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American Express Connects Entrepreneurs with New Mobile App for OPEN Forum®

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Now you can gain access to small business tips and resources from thought leaders anywhere, anytime via the OPEN Forum® App for iPhone® from American Express, developed by Bottle Rocket.

American Express OPEN is bringing its acclaimed social networking site, OPEN Forum, to on-the-go entrepreneurs via a new mobile platform. New features include an iPhone application and an optimized mobile webpage which will give users access to actionable advice and insights from Guy Kawasaki, Henry Blodget, Anita Campbell, Mashable bloggers and more.

“Entrepreneurs are always in need of tools and resources that can help them thrive anywhere, anytime. With the new OPEN Forum mobile platform, business owners have access to expert ideas and insights needed to get the job done — whether they’re in the office, on the road, or at home.”

Launched in 2007, OPEN Forum is an online resource and networking site designed to help business owners grow their enterprises by helping forge meaningful business connections and providing access to practical information from some of the best minds in business.

“A typical day for a modern small business owner is spent on the go,” says Scott Roen, vice president at American Express OPEN. “Entrepreneurs are always in need of tools and resources that can help them thrive anywhere, anytime. With the new OPEN Forum mobile platform, business owners have access to expert ideas and insights needed to get the job done — whether they’re in the office, on the road, or at home.”

With the new iPhone application, available at the iPhone App Store or on the OPEN Forum Mobile landing page, small business owners will now be able to:

  • Read the latest articles from OPEN Forum experts in categories such as innovation, lifestyle, managing, marketing, money, technology and the world;
  • Watch videos from thought leaders such as Guy Kawasaki in full screen;
  • Bookmark articles for later reading;
  • Share articles with friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn;
  • Search for articles on particular topics, keywords or authors.

Wings Flight Simulator iPad App now on the App Store in time for iPad Release Day

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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Wings for iPad is now available for the App Store in time for the release of the iPad.

The flight simulator for the rest of us. Enjoy Wings Earth made especially for the iPad with amazing detail. The most popular casual flight simulator for the iPhone now in High Definition for the iPad.

Four virtual worlds, great built-in audio tracks or listen to your own iPod music, speed controls, heads-up display, easy and expert mode.

Enjoy!

Rocket Solitaire for iPad Released with Sneak Peek Video

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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Solitaire like you’ve never played it! Fully utilizing the amazing capabilities of the iPad, Rocket Solitaire brings you gorgeous graphics and seamless gameplay.

Fully customizable: choose from 7 different card backs and over 20 backgrounds, including neon. Or you can use your own photos for the card backs and background.

Different play modes add variability to game play. You can choose to turn three cards at a time from the deck or just one. The Vegas Rules option only allows one trip through the deck.

Stuck? Click the Hint button and playable cards wiggle to point you in the right direction. Beginners learning the game will love this feature. Also, no more digging through the deck to see if the game is over. Simply check “Detect Game Over” and the game will tell you when there are no more moves.

Enjoy this great new iPad app on iPad’s release day!

What are the best iPhone Apps for Valentines Day? Bottle Rocket is giving them away free.

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

voicevalentinespromoimage1Voice Valentines, from iPhone developer Bottle Rocket Apps, sends your friends Valentines by Email, Twitter or Facebook with a design, photo, message and your voice! It’s the only Valentines app with voice!

This Valentine’s Day, don’t settle for just any generic card – show them or better yet, TELL them how much they mean to you in a Voice Valentine.

Features:
– Over a dozen themes
– Add your own photo
– Record a personalized voice message
– Add a written message
– Send cards to any number of people in your contact list at once
– Share your cards through Twitter or Facebook (including audio)
– Beautiful and easy to use app design makes sending cards enjoyable

And now Bottle Rocket Apps is giving 30 copies of the app away for free. Promotional codes have been given to several known bloggers, 5 codes were just posted to Bottle Rocket’s Twitter account (@btlrkt) and 2 are listed below. Try them soon before someone else uses them. All we ask is that you post a review of the app once you’ve had a chance to use it.

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Use them on the App Store here.

iPhone Developer Bottle Rocket Apps Releases iRelate, the myPersonology iPhone App

Monday, February 1st, 2010

irelateBottle Rocket Apps developed iRelate iPhone relationship app for myPersonology.com by Gary Goldschneider.

The iRelate app allows you to bring the power of Personology with you wherever you go. Includes 1,176 relationship reports, a great birthday selector screen, entertaining celebrity relationship reports, quick access to relationship reports of the people in your Contacts with birth dates and much more.

Download from the App Store.

And here is a video from KTLA news Cyberguy.

Doodle Bomb, the First Physics Puzzler with a Bang now Available for iPhone and iPod

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

appstore_image_11Doodle Bomb is a complete physics-driven puzzle game with a bang. Blast your way through 50 mind-bending physics puzzles as you guide your hero to the ultimate goal of “Bomb Master”. Interact with unique physics driven machines and characters who will help (or hurt) your attempt to infiltrate the enemy base using as few bombs as possible.

