of millions of people around the world, but very few gamers have much insight into the development process. To help gamers get a broader view of the work behind the creation of their entertainment, the development staff at Kwalee have written a whole series of articles that lift the lid on what they do when working on games. These articles now form a unique resource about several elements of the development process.

For a limited time a landmark course on how to make software without programming will be on sale. Enjoy an established teacher teaching you the secrets of software production. Enjoy over 8.5 hours of jam packed content that will enhance your skills. Act now to get this offer before it expires. Owner of the game development studio Mammoth Interactive, John Bura has been programming games since 1997 and teaching since 2002. This course is aimed at beginners who want to make games Today.

iconsBerlin updated their icon set for custom color setting today. This royalty-free icon collection is similar to the App Store's categories, and covers 24 different categories, including such genre as books, business, education, finance, games and 19 others. Since iOS5 iPhone and iPad devices may easily colorize a tab bar and icons by the new UIAppearance protocol. Customization of tab bar icons help developers to comply with client's design requirements and to improve an app's usability.

Two Lives Left and Rui Viana have released Cargo-Bot, a puzzle game where the player commands a robot to sort crates. Cargo-Bot presents players with fiendishly clever puzzles and features stunning retina graphics. It is available for free on the App Store. Cargo-Bot was programmed entirely on iPad using Codea, a touch-based programming app for iPad created by Two Lives Left. It's the first game of its kind, prototyped, programmed and polished on iPad.

M-commerce app builder Mobicart has launched two additional platforms, making it readily available to the mass marketplace. Following on from the launch of the successful iPhone m-commerce app builder at DEMO Fall 2010 in California's Silicon Valley, MobiCart is now available on Android phones and iPad tablets. The platform has been uniquely designed to replicate a magazine with the ability to turn pages and flick through your product catalog.

The International Cocoa Conference in Cologne Germany is offering discounted tickets for two more weeks, until the end of April. Bringing together noted speakers and attendees from around the world, the event will happen in Cologne's lovely "Old Auction House". Holders of one of the only 100 Tickets sold will also benefit from 2 Panel Discussions, a Conference Dinner, and a special attendee gift. A universal iPhone iPad app with the schedule and speakers will soon be available on the App Store.

Leading developer, ReignDesign has revealed the difficulty they found obtaining a new iPad for testing "Flockwork", their upcoming puzzle game. Apple announced the new iPad with Retina display on March 7th, but the new device is not yet available in China. And developers in China have had to go to extreme lengths to import devices to use for testing. Until Apple's China product launch dates coincide with those of other major regions, most iPad developers in China are left with few options.

ARG Zombies, currently in a funding campaign at Kickstarter, just lowered early access to the game to the $1 tier of donations. With five days left, they hope to achieve the remaining money on their funding campaign... One dollar at a time. ARG Zombies uses your devices GPS capabilities as the core concept behind the game. Travel across the US, fighting zombies and other monsters that are unique to the part of the country you are in.

California based SupaSounds is proud to announce the launch of its partnership program for indie app and game developers. Under the new program, SupaSounds will provide interested developers with free music of their choice from the extensive SupaSounds library and offer promotional support through its website and social media channels. Developers need only to include the SupaSounds logo in their app and a mention in the app description to be able to take advantage of these benefits.

1312 software development company shared its iPhone app sales figures. The app named Pocket Lists was released on December 1st, 2011, and the app sales reached a high in three months after the release. Sales charts graph and the story of how the app got its first sales is published in the 1312 blog. Pocket Lists is the ultimate checklist & to-do app. Rated 4.5 stars in the App Store by customers, the Pocket Lists app was featured by Apple as New & Noteworthy and What's Hot.

ShinobiCharts offers the perfect solution for developers and other iOS users wanting to display data in the easily digestible form of graphs & charts. The high-performing product hands developers the power to transform the simplest to the most complex datasets into a variety of stunning charts that can easily be embedded into iOS apps. Inspired by Apple iOS Controls, ShinobiCharts' API is purpose-built to make it easy for developers to manage and control as well as integrate into existing apps.

Washington based PhatWare Corporation today announces WritePad SDK 3.0, enabling software developers to incorporate handwriting recognition into their iOS apps. It provides automatic segmentation of handwritten text into words and automatically differentiates between vocabulary and non-vocabulary words, and more. The new generation of the state-of-the-art handwriting recognition software now supports 11 languages in a single library and features improved recognition quality.

