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If you have been following us on twitter, you might remember this tweet that was posted on our twitter account during the iOS 5.0 presentation.
Apple just introduced iOS 5.0 and one of the new apps "Reminders" during the WWDC 2011 Keynote.
Reminders is a task-management app designed by Apple and will ship together with iOS 5.0.
Prior to the keynote we have been quietly working on our own task management app called Holistic for some time and the announcement compromised the release of the app.
We spent some hours discussing whether to continue or trash the project.
Well, we decided to finish it as at that time most of the cloud syncing capabilities for Microsoft Exchange servers were already done and there are some good reasons why an app like Holistic should exist.
First off, it's designed for Microsoft Exchange and supports all task property fields that Microsoft Exchange supports; from mileage to due dates.
Second, it supports multiple user accounts as well as offline accounts. We actually planned to support multiple service providers like "Google Tasks" or other popular services.
However, for this version we decided to ship Holistic with "only" support local (offline) accounts and Microsoft Exchange to cut the development time.
Finally, it's got a beautiful UI and has many great features like an aggregated task list, task sorting capabilities and more.
Actually, there is one more key reason: it supports iOS 3.0 devices!

 

And what about the price? It's free - well, ad-supported free. However we've taken great care to implement the banners so it does not ruin user-interface experience. And there's the option to completely remove the banners through in-app purchases.

Holistic has been submitted to the Apple App Store and we hope it will be available by the end of this week. 

The latest update for Timelapse Pro that bumps the version to 3.5 has just been submitted to the App Store!

It's a huge update that will introduce a gazillion new features. So I'll just introduce a few of the amazing new features that will be available in Timelapse Pro 3.5 here. First off, the overhaul of the insanely popular built-in timelapse gallery:
We basically rewrote the entire gallery adding many new features. So what's new? The gallery now supports page loading for faster loading times! The gallery will automatically load more videos while scrolling down so basically you'll have an endless stream of timelapse videos. We have also added categories to the gallery: "featured", "latest" and "most viewed". As some users are creating brilliant pieces of work we have decided to honor these users by featuring their creations directly in the app. Videos can now be commented directly in the app and if you like the video you can share it by email, on twitter or with your facebook friends!
Another great improvement in this upcoming version is the new camera UI. iOS devices with camera autofocus and white-balance can now lock the white balance and/or the autofocus by tapping the on screen buttons. To perfectly align your timelapse videos the camera features a grid overlay. But there are also a lot of cute tweaks and improvements like the timer button in the lower left corner now animates if the timer is active.
A feature that was requested a couple of times has finally made it into Timelapse Pro: the ability to import photos from the camera roll into the app!
My personal favorite among all the new features are "reminders". It's now possible to configure a reminder for a project that will automatically remind you to take pictures for the project after a specified interval. Best of all is that this system is running in the background just like system timers and alerts.
 

Timelapse Pro 3.5 contains more that 30 features or improvements and will be available for free to all customers of the previous version. Timelapse Pro 3.5 is a dramatic improvement of an already amazing application! We can't wait to see what you guys will do with this version.

Update: iScreen 2.0 is now available on the App Store! iScreen 2.0 is available for free to all previous customers of iScreen. We're also hosting an iScreen give-away on twitter. Check out this tweet for information on how to participate.

With the launch of OS X Lion by Apple we have submitted an update for iScreen that establishes full compatibility with the new OS.

Besides supporting Apple's new operating system in this upcoming update we're also supporting an outdated Apple platform: the PowerMac G4/G5 and Powerbook series. But wait, there's more in this update! We're also introducing multi-touch support, to scroll the contents of a window simply place two fingers on the screen and pan around.

If you're one of the unlucky users where the Bonjour protocol is blocked we have added a manual connection by IP or hostname.

Improved performance, disabling the slow network indicator, multitouch scrolling, OSX Lion, PowerPC, new drivers, a built-in online FAQ — there is a lot to look forward to!

...we're proud to present you our newly designed website.

With our 4th redesign since 2008 we have decided to strafe away from the nowadays way too common "Apple" style and try something different.

This new design focuses on the important contents of each page by using solid shapes, strong colors and bold fonts. It's also making use of the latest CSS3 tech like 3d transformations, rotations and transitions. Unfortunately this stuff is currently only available in Webkit browsers like Safari and Chrome. But thankfully the site degrades gracefully on all other standards compilant browsers. That means all browsers except IE6.

If you are using either Safari or Chrome and you want to see some CSS3 magic in action then jump to the Homepage and hover over the blog headlines in the lower left corner of the page.

