Minnesota based developer, Cisdem today launches its 2016 back-to-school promotions up to 50% off. This promotion offers 9 Apps for students and educators to improve their productivity, including PDFConverterOCR, the PDFConverter + PDFCreator Bundle, PDFCompressor + PDFPasswordRemover Lite Bundle, DocumentReader, PDFToolKit, BetterUnarchiver and BetterUnarchiver. The promotion starts on Tuesday, Aug. 8th and ends on Wednesday, Aug. 31st.

Yummy Software has announced that their newly updated Yummy FTP Pro is now available on the Mac App Store for just $2 for a limited time as part of their Summer Sale Promotion. Yummy FTP Pro features advanced FTP/S, SFTP and WebDAV/S file transfer capabilities and has earned a reputation for ultimate speed, reliability and productivity. It offers automatic failure recovery, directory synchronization, scheduling, bandwidth limiting, remote editing of server files and so much more.

DEVONtechnologies LLC today announces DEVONthink 2.9.2, an important updates to its intelligent information and document manager for Mac OS X. DEVONthink saves all your documents, keeps them organized, and recalls them whenever you need them. The update also includes DEVONthink To Go 2.0.1, its iOS counterpart. DEVONthink 2.9.2 and DEVONthink To Go 2.0.1 bring several enhancements to their fast, flexible, and robust sync engine, including synchronization improvements and bug fixes.

Mons based developer, Creaceed today announces Hydra 4.0, a major upgrade to their powerful HDR app for Mac OS. Hydra lets anyone create beautiful high-dynamic-range (HDR) images by merging multiple exposures, effectively capturing both dark and bright subjects to make it more natural or to enhance scene drama. Optimized for Metal, Hydra comes with a modern user interface and a brand new tone mapper which is faster, more accurate, and gives more control for fine tuning the details.

Mykola Minchenko and Ievgen Nechaiev have officially launched Sixa, a new cloud computing service for designers of all stripes. Perfect for developers, designers and gamers alike, Sixa is a full computer that operates right from the cloud via a client app. The service includes a choice of hardware & software and is capable of running the most demanding applications. It can be accessed from any device with a WiFi connection and through multiple platforms, including web, PC, Mac, iOS and Android.

UK based Full Fat today introduces Flick Soccer 17 v1.0, their new game title now on App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. Featuring five game modes with nail-biting free kicks, arcade-style target practice and crossbar challenge, Flick Soccer offers innovative controls and realistic ball physics. With new design, players, fields, time of day, weather including rain and snow, ball designs, uniforms and player animations, this beautiful game is even more dazzling than ever.

Cascable AB today announces Cascable 2.0 for iOS, the best tool available for working with your camera in the field. Now supporting 50 models of camera from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus, Cascable supports full remote control as well as copying and exporting full resolution photos, including RAW files, from your camera. Primary exposure adjustments and focus/shutter release are front and centre, and advanced autofocus, timer and drive controls are just a tap away.

ProjectWizards, Inc. has released Merlin Project 4 and Merlin Server 4, the market-leading project-management software for Mac OS X. Merlin Project 4 and Merlin Server 4 for Mac take collaboration to a new level: Manage your team projects with more ease and efficiency than ever before on macOS and iOS. ProjectWizards is also introducing the new, trailblazing “Work Areas” feature in Merlin Project 4, allowing work on a project to be divided into a private and public work area.

Atlanta based indie game developer, Brian King today announces Ballanced 2.86, his debut arcade game developed for iOS and Android devices. Ballanced is a high-flying accelerometer controlled aerial puzzler that challenges players of all ages to navigate their ball through a series of treacherous levels full of obstacles and enemies, collecting coins along the way. Precision 360 degree controls are provided via the accelerometer of the players device. Version 2.86 adds a new user rating system.

Zevrix Solutions announces that ArtOptimizer, its workflow automation solution for Adobe Illustrator, is available on discount site BundleHunt as part of the Summer Bundle. Using the site’s unique discount concept, users can purchase ArtOptimizer as part of a bundle of 7 top rated apps for $17 only. ArtOptimizer lets users automatically reduce the size of Illustrator links and performs essential image adjustments, which helps save disk space, speed up file output and cut production costs.