Digiarty Software Inc. announced the Valentine’s Week Giveaway taking effect from today to Feb.20, 2012. This one-week giveaway makes WinX HD video converter & DVD creator completely free available to all PC and Mac users to convert and burn any videos to DVD discs to make homemade DVDs. Everyone has the chance to get the Valentine’s gift by participating in its official Facebook page.

Feb.14 to Feb.20 was designated as 2012 Valentine’s Week for giveaway by Digiarty. Considering that Feb.14 is a god-given day to show affection and endearments to the beloved ones, the donator figured out special ideas for memorable Valentine celebration. Correspondingly, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe, given away first time this year, is exactly the Valentine’s special tribute helping all gift receivers create romantic DVDs from any HD camcorders or video files regardless of the original video formats.

To get $49.95 WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe free, everyone is welcome to the Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/WinXDVD?sk=app_206541889369118

“We donate the video conversion and DVD burning software from today just to benefit more users during Valentine’s season, and for our part, to promote the popularity,” stated by Jack Han, the CEO of Digiarty Software, who always attaches more importance to fame than fortune, “and the number of gifts is limitless. Once you like us in the Facebook, you can get full-licensed WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe without extra condition.”

Supporting 160 video and 50 audio codecs totally, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe can convert among MKV, M2TS, MTS, AVCHD, MP4, H.264, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, FLV, etc., as well as burn videos to DVDs. The quality of output Valentine video or DVD is guaranteed by High Quality Engine and De-interlacing technology. It has additional functions to:

• Facilitate playing videos on Apple iPhone 4S, iPad, iPod, Sony PSP/PS3, Android, Windows media players, etc.
• Support HD BDAV, M2TS, MKV, AVCHD, HDTV and MPEG-TS videos with multiple audio tracks.
• Help download online YouTube/Dailymotion/Metacafe videos directly.
• Make Blu-ray digital copy through video conversion.

Price and Availability

Everyone enjoys equal chance to get original $49.95 WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe before Feb.20, 2012 at http://www.facebook.com/WinXDVD?sk=app_206541889369118

More discounts and freebies are available during Valentine’s Day. Buy DVD ripping or copy software now, free get Blu-ray Decrypter at
http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-platinum/
http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-copy-pro/

appMobi (www.appmobi.com) today announced public beta availability of playMobi™, a cross-platform HTML5-based game development, deployment, and monetization SDK. playMobi gives HTML5 game developers an elegant JavaScript API solution to the many issues they face, including user authentication, in-game payments, social player engagement, scoring and leaderboard management. The core technology of playMobi is based on TapJs, which pioneered the social network category for HTML5 games and was acquired by appMobi in 2011. Developers can apply to join the playMobi beta program at www.appmobi.com/playmobi.

“With a single JavaScript API, playMobi gives HTML5 game developers all the tools they need to create interesting and socially engaging games that run on iOS, Android and Facebook platforms,” said Sam Abadir, CTO of appMobi. “playMobi includes slick in-app purchasing capabilities based on appMobi’s patent-pending ‘1Touch’ technology, making the experience very simple and highly secure. playMobi leverages the rapidly expanding HTML5 platform, offering game developers the unique ability to ‘write it once’ and deploy the same code to iOS, Android, Facebook, and the open Web — fully compliant with each platform’s terms of service.”

Scirra is the developer of “Construct 2,” a leading HTML5 game development environment. Director Ashley Gullen said, “Like appMobi, Scirra believes HTML5 is the gaming platform of the future. We’re excited by the potential of cross-platform IAP, leaderboards and achievements. We look forward to making playMobi really easy to use in games made with Construct 2.”

One interface enables In-App Purchases for all platforms
In an industry “first,” playMobi enables cross-platform in-app purchasing with its 1Touch in-app payment system. When a player makes a purchase, playMobi automatically completes the transaction using the correct in-app-purchase backend system, based on the device in use. When running on iOS, playMobi uses iTunes; on Android, Google Payments; on Facebook, Facebook Credits; and on the Open Web, PayPal. By providing a simple JavaScript programming interface that seamlessly supports e-commerce on the four most popular mobile gaming platforms, playMobi eliminates a huge headache for game developers who want to make money with their games.