One of the main usability improvements is the Our Apps section. The redesigned app listing displays short project descriptions and availability information therefore navigating onto the project page just to read the tagline of the project is not necessary anymore. The new filter allows you to display only mobile apps or web apps. This is especially useful because we previously haven't displayed some of the cool web apps we have developed. With the relaunch we're unveiling u-likes and our own content management system and we're going to release more information about other web apps within the next weeks.

u-likes is a solid and clean webapp that extends facebook's functionality. The main purpose of the app is to create new likes that you and your friends can "like". The great thing about the app is that it requires absolutley no on-site registration so you can go there and start using it right now. Even if you don't want to create a like you might discover something that you do want to like. The app is still in development, mainly the like discovery and rating needs to be improved, but the core functionality is available and working fine. Check it out at http://www.u-likes.com.

So what's going on besides this relaunch?

Well as Apple is about to release OSX Lion we've been preparing an update for iScreen that ensures full compatibility with Lion and PowerPC Macs as well as some other features. Final testing should begin within the next days.

The Skype team finally released version 5.2 of their popular VoIP software that brings back compatibility for third party webcameras. So we can begin finalizing and testing the next major release of iWebcamera.

If you are following us on twitter you might remember a tweet about our upcoming and unannounced todo manager app and how iOS5 ruins it. It was tweeted during the Apple keynote when iOS5 was introduced. As the project was more than halfway done, we decided to finish it. Mainly because there are still going to be a lot of iOS 3.0 and iOS 4.0 devices around and we truly think there is still a place for our app. Besides that it's basically been designed to sync with Microsoft Exchange so it supports all properties and features you're used to if you're working with Exchange.

And finally some exciting news about the company. We're going to have our first intern starting next month! Let's see how that works out. 

Yes, we're hard at work! Matrix Camera has just been released on the App Store.
Matrix Camera is a new kind of photography app for the iPhone 3GS and 4 and the latest iPod Touch. Matrix Camera creates artistic photos in what we call a digital-retro style. Images and videos shot with Matrix Camera have that look that remind you of a handheld console with a green dot-matrix display. Feel free to post your comments on our blog, on the Matrix Camera Facebook page or just @reply us on Twitter.

If you're interested in the original press release then click here to display it.

As a present to our frequent blog readers we've got three promo codes that
we're giving away for free. Click here to display the Matrix Camera promo codes!

By the way we're still building our testing team for the upcoming iWebcamera 3.0 release. If you want to join the team, feel free to apply here.

We have just released a new app called iBackupTunes.
iBackupTunes allows you to wirelessly download songs from your iOS music library with any browser or ftp client. iBackupTunes also supports the iTunes filesharing feature so you can quickly copy a bulk of songs to your computer. With the built-in mp3 player that even supports multi-tasking you can listen to all songs stored inside iBackupTunes.
I you have downloaded the app we'd love to get feedback on what you like or dislike about the release. Feel free to post your comments on our blog, on the iBackupTunes Facebook page or just @reply us on Twitter.

If you're interested in the original press release then click here to display it.

On an unrelated note, we're starting to build our testing team for the upcoming iWebcamera 3.0 release. If you want to join the team, feel free to apply here.

And once again one of our apps has made it into the "New and noteworthy" spotlight in the App Store. This time it's the newly released "Timelapse Pro 3.0". Amazing! 

We're also thrilled about the success of the Timelapse Pro user gallery, many users are contributing their timelapse and stop-motion movies to our gallery. Some awesome movies have been uploaded recently! Here are some of our favorites:

• ABC by mkeen3
• Trout Baby by Briez
• Freaky Breakdown by Chicken Sashimi
• Crane Creation by Avery
• Vancouver Harbor
• San Diego Sunset by Lee

It's amazing to see what our users are already doing with Timelapse Pro and we're definitively going to improve the gallery feature by adding a spotlight so we can feature those amazing movies directly within the app.

Timelapse Pro 3.0 is finally available on the App Store! 
We've got so much new stuff packed into this releases that it's hard to figure out where to begin and what to describe.
One thing that I personally love about this particular release is the new user interface concept and the visual quality of the app. 
But the numerous new features like the ability to add a song from the device's iPod media library or the integrated user gallery really make the app the best of it's class. If you have downloaded the app we'd love to get feedback on what you like or dislike about the release.

Feel free to post your comments on our blog, on the Timelapse Pro Facebook page or just @reply us on Twitter.

If you're interested in the original press release then click here to display it.

We have just submitted Timelapse Pro 3.0 to the App Store. Timelapse Pro 3.0 is the successor of our timelapse app. 
It features a huge array of new features and a sexy new user interface. I don't want to spill the beans by telling you what's going to be in the next version, but let met tell you it's an epic update and it will make Timelapse Pro definitively the best choice in the App Store.

But I do have a little teaser for you, check out our promo image below. It shows off the new interface and if you're already using the current version then you can spot a few new features. I just love the new UI!