MetalCompass announces today a SDK for adapting shooting and augmented reality games for the Xappr gun for smartphones. The Xappr gun was revealed last month at the Nuremberg international toy fair and was presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Xappr gun allows smartphones owners to connect their smartphone to the Xappr and play various games. The Xappr is adapted for all common smartphone models and supports all mobile operating systems.

UK based Pocketeers Limited today releases its free open source cross platform game development engine and full source to its brand new puzzler cOnnecticOns to the development community. The IwGame engine is a mark-up driven game engine that uses an XML based language called XOML, allowing rapid production of complex game layouts, front-ends, very complex multi-part key frame animations, actors, scenes, events actions, resources and much more.

How does a mobile app reaches the top of the AppStore? How do you stand out from the tens of thousands games available? This is what Molecube asked itself a few days away from launching its fourth game, Justin Mac Fart. By launching the blog "The Experiment", they are exposing the other side of the coin by applying strategies popularized by marketing experts and benchmarking their efficiencies. By shedding light on its creative and marketing process, Molecube is aiming for total transparency.

The Pragmatic Studio announces more dates for their popular iPhone Programming course: April 10-13 and August 13-16. In this 4-day, hands-on training course you'll learn the tools and APIs in the iOS 5.0 SDK, Xcode 4.3, Objective-C and Cocoa Touch programming. If you're a programmer new to iOS development, or you've started building an app and need help putting all the concepts together, then this is the course for you.

SFApps Company announced their growth strategy for the launch of their next-generation mobile application network. The company will focus on acquiring interests in multiple Apple and Android mobile applications to leverage economies of scale across the SFapps network. Developers and operators are invited to contact the company about leveraging the success of their mobile apps on the SFApps network.

TapLynx today released an updated version of its innovative mobile app building platform. TapLynx is a powerful platform that lets publishers, designers, agencies and developers build iPhone and iPad apps in minutes. Without writing any code, users can customize apps featuring real-time news updates, push notifications, videos and photo galleries. The new version makes it easier for developers, designers and publishers to make money from content sales or advertising with iAd capabilities.

iOS indie developers can succeed even without building a bestseller. Appcod.es is planning a free online course for indie devs. During the course the participants will work on the marketing aspect of of their apps. Better keyphrases, app description, intricacies of marketing and PR, an overview of the most important marketing tools. This online course is free and will happen 12th March 2012, 11a.m. PST with an opportunity for Q&A. The course content will also be republished at a later date.

California based SupaSounds announces the world's first sound service aimed specifically at mobile app developers. Developers can choose from hundreds of royalty free 30 second sound loops, music that covers a diverse range of genres and game types. All tracks can be previewed on the site and can be viewed by either music genre or game type. With its simple pricing model and supporter mentality, SupaSounds strives to cater to the needs of independent app developers in particular.

Artem Lapitski, creator of Repeat Timer Pro, the acclaimed utility app for the iPhone, has published an extensive behind-the-scenes case study on the project, providing a rare insight into what goes into planning, designing, developing and marketing an iPhone app. Welcomed with raving reviews since its release, Repeat Timer Pro is a simple but versatile timer app with a secondary interval timer and repeat settings, making it the perfect timer for virtually any application.

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.

Push IO, a leader in the real-time news delivery, today announced that they've sent more than three billion push notifications to millions of users of Apple's iOS devices. Push IO is the only company focusing on delivery high-value, real-time content to mobile apps, backed up by the most aggressive SLAs in the industry. Push IO's fleet of mobile services include push notifications, in-app purchase, data aggregation, and instant content delivery.

The second edition of Objective-C for Absolute Beginners is updated for iOS 5, Xcode 4.2 and Lion. This book is for anyone who wants to learn to write iPhone and iPad apps, including those who have never programmed before, or who may have programmed before, but not Object Oriented Programming. Free weekly Webinars occur every Wednesday night at 6:30pm Pacific. The book is available at Amazon, B&N, Apress.com and local bookstores. It is currently available on the Kindle and eBook.

Bizmey announces today that it has changed its name to Tapgage Inc. The new name change comes with the new focus of helping mobile application developers with monetization and user acquisition. Tapgage is currently working with 25 developers helping them with user acquisition through the click exchange network. The click exchange is a free service that lets developers plug their apps into a network and gain users by referring users to the network on a click basis.

Profolio is an innovative iOS/App platform with a presentation and portfolio service for individuals and companies. These custom built Apps accommodate highly optimised visual mediums of photography, motion, animation, graphic design work, augmented reality, 3D content, copy and data in an interactive, engaging and cost effective way. In the digital age, Profolio is an exciting communication and marketing device created by creatives for creatives.