Built-in Social Player Engagement Features – Interactive Leaderboards & Badges
playMobi includes social gaming tools that game developers can use to increase the “stickiness” of their games. User login is simple and easy using Facebook Connect. Tools are also provided to create and manage leaderboards, game achievements, player analytics, and cloud-based storage of game status and inventory.

Game Levels, Scores and Inventories Saved across Multiple Devices, even Across Platforms
Because today’s casual gamers increasingly play on multiple devices (both mobile and desktop), playMobi enables multi-device and even multi-platform social game play, supporting HTML5 Web-based games, Facebook games, and iOS and Android hybrid games created with PhoneGap or appMobi. For example, with playMobi, the achievement level and high score from a player’s lunchtime session on his iOS iPhone game will be in place when he plays the Facebook version of the game later on his home laptop. playMobi’s cross device/cross platform social gaming capability is another industry “first.”

Game Analytics Let Developers “Look Over Players’ Shoulders” to Improve Gameplay
playMobi gives HTML5 game developers important new insight into how their games are actually being played. Detailed analytics can be captured as the game is played, isolating trouble spots or levels that are too easy. Because high-score cheating is an issue on the open Web, playMobi allows developers to create rules-based checks on posted scores, eliminating most score hacks and protecting leaderboard validity. Integrating playMobi analytics into a game is simply a matter of adding the playMobi JavaScript library and a few lines of JavaScript code.

playMobi complements appMobi’s existing HTML5 gaming technology, which includes directCanvas, multiSound, and directBox2D, forming an integrated, high performance platform that creates games that perform well as native iOS and Android app store games on Facebook and on the open mobile Web. playMobi is being offered free of charge to a limited number of developers during a short testing phase. Interested developers can sign up for the beta program at www.appmobi.com/playmobi.

Softaculous Ltd., the developer of Softaculous Auto Installer that simplifies Application deployment on various hosting platforms, announced that they have launched version 4.0. This version of Softaculous, which is also available in AMPPS, has User Interface improvements, Developer API improvements and many bug fixes said a company spokesperson. The company also announced the launch of AMPPS 1.5.

Softaculous Auto Installer integrates into popular hosting control panels like cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, H-Sphere and Interworx and allows the user to install any application by the click of a button. There are lots of script categories like blogs, forums, micro blogs, wikis, social networking, image galleries, ERP, Project Management, Educational, etc. One can also upgrade these applications when new versions become available. Softaculous also offers Demos, Ratings, Reviews and screenshots of the various applications.

“We have been working really hard to make Softaculous, Webuzo and AMPPS the best applications in their respective categories,” said Pulkit Gupta, Softaculous founder and CEO, “and with version 4.0 of Softaculous and version 1.5 of AMPPS we are surely getting there. We have seen tremendous growth in the usage of AMPPS and some new features are also going to be released soon. At the same time some new products are also in the pipeline.”

To address the needs of different hosting providers, Softaculous is available as a Free product or as a Premium product. The Free version has only 60 apps while the Premium version currently has 260 Apps.

The Softaculous apps library already contains popular applications, including: WordPress, b2evolution, StatusNet, Drupal, Joomla, Concrete5, phpBB, MyBB, SMF, bbPress, Coppermine, Gallery, Mediawiki, DokuWiki, TikiWiki, Elgg, Dolphin, OpenX, SquirrelMail, LimeSurvey, Piwik, Mantis, SugarCRM, WHMCS, PrestaShop, Magento, CraftySyntax, osTicket, Moodle, Claroline, etc.

