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This week, Splashtop showcased our Gamepad THD app at NVIDIA's GPU Technnology Conference in San Jose. Attendees got a chance to play Skyrim and the newly-released Diablo III on the ASUS Transformer Prime tablet.

To our surprise, we also snagged one of the 2012 Emerging Company "Ones to Watch" awards which recognizes innovation and was given to the top five start-ups at the Emerging Company Summit based on technology value, market opportunity, market impact and "wow" factor.

A big thanks to NVIDIA for bestowing this award to us and all of our customers for making our Gamepad THD app a success. Onwards and upwards!

Our CMO, Cliff Miller, co-mingling with other winners of the prestigious award

Group shot of the 5 winners

The actual "Ones to Watch" Award

Here we are with NVIDIA CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, who continues to speak of Splashtop as his favorite app!

Calling all Win 8 developers and fans! As you code and debug your Windows 8 Metro app, test it out using an iPad!  Get a feel for how your app will behave on a tablet running Windows 8 with touch gestures enabled.

Splashtop is the ONLY app that allows you to experience the Windows 8 Metro UI on an iPad.  If you’re a Windows 8 app developer, this is a great way to preview the capabilities of your app on an actual tablet using touch gestures.

Windows 8 Metro touch gestures are supported, so you can take advantage of all the underlying touch capabilities of Windows 8 as you build your app:

• Swipe from the right to view the Charms menu
• Swipe from the left to switch apps
• Pull down from the top to close an app
• Swipe slowly from the left to run two apps side-by-side ("snapping")
• Pinch to navigate files, folders, apps and data with Semantic Zoom
• And more

Win8 Metro Testbed is a must-have app for anyone who’s trying to build a great Metro style app without incurring the high cost of a Windows tablet!

Swipe from the right to view the Charms menu

Swipe from the left to switch apps

Pinch to navigate files, folders, apps and data with Semantic Zoom

Swipe slowly from the left to run two apps side-by-side ("snapping")

Pull down from the top to close an app

FileHound lets you access, download, and edit any file anywhere, anytime all from your iPhone.

Get it HERE.

Today, we released FileHound v1.7.5.0 with 2 new features that will make you love this app even more:

1) Download for offline viewing: Download your favorite files from your computer to your iPhone and view them with iPhone’s native viewer. You can also open those downloaded files with other compatible apps that you’ve already purchased.

2) Breadcrumb-style file path: Going back to any folder has never been easier.

As a treat to our fans, we're giving away 25 free copies of the FileHound app. Enter below. You can get more entries by tweeting about the giveaway each day until it ends on April 15th @ 9 p.m.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Want to learn how to use iPads in your business? Then you should've attended our talk earlier this week at the Apple Ginza store in Japan.

Jin Koh, our VP of Mobile Solutions for Japan, gave a presentation on iPad use cases in businesses, statistics of business adoptions, introduced Splashtop Pro remote desktop use cases, and gave a live demo.

What a great way to kick off the opening of our new office which is located in the center of the Tokyo Marunouchi, the central business district in Japan.

Comment below if you would be interested in a talk like this in the U.S.

The beautiful Apple Ginza store in Japan.

Standing room of 130+ people!

Jin explains how the usage of tablets is growing.

Live demo time!

Earlier this week, Apple had taken the time to tally up the top 25 all-time paid and free apps for iPhone and iPad since the official opening in 2008. While most of the top paid iPad apps were games, we're pleasantly surprised to be one of the only two top paid iPad apps in the Business category.

Thanks to all of YOU for making this happen! We're thankful to have each one of you as our customer!

Splashtop THD sets a new standard for remote desktop!

By now, most of you have probably seen Splashtop THD in action at CES 2012 when NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, showcased our app on stage at their press conference, or maybe you saw it live at NVIDIA's booth at MWC 2012. Today, we're happy to announce that the highly-anticipated app has launched!

Winner of the “Best Mobile App” at CES 2012, Splashtop THD is a high-performance version of Splashtop Remote Desktop tuned for remote gaming and is available for Tegra 3-powered tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) such as the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime.

Splashtop THD is now on sale at a special introductory price on the Android Market.  GET IT TODAY!

What’s the difference between Splashtop Remote Desktop HD and Splashtop THD?

