San Marcos, Texas – App Cubby today is pleased to announce the release of KaleidoVid 1.0, their new app for iPhone 3G, 3GS devices. KaleidoVid is a video kaleidoscope for iPhone that creates beautiful kaleidoscopic images from every day objects using the iPhone’s built in camera. Point the camera at everyday objects to create beautiful kaleidoscopic images. Tap the screen to freeze the image. Save or share it on Twitter, Facebook, or via email, then tap to do it again.

San Diego, CA – Trader Vic’s Los Angeles announces a special promotion whereby it will be giving away iTiki(TM) iPhone cases to the first 50 customers on Thursday, March 25.

John Valencia, Big Kahuna at Trader Vic’s LA, said, “We love these iTiki cases and we want our customers to know about them too. The first fifty folks who come in on March 25th will get their very own iTiki case. They just need to get here in time while we have them in stock.”

Spokane, WA, PhatWare Corporation, a leading provider of software products and professional services for mobile and desktop computers, announced today the immediate availability of PhatNotes for iPhone 1.3. PhatNotes is the first iPhone and iPod touch notes organizer to offer natural handwriting recognition input in addition to keyboard entry as well as full synchronization with PhatNotes Desktop software.

Incline Village, Nevada – Xeric Design today is pleased to announce the release of EarthDesk 5.3, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. Version 5.3 provides a work-around for a long standing screen saver issue in OS 10.6. In addition, minor updates to the city database and help system are included.

EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop.

Chicago, Illinois – Yazsoft today is proud to announce Playback 1.5.1, an important update to their popular zero configuration media server for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Playback allows anyone to share their media with any Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or other supported UPnP compatible device. Playback can also share media stored in folders or even make entire disks available to a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360. No configuration required. Version 1.5.1 brings a highly anticipated feature to PS3/Xbox users – built-in HD MKV support to all PS3/Xbox users without the use of messy and resource hogging transcoding.

Leeds, Yorkshire, UK – Expanding online news service TheBusinessDesk has become the first regional business publisher to offer a free iPhone app, making it even easier for users to access its three business news sites while on the move. The application is available to download free and will complement the online news service’s websites in Yorkshire, the North West and the West Midlands.

Ashdod, Israel – Apparent Software announced today the participation of Cashculator and ImageFramer in the TheMacBundles March bundle.

Cashculator is a Mac way for users to track their cash flow. It is a different kind of personal finance application – instead of focusing on the past and logging previous transactions, it focuses on the future by forecasting a user’s financial situation. It helps people to make better decisions about their personal finances as well as the finances of any small business that they may own.

Los Angeles, California – 24×7digital today is pleased to announce the release of Smiley Sight Words 1.0, a new educational flash-card app for iPhone and iPod touch. Smiley Sight Words is a comprehensive flash-card learning tool containing over 1,500 high-frequency sight words, compiled from a variety of sources including Dolch, Fry, Pinnell-Fountas, and UK word lists. Flash-cards respond to taps, swipes, and shakes – students may tap the displayed sight word to hear professionally recorded American-English pronunciations; swipe flash-cards to navigate the stack of words; and shake their iPhone to shuffle the flash-cards.

Corel Springs, FL – Announcing that ScavoMed, the developers of Pocket Therapy 1.0, is proud to launch a unique product. It is the only application available that gives very specific therapeutic routines for the fifteen most common injuries. The Pocket Therapy app is like having a physical therapist in your iPhone, providing injury specific information, advice and exercises, complete with photo and video demonstrations.

Tucson, Arizona – Selznick Scientific Software, LLC today is pleased to announce the release of PasswordWallet 4.5, a major update to their best-selling Macintosh and iPhone password management solution. The app now allows the user to automatically sync all passwords between their Mac, iPhone and MobileMe accounts, as well as their Windows (now in public beta), Android, Windows Mobile and Palm Pre devices.

New York, NY – Announcing that Spurrier Group, the developers of eyeBuy Visual Search, has released the 1.5 version of their app for users looking for price deals. The application offers a myriad of local shopping search engine results, which can be obtained with barcode scans, photos or used manually to find the best online deals for specific products. A combination of learned image recognition and a speedy performance makes eyeBuy Visual Search a fast, easy resource for bargain hunters.

Berlin, Germany – Announcing that apfelbaumGROUP UG, the developers of TIOnixie – Alarm Clock – Stop Watch – Timer, has released their latest update. The already feature rich three-in-one application has added even more functions to its retro Nixie tube timekeeping program. Now, in addition to the alarm, stop watch and timer, developers have included a flashlight, icon dimming and connection to a user’s iPod library.

Wilmington, North Carolina – EXPOGO, Inc. the developer of the first clay target “Digital Scorecard” for the iPhone and iPod touch announced today that ClayTracker has been chosen for the second time by Apple to be featured on the App Store. Version 2.0 was recently released and now includes scoring for American, English and International/Olympic Skeet.

Woodbine, MD – Today’s gardener can now research garden plants with GardenPilot from 10-20 Media, a powerful plant search tool on the web and on the iPhone. GardenPilot features over 12,000 beautifully illustrated ‘plant information pages’ to help the consumer cultivate success in the garden and landscape. GardenPilot allows the user to research plants by category, by branded collection, by a number of relevant characteristics, and then search for retailers that sell the plants locally.

Moscow, Russia – SQUAD today is proudly announcing the new redesigned version of SalatTime 1.3, an indispensable app for every Muslim featuring Islamic prayer time list with automatic notifications, Calendar and Compass. This app is designed for people who want to have a push notifications assistant as well as Athan alarms always at their disposal. When the application is launched it sends prayer push alerts according to the exact prayer times specified on the list.