Features:

–> 50 action packed missions including 15 super challenging “Master Missions”
–> Real physics driven bombs, machines and characters set in a Doodle style world
–> Achieving mission Goal requires strategy, timing and precise placement of bombs
–> Interact with control panels, water wheels, pipes with valves, trap doors, magnets, moving transports, spinning cannons and more!
–> Humorous characters including the “Trigger Happy Soldier” and the “Bomb Bouncing Rat”
–> Puzzles start out easy with in-game help… but quickly ramp up in difficulty
–> Skip any of the Standard Missions if you get stuck, then come back to them later
–> Mission selector to preview and load any of the missions you have unlocked
–> Replay missions to earn Bomb Badges that unlock bonus content
–> Spam bombs for cool bomb chaining explosion effects ;)
–> Accelerometer tilt control of bombs to apply a slight roll on flat surfaces
–> Play your iPod music during the game
–> Easy to pick up and play

How to Play:

–> Tap anywhere on the screen to throw a bomb in that direction
–> How far you tap from the Hero determines the force of your throw
–> Taps close to the Hero will be softer… taps further from the Hero will throw bombs harder
–> Bombs will explode when the fuse expires
–> Try to unlock the door to the next mission by throwing and exploding a bomb near the green control panel
–> Most missions will require you to activate machines that will help you get closer to the green control panel… machines are activated with blue control panels
–> You can tilt the device to slightly roll the bombs when they are on flat surfaces or flying in the air
–> Tap the pause button to skip or retry missions
–> Unlock “Master Missions” by getting the Goal score of less for each standard mission
–> Win the game by completing all the “Master Missions” (you cannot skip these missions and must get Goal or less to advance)

Download Doodle Bomb here.

GPS for 3G, 3Gs, Original iPhone and iPod Touch Arrives Safely on the App Store

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

001GPS turns your iPhone into a handheld GPS!

GPS is beautifully designed, simple and easy to use.

Features you need – nothing complex:
• GPS data screen with current speed, average speed, max speed, accuracy, distance, time counter, true heading, magnetic heading and altitude
• Beautiful compass works on iPhone, iPod and optimized for iPhone 3Gs
• Share trip details via email
• Update your Twitter and Facebook status with a single click with a custom message, your current location and a link to a map
• Supports statute miles, nautical miles or kilometers
• Screen locking and auto dimming to save battery life
• Quick access to plot your location on built-in Google Maps
• Auto calculation of magnetic variation based on your region
• Trip resets for speed, distance and time displays
• 3G/3Gs Accuracy filter for those demanding the highest accuracy the device can provide

Download GPS here.

The Bomb Drops Soon – Doodle Bomb for iPhone and iPod Coming Soon

Friday, January 8th, 2010

For millennia philosophers have predicted the rise of a hero who would restore balance to our chaotic world… nobody predicted he would be a Doodle! Blast your way through 50 mind-bending physics puzzles as you guide your hero to the ultimate goal of “Bomb Master”. Interact with unique physics driven machines and characters who will help (or hurt) your attempt to infiltrate the enemy base using as few bombs as possible.

Do you have what it takes? Stretch out your finger and join the fight!

Look for Doodle Bomb in the Apple App Store in the the next few weeks.

Booyah! Prairie Chute 1.5 Arrives Safely in the App Store (well maybe with a few buzzard bites and cactus needles)

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

pc_gameplayThe popular “pick up and play” casual game Prairie Chute is now part of the Bottle Rocket family. Since its initial release on the app store it has been played over 120,000 times and has thousands of players charting global high scores and collecting achievements through the Agon social network.

The game features a parachuting prairie dog that you must safely guide (using the iDevice accelerometer) to the hole with the light on. Its starts off fairly easy, but after a few rounds buzzards, coyotes, land mines and electric fences will try to impede your progress. You can collect floating stars along the way to earn extra lives and unlock over 20 different achievements to earn the “Top Dog” ranking which gives the player a special Elvis skydiving suit!

The app has lots of humor and is fun for the whole family… so pack those chutes and get to the dog droppin’ fun today! You can find Prairie Chute on the app store.

Test Flight Taste Test – Wings Free!

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

app-icon-512x512-bWings brings the fun, excitement and relaxation of flying to everyone, not just pilots. Wings’ flight visualizer and virtual worlds have the most beautiful terrains and environments available on the iPhone.

Take a test flight of Wings Earth free for a limited time. Click this link to download the free version of the app on the App Store.

Play your own music from your iPhone or choose one of the built-in tracks. Go searching for salt flats and cruise through a riverbed canyon. Make Wings your own personal flying escape. Download it now and you’ll be amazed. This is a fun and entertaining way to pass time for anyone and is 100% safe for kids. Both relaxing and fun, Wings is the best way to get away.