• Even better performance: Based on Splashtop’s benchmarks, an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) tablet running Splashtop THD can achieve up to 60 frames per second and sub-30 millisecond latency, providing you with an exceptional smooth gaming and HD viewing experience.

• Built-in Skyrim on-screen gaming controls: You can now play Skyrim on your Android tablet by using the control overlays at the bottom of the screen for directional control and other maneuvers. Panning the screen will let you change the viewpoint of the game. Imagine playing Skyrim from the comfort of your bed. Game changer! Support for more games will be coming soon.

See Splashtop THD in action!

At CES 2012, NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, showcased Splashtop on stage at their press conference. The cool part was when he invited Johnathan (Fatal!ty) Wendel to play Skyrim using Splashtop on a Tegra 3 ASUS Transformer Prime tablet.

Splashtop THD is great for watching streaming movies and videos @ 60fps!

Play Skyrim on your Android 4.0 tablet with Splashtop THD.

Access any file anywhere, anytime with Splashtop THD.

Splashtop THD allows all your content to go anywhere you go!

We just have too much fun here at Splashtop! Once again we had an opportunity to connect with the education community, only this time, at FETC. Thousands of educators nationwide descended on Orlando for an opportunity to explore new technologies. Many made it to our booth 915 and raved about how we continue to be relevant in their classrooms on a daily basis.

See you at TCEA in Austin in a few weeks. Ready. Set. Whiteboard!

Our booth banner

Attendees love the FREE stylus!

Some just can't wait any longer to download Whiteboard!

Thomas being ambushed by teachers.

Even though we didn't have a booth at CES 2012, we still had plenty of great news coverage courtesy of partners like NVIDIA.  Here's a recap:

1) Splashtop Remote THD was awarded CES 2012's "Best Mobile App" by LAPTOP Magazine!  We are honored.

2) NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, showcased Splashtop on stage at their press conference. The cool part was when he invited Johnathan (Fatal!ty) Wendel to play the newly-release 3D game, Skyrim, using Splashtop on a Tegra 3 Asus Transformer Prime tablet. We were impressed!

We're starting 2012 off with a bang by adding another device that's supported by our remote desktop app: BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM recently slashed all PlayBook prices to $299, so it's the perfect time to get this tablet and our app to turn this tablet into something as powerful as your main computer!

Using Splashtop Remote Desktop HD, you can:

• Use all of your favorite applications like Microsoft Office, iPhoto or Photoshop
• Get access to all of your files and multimedia no matter where you are without worrying about transferring files
• Read your work Outlook emails with attachments and access to your folders
• Listen to music that are stored on your remote computer
• Control your computer from your BlackBerry PlayBook no matter where you are

Read the press release here.

If you have a BlackBerry PlayBook, you should definitely GET THE APP TODAY!

Run Mac OS X (or Windows) on the BlackBerry PlayBook

Easily access all of your computer's files and folders

Get productive! Do some work while you're on the go.

Stream music without the hassle of transferring or downloading

Doing a presentation and want to impress your audience? Here are 5 ways to do that using an iPad.

1) ROAM FREE: Connect your computer to a projector. Launch the Presenter app on your iPad and open your presentation. Watch your audience's jaw drop as you walk around the room while controlling your presentation all from an iPad.

2) USE VISUAL AIDS TO EXPRESS YOURSELF: Launch the tool bar and voila! Now you can annotate (write, draw, highlight) over any content, even Keynote / PowerPoint files, Flash websites, and videos! Set your inner John Madden free as you annotate away on the last play.

3) GET INTERACTIVE: Use the Screen Shade tool to slowly reveal text or images. Ask a question, then reveal the answer. This is your house and no one is sleeping here!

4) KEEP IT INTERESTING: Got something important you want to highlight? Maybe it's an increase in sales or your latest Facebook fan growth. Use the Spotlight tool to call attention and help your audience remember the key points. Most people can probably only remember three key takeaways from any given presentation, so make it count!

5) BE SPONTANEOUS: Don't be afriad to put your presentation on hold to explain something in more detail if someone has a question.  Simply load different flipchart backgrounds (or add your own) to convey your point better with a chart or drawing using all the cool tools available on the toolbar! Think of all the meetings you've been in where someone would get up to draw something on a flip chart. Now, you can do that all from the iPad!