AMPPS can be used by Enterprises, SMB’s and Web Developers. Softaculous AMPPS is available as a Free product which can be installed on Microsoft Windows Desktop and Servers as well as on the Mac OS. AMPPS now has 260 Apps to serve the needs of different users. “AMPPS is specially beneficial to the Web Developers as they will not have to spend time installing Apache, MySQL, PHP, PERL, Python seperately and also they can install various blogs, cms, wikis, forums, etc. on their desktops by the click of a button. If you are a web developer and have not tried AMPPS, you have certainly not tried the best WAMP or MAMP stack” said Pulkit Gupta, COO of Softaculous Ltd.

Softaculous Apps are also available in the form of Virtual Appliances. The Virtual Appliances (called Webuzo) contain all the necessary server software required to power the various Apps. Webuzo is a LAMP stack with Softaculous installed on a CentOS Machine. Webuzo can help any user deploy Web Apps on their Desktops or in the Office. Recently the Webuzo Team announced support for the Amazon Web Services Cloud allowing Webuzo to be deployed in the Cloud which helps users to access their apps from anywhere.

EarthBuzz Software has built a 3D engine capable of showing an interactive 160 megapixel NASA Blue Marble rendition with deep zoom in its latest product EarthBuzz Free Weather which runs on the Apple A4 processor at lightning fast speeds.

EarthBuzz Free Weather overlays live satellite weather data and Global Forecasting System image layers, over the NASA Blue Marble high-resolution earth imagery. In addition to the 160 megapixel Blue Marble rendition it also has overlays of animated real-time satellite clouds, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, live weather conditions and Twitter friends using geo-location.

The EarthBuzz engine uses a sophisticated tiling technique innovated by NASA. Instead of using Mercator projection tiles, like our competitors, the EarthBuzz Engine uses a technique known as Tessellated Octahedron Tiling. This gives EarthBuzz superior fidelity around the poles compared to competing virtual earth software.

The satellite cloud layers are currently only 1 megapixel due to bandwidth constraints although it is possible with sponsorship and support that EarthBuzz Software will release a high fidelity satellite cloud layer in an upcoming version.

The live weather condition data, forecast data, animated satellite cloud image layers and global forecast system image layers are made available from CustomWeather, Inc a San Francisco based weather data provider.

Michael Clark, Managing Director of EarthBuzz Software, tells us there is a back-story behind EarthBuzz Free Weather and the EarthBuzz Engine.

“It’s really a statement on the openness of information and respect for the creators and innovators that have made this information available such as NASA and NOAA. There is a huge investment in satellite remote sensing infrastructure for which data is made available to small companies like EarthBuzz Software, giving the potential to innovate and add value. These governmental open data initiatives create a huge downstream benefit that expands and enriches the entire application ecology.”

While EarthBuzz Software is based out of Singapore, the largest proportion of profits from the ad-supported EarthBuzz Free Weather and its companion ad-free paid version EarthBuzz Weather go to companies in the United States such as Apple, Inc, for its iTunes App Store channel, CustomWeather, Inc for its weather data feed and Amazon, Inc who host the cloud computing infrastructure behind the EarthBuzz Free Weather service.

EarthBuzz Software is hugely thankful to those who make their channels, information and infrastructure openly available to international companies such as EarthBuzz Software, based in Sunny Singapore. Apple has given small developers a wonderful opportunity to innovate and create world-class mobile applications.

In recognition of this, the initial release of EarthBuzz Free Weather is first available in the United Sates as a statement on our respect for openness and freedom of information. Europe tends to provide access to satellite weather data at prohibitive costs for small developers whereas the US government believes that opening this information up to innovators creates more downstream economic benefits from value added services. Many other countries such as Singapore and New Zealand have similar open access government data initiatives.

EarthBuzz would love to have the backing of NASA or Twitter. Imagine a mobile app visualizing real-time social network information on the EarthBuzz 3D earth engine. This would allow the potential to see trending topics and global sentiment in real-time with analytics from the Twitter fire-hose. The technology platform is available but EarthBuzz Software needs sponsors and partners to aid with development and cover bandwidth costs for a Twitter fire-hose feed of geo-located tweets. In addition, there are opportunities for visualizing climate change, and as a platform for crisis communication, education and travel.

