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Macware announced today they are running a sweepstakes as a thank you to the Mac community that has supported them over the years. The online sweepstakes will reward one lucky winner with an Apple 16GB WiFi iPad in August. No purchase is necessary, and you can enter through August 15, 2010. The iPad has quickly captured the imagination of over 3 million tech savvy customers, and continues to push Apple ahead of other tablet and e-reader competitors with its revolutionary design and function.

Independent developer Ian Miller today announces Salesdiver 1.0 for iPad devices. Salesdiver serves to help sales people close more business by gaining a broader understanding of their sales opportunities. It does this by prompting them during their sales calls to ask the right questions to qualify their opportunities thoroughly – and therefore allows them to focus on the deals they can win. Conduct a face to face conversation with a sales prospect without the technology getting in the way.

Kiwa Media has just released Hairy Maclary From Donaldsons Dairy 1.0 for iPad users. The application is already the number 1 ‘Book’ in the iTunes app store. The application is a unique, interactive, read-along QBook which combines a celebrity narrator’s voice, full page illustrations, touchable speaking text, to help young kids develop reading and comprehension skills in an entertaining way. QBook is a very popular teaching tool and has become the format of choice for many publishers.

AlwaysOnPC announces AlwaysOnPC 1.0 for iPad and version 1.0 for Android. The virtual PC app liberates mobile users to browse any website on FireFox, and empowers them with over forty programs including a PC-caliber mobile Office suite. The OpenOffice suite lets users edit office documents and is fully open and save compatible with most common file types. Using FireFox with Flash inside AlwaysOnPC, users can finally browse the whole Web on their device.

yianni-software today announces Laddersnake 1.0, their new board game for Apple’s revolutionary iPad device. Setting traps, stunning players and jumping forward are just some of the added features. The original premise of snakes and ladders is at the heart of Laddersnake but this is only the start. Up to 4 players can player and each get 4 bonuses at their disposal to unleash attacks onto their opponents.

Portland based dBelement today announces Noter2 for iPad, the easiest app to organize and sync all of your notes. Be it a simple grocery, contact list, or an entire development plan, Noter2 let’s you organize your list notes in any way you want. Effortlessly sync your to-do lists between your iPad, iPhone and desktop computer using Noter2. Noter2 is designed from the ground up to be easy to pick up but powerful enough to keep you organized even with thousands of notes.

FourthFrame Technologies today announces Simple Genius Project 1.4, their new suite of apps for project management on the iPad platform which build on the success of their flagship app Project Pad. SG Project supports building and monitoring task-based project schedules and sports table and Gantt-style views familiar to professional project managers, but usable by anyone. FourthFrame adopted the new moniker Simple Genius for the suite and Project Pad has now become Simple Genius Project.

Miami based SeeItWithus today announces VideoPix for iPad 1.0, the much anticipated release of its famous iPhone counterpart. VideoPix for iPad supports frame grabbing, screencapping, slow motion playback at configurable fps, frame by frame analysis of video clips from iPad’s Photo Albums and also from videos imported from computer through local WiFi. Videos can be imported into iPad’s Photo Albums using either iTunes or through iPad Camera Connection Kit.

PhatWare Corporation today announces WritePad for iPad 4.1, an update to their advanced handwriting recognition software for iPad devices. WritePad lets users take notes in their own handwriting with an iPad stylus pen or their finger. The state-of-the-art handwriting recognition software will adapt and learn while it is being used, improving the recognition quality overtime. Version 4.1 now includes a Twitter client, which allows users to compose Twitter updates in their own handwriting.

TapTomic today releases Park Rush HD 1.01 their new time-management game for the iPad. Park Rush HD puts the player in the shoes of a parking lot operator. Park and retrieve vehicles in a logical order to keep your customers happy and receive better and better tips. The more efficient you are, the more points you get, and the more challenging your game will progressively become. Equipped with a simple “screen-tap” interface, Park Rush is as simple as the tap of a finger.