FICO (NYSE:FICO), the developer of the industry-standard FICO^® credit risk score, today announced the availability of its myFICO App on the App Store. The app gives iPhone and iPod touch users access to the FICO^® Score Estimator.

“This is a perfect time to give all iPhone and iPod touch users a cool, easy way to estimate their FICO scores and gain access to the wealth of free educational content and features on myFICO,” said Shon Dellinger, FICO’s vice president of the myFICO.com division. “FICO scores are more important than ever to lenders which means consumers who use any type of credit really should know their score. The iPhone app helps you be smart about your FICO score anywhere, anytime, and it’s fun to boot.”

myFICO^® created the innovative app for use by the millions of U.S. consumers who use either the iPhone or iPod touch. Once connected with the FICO Score Estimator, users are asked a series of questions before receiving an estimated range of their current FICO score.

The B&N e-book reader app will be specifically designed for the iPad, including access to the B&N eBookstore plus any content in a particular user’s existing B&N digital library.

That includes any content downloaded to the Nook, but who is going to have both a Nook and an iPad? Either way, it sounds like a good plan to get as many people to their online library as possible.

The company’s support for the iPad is also a confirmation of the Apple tablet’s value as multimedia device that includes an e-reader capabilities. Indeed, a recent ChangeWave Research survey of 3,100 U.S. consumers indicates that people would prefer a multimedia iPad over a dedicated e-reader.

FLO TV Incorporated, the company that innovated the mobile broadcast TV category, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), today announced it has expanded its partnership with Turner Broadcasting to bring consumers CNN Mobile, a channel that includes programming from CNN/US, CNN International and HLN, as well as CNN.com content.  The channel will be available on the FLO TV™ Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment platforms, in addition to its current availability as part of AT&T Mobile TV.

“Live, breaking news is consistently a top performer on the FLO TV service, as people strive to stay connected to the world around them,” said Jonathan Barzilay, senior vice president of programming and advertising at FLO TV.  ”Adding CNN Mobile to additional devices with our service is a natural fit and keeps our subscribers connected to news and analysis anytime, anywhere.”

Live coverage of top U.S., world, political, health and entertainment news will be available to FLO TV subscribers through a dedicated 24/7 CNN Mobile channel, which showcases popular programming from CNN/US, CNN International and HLN –including Anderson Cooper 360, Larry King Live , Amanpour, Backstory and Morning Express with Robin Meade.

The FLO TV service is currently available on multiple platforms, including the recently launched FLO TV Personal Television, the first-ever portable digital television with a dedicated network. In collaboration with Audiovox, FLO TV also offers FLO TV Auto Entertainment, an in-vehicle entertainment system that delivers high-quality mobile TV.  Additionally, iPhone™ and iPod touch™ users will soon be able to view FLO TV’s live mobile TV service at the flip of a switch with the mophie™ juicepack TV.

Palo Alto, CA – RoboHippo LLC today announced HippoRemote Pro 2.0 for iPhone, and iPod touch. HippoRemote Pro is a Wi-Fi remote control for Macs, Windows and Linux PCs, featuring a multi-touch trackpad, an international language-capable keyboard, and tailored controls for a variety of applications. The 2.0 release bring social networking and the Internet, features never before available in a remote, to the palm of your hand, with an integrated web browser and Twitter client.

HippoRemote Pro is one of the most feature-rich remote control apps in the App Store. With a multi-touch trackpad, intelligent keyboard, login & password manager, recordable macros, and app profiles, HippoRemote makes controlling your computer fast, simple and easy.

App profiles in particular greatly reduces the complexity and difficulty of computer tasks. By providing buttons and interfaces tailored to specific programs, users can launch programs, navigate presentations, skip songs, play/pause videos and more, all with just a few finger taps. HippoRemote Pro comes bundled with support for 27 applications and more are added all the time. Version 2.0 enhances existing functionality and adds a number of novel features never seen before in an app of its kind.