Michael Clark the founder of EarthBuzz Software has invested 5 man years in engineering time in evenings and weekends to build up the cross-platform EarthBuzz Engine, the EarthBuzz Weather and EarthBuzz Free Weather iPhone and iPad apps along with server-side middleware to transform map projection into tessellated octahedron tiles. EarthBuzz Software now has a completely unencumbered virtual earth code-base using no proprietary components.

The EarthBuzz Engine currently runs on Windows / Linux / MacOS and iOS, is written in cross-platform C++ with OpenGL ES and there is also the potential for an Android version. The EarthBuzz Engine features asynchronous tile loading, time series display and point data visualization capabilities as well.

Please contact Michael Clark, EarthBuzz Software, if your company or organization is interested in sponsoring EarthBuzz Free Weather, licensing the EarthBuzz engine for embedding in branded applications or custom mobile application development based on the EarthBuzz engine.

Two new mxHero plugins, BCC Policy and BCC Usage, allow companies to block and/or monitor emails sent to previously undisclosed recipients. The process can be completely transparent to email users. Companies no longer need to risk damage that can be caused by hidden email communications.

The two plugins offer different strategies for dealing with BCC email. Companies can opt between the two or combine them.

The BCC Policy plugin works by blocking email sent to undeclared BCC recipients. The block can generate a reply message to the sender indicating that the email was blocked because of BCC usage. The plugin will apply to all emails sent regardless of the platform, ex. desktop, web or mobile.

The BCC Usage plugin allows BCC email to be delivered but also creates a silent copy that is sent to a pre-configured audit address. For example, if an internal email is sent to the CEO with an undisclosed copy (BCC) to an external address, a copy of that email can be sent to an audit address.

mxHero is an open source software platform that can be installed with any email system. mxHero extends email’s capabilities through plugins managed by a simple and intuitive interface.
mxHero is being actively developed – the roadmap includes more than 70 functionalities, some unprecedented in email. The current release includes more than 15 plugins with the added benefit of visual reports of effectiveness.

Alexis Panagides, CEO of mxHero:

“Companies have always had to deal with the fact that email allows users to send hidden copies to third parties. More than a security risk, one can question its ethics and potential impact on company morale.”

Devfarm Software, a Windows 8 Launch Partner, today announced the release of version 2.7 of the award winning PowerWF. With this release, PowerWF begins the transition from a popular PowerShell workflow orchestration tool to a complete windows automation platform.

For the past 3 years PowerWF has seamlessly combined Windows PowerShell with Workflow technologies to provide users with PowerShell Orchestration. PowerWF provides a rich automation platform that lets IT Administrators harness the strengths and versatility of Windows PowerShell with a workflow Orchestration layer required to cross technical disciplines.

The latest version of PowerWF provides instant return on investment with one-click automation solutions for many common IT and VMware administrative tasks. The solutions can be run as-is, or easily modified using PowerWF’s visual authoring environment.

“The focus of this release has been jump starting the automation process,” said Ben Vierck, CTO of Devfarm Software. “We want our users to see the value of automation as soon as they launch the product.”

“PowerWF has always provided a powerful authoring environment,” added PowerWF Product Manager Kirk Munro. “This version ensures that users gain the benefits of automation even before exploring PowerWF’s authoring experience.”

PowerWF’s new features include:

•     New Start Page – Immediately run dozens of automation workflows included with the product and leverage the power of Workflow and PowerShell without requiring the technical knowledge behind the automation scripts.
•     Improved Microsoft System Center Service Manager (SCSM) support – Deploy management packs right from the Start Page. Management Packs for SCSM include: automatically close resolved incidents; expire inactive problem announcements; cancel pending activities for closed change requests; identify problems from incident trends; notify incident authors about unresolved incidents; and retrieving SCSM statistics.
•     Improved Toolbox Search – search using command names or keywords.

