CALIFORNIA, USA (AVING) — Autodesk announced that its new Autodesk TinkerBox App for iPad, a free game designed to playfully spark teens’ interest in mechanical engineering, is available on the App Store. The app allows players to experience the fun and excitement of invention, while gaining confidence in their ability to excel in engineering.

To solve the challenging mechanical puzzles and physics problems presented in Autodesk TinkerBox, players insert gadgets, assemble components and test their inventions. Completing each challenge inspires players to create more and increasingly complex innovations. The game’s Invent mode enables players to design their own contraptions and share them with friends.

Autodesk is committed to making science…

TEXAS, USA (AVING) — USAA, a financial services provider focused on serving the military and their families, has released the industry’s first tablet application allowing members to manage their banking, insurance, and investment accounts. Members can manage their financial accounts and consume helpful financial advice, all in one place.

With the USAA App for iPad, USAA members can manage a wide range of financial transactions such as paying bills, transferring funds, placing trades, getting real-time stock quotes and viewing their insurance policies. Members can also add or replace a car on their policy and request an auto insurance ID card. In addition the app delivers free financial advice in the form of stories and videos customized for an optimal…

SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AVING) — InformationWeek, the leading IT brand focused on the business value of technology, today announced the launch of its InformationWeek Select App, available on iTunes, Apple’s App Store.

For the first time, business technology executives can access hand-picked InformationWeek news, analysis, and opinion stories anytime, anywhere using an iPad. InformationWeek’s iPad app, called InformationWeek Select, provides a daily dose of information hand-selected by its award-winning team of editors. Designed as a lightweight portal to efficiently deliver critical IT-related information to business technology executives, the app features content across relevant categories, including Software, Security, Cloud, and Mobility, as well a…

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Many people have a question for the size of Galaxy Tab 2, the next generation of table PC of Samsung Electronics(www.samsung.com), which will be introduced at ‘MWC 2011(Mobile World Congress 2011)’ held at Barcelona, Spain from February 14.

(Picture: Galaxy Tab that Samsung had unveiled for the first time at IFA 2010)

Already Google have unveiled ‘XOOM’, 10.1-inch tablet PC of Motorola with ‘Honeycomb(Android 3.0)’, the latest platform only for tablet. That’s why many people in related industry think like ‘Is there something new for ‘Galaxy Tab 2′ except for the size of screen?’

Samsung had announced that it will launch various tablets with various sizes at last IFA 2010 held at Germany. If Samsung makes Galaxy …

SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AVING Special Report on ‘Mac World 2011′) — The ZAGGmate from ZAGG(www.ZAGG.com) has been named a winner of the Macworld Expo 2011 Best of Show Award, presented at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, California. ZAGG Inc. designs, markets, and distributes innovative accessories for electronic devices, including the popular invisibleSHIELD, ZAGGskins, ZAGGbuds, and ZAGGsparq brands.

ZAGGmate is a protective and functional companion to the Apple iPad that enhances the utility of Apple’s innovative device while providing superior protection. Made from aircraft-grade aluminum with a high quality finish, the patent pending ZAGGmate matches the design, look, and feel of the iPad. It features a simple and innovative hinge stand for viewin…

SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AVING Special Report on ‘Mac World 2011′) — It’s clear kids love to Look and Find for just about anything: Santa, Mother Goose, Biblical figures, their favorite cartoon characters, and, yes, even gross stuff.

When Look and Find Santa from Publications International(PIL) landed in the iTunes store this Holiday season, it kicked off a chain reaction of fun for inquisitive kids. The Holiday app offers all of the excitement of the Look and Find brand of books and is now available in app form on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Coming soon in 2011, the Look and Find suite of apps will allow kids to pinch, pull and touch to locate “find’ems” and “super secret find’ems” from a variety of super busy scenes.

Available in the iTunes …

WINSTON-SALEM, USA (AVING) — BB&T has launched a free iPad application that allows more convenient banking access to its on-the-go clients. The BB&T iPad App is one of the first of its kind in the United States that’s not just a high definition version of mobile banking. It is now available for download on the iTunes App Store.

“The iPad App leverages the unique features of the iPad to give clients a faster, more convenient way to manage their accounts and access our online services in an always-connected environment,” said Sumit Deshpande, BB&T Online Channel group manager, mobile and messaging services.

The app allows clients to:

Access BB&T OnLine Banking – check account balances, transfer funds, pay bills, sign up…

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Tablet innovator DAP Technologies today announced the availability of two new Windows CE 6.0-based rugged tablet computers. The voice-ready M8930 and M8940 models are the first tablets to incorporate breakthrough display technology that delivers maximum viewability in bright sunlight along with the portability, modularity and extreme ruggedness that warehouse, field service and trucking operators need to secure maximum value from their technology investment.

Both the DAP M8930 (a 7″ full-screen model) and the DAP M8940 (equipped with a 6.2″ screen and a 64-key QWERTY alpha-numeric keyboard) feature optically-enhanced touch screens that utilize ambient light to enhance viewability in all light conditions. Their ruggedness ensures …

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — New Security Carts and Cabinets Sync, Recharge and Protect Multiple iPads in Classrooms and Other Settings

Now that schools, libraries and other organizations are deploying iPads, they need to find purpose-built storage that charges, syncs and protects equipment.

Datamation Systems, the nation’s leading provider of carts, cabinets and security devices, announced today that it is introducing a suite of products designed specifically for the iPad and other tablet devices. Datamation Systems was the first to release an affordable mobile storage solution for these devices.

According to Jerry Raymond, President of Datamation Systems, there will be recharging and sync-and-charge versions, the later using iTun…

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Macally Korea(representative Huh Je-you, www.macally.co.kr) will release ‘Airpouch’, light and warm padding jumper style of iPad case.

It protects iPad at cold winter warmly and safely and features ultralight weight, streamlined shape and compact design.

Outside protection using air cushion and inside lining design for anto-scratch protects it safely. There’s convenient pocket to store small stuff.

The price has not been set yet.