The Pragmatic Studio announces their early 2012 schedule for their popular iPhone/iPad Programming course: January 23-26 in Denver, CO, March 6-9 in Denver, CO, and April 10-13 in Reston, VA. In this 4-day, hands-on training course you'll learn the tools and APIs in the iOS 5.0 SDK, Xcode 4.2, Objective-C and Cocoa Touch programming. If you're a programmer new to iOS development, or you've started building an app and need help putting all the concepts together, then this is the course for you.

PlayHaven announces today the addition of a Self-Serve Marketplace to their real-time marketing platform, essentially opening up their network of publishers for the first time to 3rd party mobile platforms and service providers. PlayHaven's new Self-Serve Marketplace will now allow game developers to leverage and deploy both 3rd party and native PlayHaven marketing and monetization tools in real-time. It is housed in a single SDK and web back-end technology stack.

IWannaMakeAnApp.com, a new platform which offers aspiring developers the opportunity to learn how to make apps for iPad, iPhone and the Blackberry Tablet. The website provides app development courses from Udemy with exclusive discounts. The website also grants an exclusive certificate to every student who has taken 1 out of the 3 courses offered on the website, giving students the ability to showcase their new found knowledge on app development.

PressOK Entertainment, Inc. announces hyper-local mobile ad solution working in conjunction with PlacePlay location-based engagement features boosts iOS developer revenue; Locally targeted advertising results in up to 10 times higher eCPMs than existing ad networks; 100 percent revenue share to first 25 developers who launch with PlacePlay Ads. PlacePlay Ads provide up to 10 times higher eCPMs than traditional ad networks. PressOK has positioned itself as the ideal partner for iOS developers.

Code'n'Web today announces TexturePackerPro 2.4.0 for OS X, an update to their software development tool that creates and optimizes sprite sheets in 15 different output formats for iOS, Android, and Web frameworks. Sprite sheets are invaluable for their ability to speed development time, simplify graphics, minimize memory usage, and reduce load times. TexturePackerPro is a drag'n'drop solution that offers control over all variables of sprite sheet creation and image optimization.

The Pragmatic Studio has announced two more offerings of their popular iPhone/iPad Programming course: November 29 - December 2 in Reston, VA and January 23-26 in Denver, CO. In this 4-day, hands-on training course you'll learn the tools and APIs in the iOS 5.0 SDK, Xcode 4.2, Objective-C and Cocoa Touch programming. If you're a programmer new to iOS development, or you've started building an app and need help putting all the pieces together, then this is the course for you.

MOVL today announced the official public release of their patented MOVL Connect Platform at the Game Developers Conference Online in Austin, Texas. The MOVL Connect Platform gives developers the tools necessary to create apps that can link SmartTVs and mobile devices. The platform allows various devices to communicate in a shared experience and supports the creation of multi-user, multi-screen applications such as multiplayer games, second-screen TV experiences and interactive advertising.

INFOMATO, Inc. today unveiled a new version of its iQuipment software that provides support for the ID TECH iMag and iMag Pro mobile readers for credit and magnetic stripe cards. Windows POS systems developers can now use the Apple iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to securely send information such as credit card data and employee IDs to their existing POS systems, and also use iOS devices as a highly user-friendly terminal to access the full-blown POS functions.

Wibble Quest is an iOS Text Adventure Game Framework with a simple object oriented API for: Objects, Rooms, People, Items, Stores and Creatures to fight. Wibble Quest will help you make a Text Adventure game very very quickly, and will help you scale to a complex game with ease. It's only one line in the terminal to get yourself up and started with your own project. Its a great way to dip your feet into programming for the iPhone. You just get to concentrate on making the game.

California based PlayHaven announces today the launch of their real-time marketing platform, built specifically to help developers maximize the success of their mobile games. By providing tools that bring the speed and flexibility of the web to mobile game development, PlayHaven's new platform enables mobile game developers to effectively market their apps, engage their users, and boost their average revenue per user in real-time.

After popular demand, developer Rod Cambridge has released a paperback version "How NOT To Write an App" of his successful eBook on app development. It is aimed at anyone looking to develop an app for the many smartphone and tablet platforms available. In this eBook Rod uses this experience to take the reader step by step through the things that should, and shouldn't, be done when creating an app for Apple's iPhone or its rivals including Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows Mobile devices.