PowerSE’s new features include:

•     Easier Breakpoint Management – Breakpoints pane shows all breakpoints set in the scripting environment. Manage breakpoints using the breakpoint cmdlets.
•     Breakpoints Preserved Across Sessions – Allows continued debugging of PowerShell scripts from one session to the next, even if the file is closed inside PowerSE.
•     Improved Help Search – search using keywords topic headings. PowerSE includes a keyword search in command descriptions to allow users to discover commands using related terms, such as “vMotion”.

PowerWF and PowerSE can be downloaded from http://powerwf.com/misc/download.aspx

Onde Audio Recorder is brand new software that allows Mac users to record soundtracks from just about anywhere. The Onde Audio Recorder has a variety of unique features. It can record music, voice sound, or any audio from many different types of audio devices Like Mono Mix, CD Line-in, Stereo Mix and Microphone. All the user needs is a microphone with this application and they can be recording anything in no time.

It works with web pages and applications and can be used to record from a safari browser. The Onde Audio Recorder is very easy to use. Just one click of the mouse can turn it on or off, which allows the user to record a whole sound track or just a snippet. There are several popular places that people can use this software for including a You tube recording, record iTunes or even record Skype. Now a user never has to miss their favorite recording. They just click their mouse and they can record whatever they like.

Another useful feature is the batch feature. This will allow a user to record from up to 4 web pages at a time. The device also allows the user to schedule recordings. The audio recording will commence automatically and stop according to the prescheduled timings. It includes adjustable profile settings, so that the user can get their ideal audio effect. Recordings can be saved to the user’s hard drive in many different formats including MP3 and WAV. The recording will have all the traits of the original with no loss of quality. It can be stored on an MP3 player so that it can be played back at any time. Hotkey settings are also available to allow the user the convenience of control for pause, record, or stop when they are working in other programs.

Onde Audio Recorder is the most up to date audio software of its kind and is a breakthrough in the world of audio and recording equipment. The user can record their favorite music or even make a soundtrack for a video. Recording is often one of the hard things to do for a video but Onde Audio Recorder makes it easy and the user will always have a professional sounding recording.

Ondesoft is a company that specializes in Mac apps for or Mac users. They have been in the software business since 2004. Creating software is their business and their passion. Mac computers are unique and not every application will work with them but Ondesoft has made it their business to create software exclusively for the Mac computer.

Their future plans are to expand their products and offer the best audio recording and video recording software in the future to Mac users. Also, they are planning to develop a more creative software line Onde Rulers.

The power and versatility of iPad Max Platinum for Mac is now the first one fully iOS 5 compatible on Mac computers in this market.

Possessors of iPad, iPod, iPhone know it is hard work to feed them with video and audio content, and this requires a whole lot of software – at least before the release of iPad Max Platinum for Mac.

A typical iPad or iPod user would need, in order watch movies and videos, a DVD ripper software, video conversion software, transfer software to load files into Apple devices, and a few more applications to download online videos or create personalized ringtones. All of this, and more, is covered by the functions of iPad Max Platinum for Mac.

Convert DVDs, CDs, videos and music for mobile devices using 150+ video and audio formats, a spectacular variety of formats to choose from, and where to find the most appropriate.

Those converted files to transfer from/to computer and from/to Apple devices speedily and easily. Just use the built-in video browser to download video from YouTube and other popular websites and transfer them directly to iPad/iPod/iPhone.

A fully functional application allows people to sample and customize some video or audio file to create wonderful personalized ringtones. Easy and great results.

Those willing to share their discoveries and creations will enjoy the possibility to connect multiple devices simultaneously to share and transfer content without limits (for example from iPhone to iPad).

File management is also provided, with sorting, searching, playlist creation, photo albums and more.

It is fantastic to have so many functionalities gathered into one application, as all this usually requires several software. The saved time and money by acquiring iPad Max Platinum for Mac is obvious. Finished with the pain of countless conversion hours ending with a message like “error: incompatible format”.

