Browse tag: reference

Browse tag: reference

Review: Pocket Universe for iPhone
This astronomy app, which takes advantage of your mobile device's location features to give you a custom display of the night sky, is an impressive marvel.
Review: CIA World Factbook apps for the iPhone
The App Store offers plenty of mobile versions of The CIA World Factbook. But with all the offerings providing similar content, which version is worth your time and money? Ben Boychuk says it all comes down to user interface.
Apple's Schiller responds to dictionary app controversy
Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, responded to Daring Fireball's John Gruber about the controversy over the Ninjawords dictionary iPhone app.
Dictionary app endures approval nightmare over dirty words
Apple threw the book at an iPhone application for containing swear words. Unfortunately, that application happened to be a dictionary.
Wolfram Alpha research secrets
You have to think differently to begin tapping into the abilities of the Wolfram Alpha computational knowledge engine. PC World's Zack Stern offers some tips on how to get started with this new kind of comparison engine.
Review: ArXiview for iPhone
Researchers are likely familiar with arXiv.org, an open-access digital repository for preprint scientific articles. Dave Bacon's arXiview for iPhone lets you search for, browse, and save those articles when you're on the go.
Papers for iPhone
If you need access to scholarly research on-the-go, then Papers is certainly the go-to application on the iPhone and iPod touch, although this initial release stumbles in a few areas.
Wolfram Alpha acts as ‘computational knowledge engine,’ not search engine
Wolfram Alpha is now available to everyone, and the company's co-founder wants you to know it's not a Google killer -- it's a lot more.
Review: Wiki Tap for iPhone
This free Wikipedia client not only lets you access Wikipedia articles but offers a host of other cool features as well.
Review: WordDigest for iPhone
As a low-cost alternative to some of pricier mobile dictionaries, WordDigest is a good choice, provided you can look past a few quirks typical of a just-released app.
Review: Dictionary.com for iPhone
This free dictionary and thesaurus from Dictionary.com works as advertised, with more than a quarter-million word definitions. But some features require a network connection, and sometimes, it feels like looking up a word online would be faster.
Review: Thesaurus apps for iPhone
We look at three mobile thesaurus apps for the iPhone and iPod touch that take different approaches to helping you find synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
Review: Quote Book for iPhone
Searching for something to say? Quote Book can help you find it, with a database of 3,000-plus quotations organized by category.
Review: Reunion for iPhone
The Reunion app for iPhone and iPod touch is a welcome addition to the Reunion family. The program offers a great set of features and makes it easy to collect family information when it’s not convenient to use a Mac running the full version of the program.
Expo: Paragon Software releases ‘talking’ dictionaires for OS X
The maker of electronic dictionaries for mobile devices and PCs is bringing 30 SlovoEd dictionaries to the Mac platform.
Review: iPhone Wikipedia apps
Scott McNulty reviews three paid Wikipedia clients for the iPhone and iPod touch. Wikipanion Plus is the most feature-rich and best-designed Wiki search app of the bunch. The low cost WikiPDA will appeal to people who want to look things up quickly. And Look Up: Encyclopedia For Your Pocket falls somewhere in the middle.
Review: Civics apps for iPhone
App Store offerings from SwampBits and Clint Bagwell Consulting ensure that the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and other historical documents and speeches are never out of reach.
Review: World Wiki Plus for iPhone
Tech Lumina’s version of the CIA Factbook is an inexpensive and better alternative to competing products from the App Store.
Review: World Factbook 2008 for iPhone
A mobile version of the CIA World Factbook holds a lot of promise as a reference guide. Unfortunately, the overall execution of this app is bland and unrewarding.
MathType 6 math notation editor supports Leopard
MathType 6 is now available. The new version of the equation editing software features Universal binary support and works in Leopard.
Review: Eponyms for iPhone
Eponyms provides a searchable catalog of more than 1,600 medical eponyms. It’s an invaluable tool for any iPhone user working in healthcare.
Speakapedia converts Wikipedia articles to spoken word
Speakapedia is a new utility that converts Wikipedia text into spoken word tracks.
Ultralingua 7.0.1
Ultralingua is a nice alternative to OS X's Dictionary program for wordsmiths, word-puzzle fans, or those learning a language.
Apimac Japanese-English Dictionary ‘08 released
Apimac's Japanese-English Dictionary '08 gets some Leopard fixes and other changes, and is a free update for registered users.
Clearing specific Recent Items
Care to remove just certain entries in the Recent Items list? Here's how.
Review: SPSS 16.0
With version 16, SPSS has leveled the playing field across all platforms, and the program’s Java implementation should allow the Macintosh version to keep up in the future, rather than lagging as it has in the past. It is a significant upgrade that will be warmly welcomed by Macintosh data-mavens everywhere.