Preschool University today introduces SENTENCE READING MAGIC 1.0 for iOS, their 14th free Education app, which provides the missing link between reading words and reading books - reading sentences. The app has two modes: sentence building, where children can move the words into their correct sentence position, and reading, where children can read the words of the sentence and then check their work by touching the hidden picture. The app features audible pronunciation of whole words and letters.

About Objects is set to begin offering its popular series of courses for iPhone and iPad developers in Boulder, Colorado. Classes will be held at the Millennium Harvest House hotel near the University of Colorado campus, beginning with Objective C for Beginners November 5-6, and iOS Development for the iPhone and iPad, November 7-11. About Objects is a leading provider of iOS developer training as well as expert-level consulting on enterprise iPhone and iPad development projects.

PixelMags today announced that they are now compliant with Apple's upcoming Newsstand and iOS5 platform. PixelMags will help publishers get into Apple Newsstand with speed utilizing their CDS, which allows a publisher to upload any magazine format ranging from PDF, Woodwing, Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to HTML5 into the Apple Newsstand. Accepting all forms of content input, this allows the publisher to stay at the forefront of content creation.

KittyPad today released their new SDK that is geared toward both developers of educational applications for kids and general game developers. Designed specifically to help spread game awareness and increase downloads, the SDK includes tools for implementing health protection, subscriptions and exchange downloading. The primary component is KittyPad's group purchase/subscription service, which users can purchase via an In-App-Purchase.

Lizbeth Publishing today announces App Instructor 2.0 for iOS, their app that provides an illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on different ways to make and sell iPhone and iPad apps. Designed especially for creative men and women who may have the next big idea for the App Store, but lack the skills to create and market it, the app includes: candid advice, tips & tricks, coding tutorials, sample legal agreements, links to useful products, instructional videos, and links to developer websites.

Toronto based Infinite Skills is now offering a 12.5 hour tutorial video course designed to make becoming an iOS Developer easier than it ever has been before. Presented by author Tony Bove, Learning To Build Apps for iPhone and iPad takes viewers through the standard app development cycle using the iOS SDK and Xcode all the way to submission to the App Store. The course focuses on two central app development projects - viewers can follow along and build the apps themselves, piece by piece.

Leading mobile services provider, Push IO, announced today it has sent more than two billion push notifications to users of Apple's iOS devices. Push IO's industrial strength platform supports the complex needs of clients ranging from well-known sports leagues to international news broadcasters and global businesses. The Company also manages TapLynx, a framework that extends Push IO's powerful platform to anyone who wants to create an app in a matter of minutes without required coding.

CodeStore today announces Comic Book App v1.1, an updated iOS app template for iOS development. Comic Book App is a quick and easy way to create a comic book app for iPad, without the need to learn software development. The easy to use template loads your pages in JPEG format and even optional background music in MP3 format, and outputs a native iPad app, ready for the App Store. Swipe between pages, or use on-screen buttons, animated page transitions, and app launch animation and more.

Chipmunk Physics, the high performance 2D physics engine popular on the iPhone, has reached version 6.0. Chipmunk has recently been seen in many top iOS hits, including Cars 2, Feed Me Oil, I Dig It, Alice in New York, and Zombie Smash! This release includes rewritten contact graph, spatial index, and sleeping algorithms, yielding significant performance improvements and other new features. We've also released Chipmunk Pro, a library with extra features that can dramatically speed development.

TapGen Corp. is providing completely free promotion for iOS developers in their new FeatureGiveaway app. With an ever-expanding install base, FeatureGiveaway 1.1 offers a perfect opportunity for developers to feature their apps for free to a wide audience of targeted and passionate users. FeatureGiveaway's daily contests ensure its users revisit the application regularly, offering them the chance to win daily prizes while encouraging them to download the featured application of the day.

CodeStore announces the availability of an updated iOS app template - Story Book App v1.2, a quick and easy way to create a picture book app for iPad and iPhone, without the need to learn software development. The easy to use template loads your pages in JPEG format and even narration or sound in MP3 format, and outputs a native Universal iPad iPhone app or an iPad-only app, ready for the App Store.

AnguriLab LLC announces the availability of MobileBricks for iOS Developers. Sometimes the standard iOS components library is not enough to create great user interfaces. MobileBricks develops fully customizable iPhone and iPad components that help build great-looking and functional mobile apps. All components are provided with full source-code, documentation, and extensive demo projects that show concrete examples of the components' usage.