•     Fully supports all iPod /iPhone models: iPod nano (5th Gen), iPod mini, iPod shuffle, iPod classic, iPod touch, iPod touch 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, CDMA iPhone 4, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.
•     Fully supports iOS 5, iOS 4.3, iOS 4.2, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iTunes 10.

Following the users requests, DVDVideoSoft has developed a new program Free MP4 Video Converter for converting videos of almost all popular formats to MP4 format suitable for various portable devices.

Nowadays hi-tech products such as portable multimedia devices have won an enormous popularity among people of all ages and have become a part of the humans’ life. DVDVideoSoft, as a well-known developer of free applications for simple video, audio and image processing, acknowledges the important role which the multimedia devices play in modern world and launches a special tool for them. Today the company announces the release of Free MP4 Video Converter, new useful product for converting all possible videos to MP4 format to playback on various portable devices.

The program supports conversion of all popular video formats such as *.avi, *.divx, *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.wmv, *.mov, *.mkv, *.3gp and others (in total near 40 formats). Free MP4 Video Converter enables user to play any incompatible file on any device like iPod, iPhone, iPad, HTC, BlackBerry, LG, Samsung, Motorola and plenty others which accept MP4 files. Moreover, as an important bonus for customers’ pleasure, the program features the conversion not only to MP4, but also to AVI and WMV formats.

This free MP4 video converting software has an easy-to-use interface, requiring no technical knowledge. All a user needs to do is to browse for desired files of any video format, then choose desired device from drop-down list and start conversion. The batch process lets to convert all multimedia library to MP4 at one time, which saves user time and energy and even makes the conversion faster and easier.

“Surely, nowadays almost everyone uses any multimedia device in everyday life, as it is one of the most usable and useful innovation of 21st century,” the company’s representative, Alex Wang comments. “So, our company could not but pay attention to this hi-tech trend. Our new software Free MP4 Video Converter makes the human&device interaction even more easier and closer. I am sure this program will win the same huge popularity among our users as it just won among our staff.”

Free MP4 Video Converter is included in the package of Free Studio with more than 40 other multimedia applications for every day usage developed by DVDVideoSoft. All the programs are listed on http://www.dvdvideosoft.com.

DVDVideoSoft constantly upgrades its major set of 40+ multimedia programs – Free Studio. It is a package of free and easy-to-use video, audio, image conversion applications which have been improved lately. The latest update comes with all the innovations and adjustments including new Free WebM Video Converter, new Free MP4 Video Converter, new supported formats in Free 3GP Video Converter, redesigned interface of YouTube programs and updated Free Video Dub.

Step changes of the renovations started with the addition of new formats to Free 3GP Video Converter. Now the program supports conversion of all popular video formats, and it meets the requirements of the most demanding users. Following users’ requests DVDVideoSoft has also released 2 new programs: Free WebM Video Converter, an application to convert videos of popular video formats to WebM and back, and Free MP4 Video Converter, a program for conversion of various video formats to MP4 for playback on popular devices.

Video editing tool Free Video Dub has been updated, too. Now it supports more file formats. The most outstanding feature of the application is that it cuts MP4 videos with h.264 and MPEG4 codecs without re-encoding thus without losing original quality!

The company continued the improvement process by updating its YouTube downloaders: at present they have improved and slightly simplified interface. And also high-speed download from YouTube has been enabled. And the latest great innovation is that now Free Studio features compatibility with screen reading software to make the applications be accessible for visually impaired people. Now every user can enjoy the improved software without any problem.

The company’s representative, Alex Wang: “We always try to stay in touch with our users, we communicate with them via our Helpdesk, our forum and different social networks, among them Facebook, Twitter, Google+. Our users keep us posted on all their needs, and we try to satisfy their requests. All our recent changes are made thanks to our users and hard work of the team.”

DVDVideoSoft has in store some other pleasant surprises: the company plans to make MAC OS X compatible software very soon.

Any program, as well as the whole Free Studio package can be downloaded from the company’s website http://www.dvdvideosoft.com.