Major new features:

* Browser Plugin: HippoRemote Pro is the first and only remote control application to integrate web browser. This means users can search online, read their email, check sports scores, and even chat online with friends, all without having to switch applications.

* Twitter Plugin: HippoRemote Pro is also now the world’s first social remote control. Users can browse their timelines and post updates.

* Link Launching: In both the Browser and Twitter Plugins, Link Launching seamlessly transfer web pages from the iPhone to the computer letting users enjoy their content on their preferred screen.

* Boxee Plugin: A multi-touch gesture-based interface for controlling the popular Boxee media center program. Control Boxee with flicks, swipes, and taps. Deep integration with Boxee’s media software displays cover art on the iPhone, so users can tell at a glance what’s playing.

Improvements include:

* User-Generated Profiles: Users can now create their own profiles, uploading them to their iPhones or sharing them with others on the web.

* Global Macros: Users can create macros that can be access in any profile with a simple shake of the iPhone.

* Even More Multi-Touch Gestures: Support for 3 & 4 finger gestures.

* Landscape Trackpad

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 2.0 MB

Cuppertino, CA – The Apple iPhone has long been the hot mobile device of the stars, including such big names as Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, Zac Efron and even the young Taylor Swift, so it’s no surprise that this year’s coveted Academy Awards SWAG bags include a little iPhone fun as well. The App is called “OMG Texting Dictionary” and is the perfect companion App to the new book Read Between the Lines by author Shawn Marie Edgington. This is the first time a mobile App has been part of the Academy Awards SWAG.

Read Between the Lines: A Humorous Guide to Texting with Simplicity and Style, is a take on the pop-culture and text lingo that has sprung up everywhere around the practice of text messaging and tweeting. Thinking about sexting? Take a look at chapter 3 before sending that message. Want to know what “*$s” means? A helpful SMS acronym translator is included. The iPhone application gives you quick access to all the information you need to be considered “hip” in a world of CUL8R’s and ROTFL’s.

“It was an honor to be chosen to be included in this years Oscar SWAG bags” said Edgington, a successful female CEO and President of Granite Insurance Brokers. “Suddenly friends I haven’t talked to in ages are all coming out of the woodwork and volunteering to help hand out RBTL at the SWAG event down in Los Angeles!” Shawn’s 17 year-old daughter and semi-professional texter Nicole will be her assistant during the show event (mostly because she’s dying to meet Miley Cyrus), along with a photographer and a few “select” close friends.

OMG Text Dictionary was developed and designed by Clever Twist, a popular mobile development shop out of Atlanta, Georgia. The App can be found in the social media section of iTunes and the

The globally acclaimed British sketch comedy sensations, The Mighty Boosh and Tribal Games, a mobile games developer and a division of Tribal Brands, have teamed to deliver The Mighty Decider.

This new app delivers what this indecisive world has been waiting for — a life management tool that will guide the decision making process, and provide continuous hours of entertainment for any social network.  Boosh fans across the globe will revel in the fact they can turn to the quirky and surreal Boosh universe at a moment’s notice to assist in their life choices.  Just as compelling for those not yet familiar with the Boosh, The Mighty Decider is the perfect introduction to the inventive and fantastical act of nature known as The Mighty Boosh.

The Mighty Decider is now available worldwide from the App store for the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.  To download The Mighty Decider, go to www.mightydecider.com .

The magical, bizarre and exciting world of The Mighty Boosh was created by comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, evolving from live theatre to radio and, finally, to a groundbreaking television series originally airing on The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).  On March 29, 2009, The Mighty Boosh made its United States debut on The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim to rave reviews.

Building on their cult following in Britain, a growing fan base in the U.S., several live stage show tours—which culminated in a 90-date tour of the U.K., selling out arenas such as 02 and Wembley with over a quarter of a million fans in attendance.  Their best selling and award-winning coffee table book, “The Mighty Book of Boosh,” expanded their horizons and now the mobile world is primed for this imaginative and psychedelic brand.

