Vienna, Austria – CreativeBe today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Rucksack 1.1, an update to its archive and file system tool. Designed by Apple Design Award Winner Dietmar Kerschner, Rucksack lets users open, create and convert archives, as well as split and combine files. The new version adds popularly requested features: opening multiple archives at once, deleting archives after opening them, and automatically showing output files in Finder.

San Francisco, California – Leading iPad developer xhumans announced plans today to donate 1000 copies of their hit application “The Orchestra” to music schools, conservatories, and music educators across the USA. This is one of the largest charitable applciation giveaways ever undertaken. The California based company said it will give 1000 copies – including free updates – to these organizations free of charge and restrictions. They are also providing these groups with free 24/7 service for the award winning app.

Henderson, Nevada – Since its official launch in January, SigmaPhone LLC’s medical app, “iPharmacy -The Drug and Medication Guide” becomes one of the most popular medical apps and is currently ranked as No.1 Paid Medical App on Apple App Store. Downloads topped 40,000 copies in less than four months. iPharmacy was also featured in numerous websites and newspaper as one of the most useful medical apps.

Dolgoprudny, Russia – Coding Robots today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Memoires 3.0, a new major version of the journal software for Mac OS X. Memoires is an easy-to-use application to keep offline personal journals or diaries on Mac. Users can create multiple journals, write rich entries, which can include pictures and other types of files, and browse them using calendar or instant search. The program can encrypt journals using AES cipher.

South Portland, Maine – LogicalVue Software, Inc. today is pleased to announce the release of SQLite Studio for Mac OS X. SQLite Studio is an IDE for software developers that use SQLite, the free, open-source, single-user database engine that is used by a wide variety of software. SQLite Studio has a clean, elegant design for working with tables, views, indexing and triggers. It also has a full featured SQL editor with code completion and syntax highlighting.

Charlotte, North Carolina – Tapity today is pleased to announce the release of Grades 1.0, their grade management application for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Grades shows students what they need to score on their upcoming assignments, tests, and finals, in order to get the grades they want. With Grades students plug in the items and weights from their syllabus and then plug in the grades they have already received. Grades then calculates the scores they will need on their upcoming syllabus items (quizzes, tests, finals, etc.) in order to get the grade they want in their class.

Sydney, Australia – Technology is rapidly increasing the options for delivery of mental health services. The use of software, online interventions and light-weight tools promotes collaboration between patients, caregivers, medical professionals, and other stakeholders. With the emphasis in healthcare moving towards preventative care, effective computer based technologies are ideal for delivering low cost treatments.

Atlanta, Georgia – SimpleLeap Software is donating 100% of the sales from their popular Mac study app, Cram for Mac on January 20, 2010 to the American Red Cross for the Haiti earthquake relief. As a bonus, SimpleLeap Software will give the first 25 people that purchase Cram for Mac on January 20th the pairing study app Cram for iPhone free.

Yuba City, California – Bains Software today updated instaplaylist, their flagship app for iPhone and iPod touch. The app is available for FREE on the App Store for a limited time. instaplaylist is the universal remote for music. It allows users to create and manage a playlist of YouTube music videos from their iPhone or iPod touch. The videos play on the user’s computer while they control playback from their iPhone.

Lincoln, Rhode Island – nFinity today is pleased to announce that between now and the end of the year it is giving away 25,000 copies of its award winning QuickVoice pC desktop computer software. This is an exclusive “give-away” to iPhone users. The promotion is 100% FREE, as in no purchase necessary and no gimmicks!

Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Edovia today is proud to announce the immediate availability of NumPad 2.0, the wireless numeric keypad for iPhone and iPod touch. You sometimes need a numeric keypad but don’t want to get an extended keyboard? You have a laptop and a extended keyboard would be handy?

Transform your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless numeric keypad with NumPad. If you use a Mac with OS X 10.4 or later, NumPad does not require any additional software on your computer. It connects through Screen Sharing so setup is super easy. Windows users will need a VNC Server software (like RealVNC).

Bains Software announced the release of their first iPhone app: instaplaylist. instaplaylist is the universal remote for music. It allows users to quickly create a playlist of YouTube music videos from their iPhone or iPod touch and enjoy them on any computer on the same WiFi network.

The videos play on the user’s computer while they control playback from their iPhone. Videos continue to play even if the user exits instaplaylist or turns off their iPhone.

New York, NY – FaceMixer for iPhone, the Apple staff pick, has been upgraded to version 2.0. Take the eyes, nose and mouth from three different friends and create a whole new person. The natural flip book interface allows for quick flipping between options. Store unlimited faces in your library to allow thousands of combinations.

Version 2.0 contains full Facebook integration and a brand new interface. Download photos from your friend’s Facebook profile or albums, then mix them with your existing faces for posting back to Facebook. Photos are automatically tagged with the friends included in the photo.