Centerville, Ohio – The “FIRST” iPhone/iPod app that will talk for a patient, when they can’t! These smart-ICE applications allow the owner to record a message with the most critical medical information that plays immediately upon opening or at the push of a “PLAY’ button. No time is wasted looking through all of the data stored and the owner can give EMS providers instructions on how to use the smart-ICE app more efficiently.

smart-ICE, the single profile application and smart-ICE4family, which stores data for up to (8) profiles, are both available on iTunes.

Features Include:
* Alert EMS button- dials emergency services and sets phone into Alert Mode where an intermittent alarm sounds if the patient becomes unconscious. This piercing alarm can also be used to help locate the owner in a collapse situation
* A “My Location” button that quickly finds the current location to give to EMS dispatchers
* Audio Recorded Message that plays on opening and is recorded by the patient
* E-mail capability, with built in HIPAA privacy statement. This feature eliminates the need to fill out those long forms for doctors
* Password Protected Insurance Information with full app “Edit Protection”
* QUICKVIEW capability provides one button access to all of the stored data for EMS providers
* Customizable views…icons or tabs, audio or Quickview
* Drop down lists for hundreds of the most common medications and medical problems that means less typing, more accuracy and easy edits for changes
* The first ICE applications with a built in Wallpaper feature for locked phones
* Smart-ICE stores all of the information necessary to treat you in an emergency and much more

These apps were designed and developed by Fire/EMS/Emergency Room providers and telecommunication software specialists, utilizing an internationally recognized symbol (ICE4Safety) and endorsed exclusively by the UK medic (Bob Brotchie) who founded the ICE concept.

smart-ICE 1.6.4 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Medical category.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – SelfServeApps is announcing the launch of a new web-based iPhone app creation service this week at Macworld Expo 2010. The service is directed at creative professionals and business owners, and allows anyone to build a high-quality iPhone app from their web browser in less than an hour at a fraction of the cost of custom development.

Fees start as low as $99 for setup and $29 per month, and range depending on the package purchased. SelfServeApps enables business owners and their creative service companies to secure their business names in the Apple App Store.

Most iPhone app development companies provide custom production that can take many months and cost tens of thousands of dollars. SelfServeApps makes having an app affordable for small business owners, and gives them equal footing in the mobile market. “One of our motivations is to help local and regional operators compete with large corporations with a low cost, high quality app,” said Doug Pelton, CEO and founder of SelfServeApps.

Those offering web-based services to date, like Mobile Roadie and AppMakr, have focused on the vanity app market where the majority of customers are bands, celebrities or just individuals wanting to mobilize their social networks. SelfServeApps’ primary market is web developers, ad agencies, PR firms and other creative companies who in turn offer it as a service to their customers. This effectively adds iPhone apps to their service mix overnight without the traditional overhead costs and risks.
As partners, creative professionals earn recurring revenue, receiving a 50% discount on all fees.

There is no programming involved and they can reuse the web content and graphics they have already produced for their clients. A dashboard is included to manage multiple projects and a content management system makes updates to applications easy, without having to resubmit to the App Store. Businesses with many locations will appreciate their app’s Store Locator functionality and the bulk upload feature.

Currently the fees range from $99 (USD) for setup and $29 monthly up to $499 for setup and $99 monthly. All packages include the ability to integrate mobile web pages so businesses can offer their customers the convenience of placing orders from their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

The company is focusing exclusively on the iPhone platform since Apple was responsible for 99.4% of all mobile app sales up to January of this year.

San Francisco, CA – iPhone(R) app Random Haiku was approved by Apple on Monday, February 8th, and launched in the App Store for sale that evening. Random Haiku is a creative experience that engages both the left and right brain sensibilities with five apps in one!

The Haiku title tab is where your poetic skills come to play. A Haiku poetry generator creates random verses of three lines in 5-syllable, 7-syllable, 5-syllable form with the press of a button or a touch and drag on the screen. Vivid seasonal imagery can be generated embodying feelings of tranquility conveying an ultimately positive emotion. Rich, serene words are used to produce each Haiku generated. Producing a sensible, provocative Haiku form takes some creative thinking. Once a great one is produced, simply select by touch then copy the Haiku for pasting into a social network status or anywhere else – email, Notes file, etc.

And four other tabs have packed the app with so much more. The app is also a:
* Random number generator and dice roller that will throw dice onto your screen with a quick shake and flip.
* Random letter generator enabling customers to create their own word-building games from a set of randomly generated letters.
* Random password generator with the ability to generate and store a password between four and twenty five characters in length.
* Random algebraic speed Or psychic number divination game. Test yourself or compete with friends either mathematically or psychically.

Leveraging iPhone features to add fun, three of the tabs contain sound and visual effects to expand the experience.

Random Haiku Theme: ADAPT
The theme for Random Haiku, and future Dynamicore apps, can be succinctly summed up with DCI’s originally coined acronym – ADAPT – App Diversity Accelerates Productive Thinking. DCI’s devotion to diverse, productive thinking is reflected wholly in Random Haiku, and other apps are currently being designed with ADAPTability in mind.

“Our goal is to provide apps that are designed to move someone using them from a mathematical to an artistic thought with the speed of a tab touch”, said Rob Lind, president and chief architect of Dynamicore. “Why not provide apps that keep the customer’s mind busy in a variety of ways? We believe this will lead to greater creative exposure and broader-based entertainment and learning. It is a gift of nature to have multiple talents and interests and our apps will regularly exercise those powers.”

Experiences Using Random Haiku
One early customer gave the following feedback: “This is the app that Philip Glass would have built, if he built apps. Strangely compelling. The rub-to-fade and accelerometer add to the legend.”

DCI’s demo audience fully enjoyed the app as well. It was noted that they loved the sound effects and the visuals as well as the natural use of the accelerometer functionality. With the built in drum effects the app customer can jump right in and add a little sound spice to any lively event. But depending on the volume of the party one may need to plug into more robust amplification.
Random Haiku 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the

Wi-Ex, the leading provider of consumer cell phone signal boosters for the home, office and car, provides consumers with the perfect “i-accessory” for their iPhone, iTouch and the upcoming iPad. Showcased today at Macworld Conference & Expo in booth 1390, Wi-Ex’s zBoost suite of products allow consumers to take full advantage of voice, data and Internet services on their iPhone and other mobile phones and data devices including 3G high-speed data and video, instant messaging, pictures and more at home, in your personal workspace, in the office or on the go both within the U.S. and abroad.

“Even as carriers continue to push to expand their 3G networks, poor indoor cell phone signal continues to be a problem for more than 65 percent of cell phone owners. The iPhone and many of the smartphones have indoor signal problems, especially in larger cities,” said Lloyd R. Meese, CEO of Wi-Ex. “The use of the data functions on the iPhone require a stronger signal and although, some indoor signal problems may be blamed on the iPhone or the carrier network, some of the dropped calls and general loss of coverage is due to environmental obstructions, building materials, metal roofs, high-speed data (reduces coverage) and network interference. The zBoost improves signal strength for better voice and data transmission while maintaining the integrity of the carriers’ networks using patent-pending technology. We see it as the perfect i-accessory for all iPhone users.”

The annual zBoost “State of the Cell Signal” Survey, commissioned by Wi-Ex and conducted by Harris Interactive®, revealed that 67 percent of cell phone owners experience problems including poor quality and 49 percent claim to have done something special to improve signal strength in order to make or receive a call in their home. In addition, the survey, fielded December 8 – 10, 2009 via Harris’ online omnibus survey, found that 67 percent of cell phone owners use data functions on their cell phones and, of those, nearly 60 percent (57 percent) experience problems with their cell phone service while using data functions.