prMac serves to enhance the visibility of press releases in the Mac world, offering Mac-centric news media distribution services as well as top-notch RSS feeds. © 2012 prMac http://prmac.com/ en-us http://prmac.com/release-id-41725.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-41725.htm Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:30:00 CST Coast today announced the release of LexiMobile 1.0 iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. This app puts the right word at users' fingertips exactly when they need it. With a massive database of words as well as direct links to Wikipedia and many popular search engines, users are never at a loss for words, word meanings, synonyms or proper spelling. The included thesaurus also includes a complete crossword help section with over 113,000 of the most popular words used in crossword puzzles. http://prmac.com/release-id-41330.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-41330.htm Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:30:00 CST The WikiNodes app, which displays Wikipedia articles as a visual constellation of related nodes, has a major update. The app is featured this week in the Apple App Store as "New and Noteworthy" for Education. New features make Wikipedia more personal, allowing readers to add text, audio and image/video notes to articles, label articles with tags, and sequence notes into presentations. Other new features include: sharing options, faster performance, better layouts, and full screen images. http://prmac.com/release-id-41097.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-41097.htm Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:20:00 CST WikiFlow, an app designed to burst the Internet 'filter bubble', has recently been updated. The 'filter bubble' phenomenon is of growing concern to Internet users as personalized search results and recommendation engines increasingly narrow the breadth of information we receive daily. To increase exposure to new ideas, WikiFlow provides a simple way of flowing through the depths of Wikipedia, giving an unbiased and unfiltered stream of topics. http://prmac.com/release-id-37055.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-37055.htm Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:30:00 CST California based Downshift Interactive introduces Quote Seeker 1.0, its free new reference app for iOS devices. Quote Seeker offers access to thousands of quotes and Wikipedia links. With over three thousand quotes from the most famous people in history, users can submit their own quotes, favorite, rate, and comment on any they choose. You can even share your favorites to Facebook or Twitter. Quote Seeker features a clean and intuitive interface and does not require an internet connection. http://prmac.com/release-id-26504.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-26504.htm Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:00:00 CST Maryland based IDEA today announces WikiNodes 2.0, an update to their popular lifestyle app for iPad. WikiNodes displays content from Wikipedia in a futuristic way. Instead of clicking through page after page of long articles, users tap on images and nodes to breeze through topics. Each node contains a piece of an article, and nodes are linked together to infinity and beyond. Version 2.0 supports Wikipedia's top 36 languages, as well as improved layout and stability. http://prmac.com/release-id-19821.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-19821.htm Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:40:00 CST The A2rt development team today announces Hyper Facts 1.0, its very useful, informative, and interesting iPhone app. Hyper Facts is a unique open data informative app that can also become addicting. Users are able to look up any fact, or even look up a famous person. Once they find a list of articles, the user can see links to relative topics or even a link to the Wikipedia article. Hyper Facts is an app for all ages and provides education about almost any topic. http://prmac.com/release-id-17869.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17869.htm Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:00:00 CST Cameron Davidson LLC today released Aerial New York City 1.0 for iPad users. Featuring the work of famous aerial photographer, Cameron Davidson, Aerial New York City contains forty-eight rare images of Manhattan at night, views that most people never get to see. Davidson's work offers fresh, awe inspiring perspectives of different locations and provides Wikipedia links to more in-depth information about each subject. http://prmac.com/release-id-17776.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17776.htm Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:45:00 CST PointRelease Software today introduces iSpyBirds 1.0, their new bird reference guide for iPhone and iPod touch devices. iSpyBirds is an attractive, informative and simple to use guide to birds, and brings the resources of Wikipedia and Flickr to your iOS device by providing a local copy of select bird information and photos. With iOS 4 multi-tasking support and optimized for the retina display, iSpyBirds features over 50 Eurasian bird types, with detailed information and stunning photos. http://prmac.com/release-id-16282.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-16282.htm Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:00:00 CST New York based Noverse announces Sights to See 1.1 for iOS, an update to their user programmable tourist guide to more than 170,000 locations worldwide. The sightseer selects a city or locale, and the app lists local places of interest. After choosing from the list, the app downloads and saves all the corresponding, descriptive Wikipedia entries, photos and maps. Economical to use, it employs only free WiFi connections, and can save up-to-date tourist information on thousands of destinations. http://prmac.com/release-id-7671.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-7671.htm Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 CST TweakerSoft today is proud to introduce SearchIt 1.0, their new quick search application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone's unique abilities and interface, SearchIt is a no-frills web search. Through its simplified and easy-to-use interface, quickly find anything across the web, news, wikipedia and images and more. SearchIt's suggestion assistant will immediately return a range of results to can tap on to quickly narrow the search criteria. http://prmac.com/release-id-7191.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-7191.htm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:17:00 CST ZappTek today is proud to announce iSpeak It 3.5, its popular file-to-audio tool. iSpeak It serves as a perfect companion to the iPod or iPhone. iSpeak It loads Word, PDF, Pages, RTF, AppleWorks, text and HTML documents. It downloads Wikipedia articles, weather forecasts, driving directions, and arbitrary web pages as well as RSS feeds. iSpeak It then uses the Mac's text-to-speech engine and iTunes to convert the text into an MP3/AAC track. Version 3.5 adds Wikipedia article downloading. http://prmac.com/release-id-5385.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-5385.htm Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:21:00 CST The Dream Apps today has released Places 1.0. Places is your guide to the world. It contains helpful information about some of the worlds most popular destinations. Whether you're just curious, or you're wanting to take that trip of a lifetime, Places is the app for you. Places doesn't just contain info, it has so much more to offer. With information, pictures, quick links to Wikipedia, favorites and maps, Places is one of the most comprehensive and easiest to use virtual tour guides available. http://prmac.com/release-id-2407.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-2407.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:50:00 CST Shiny Development Ltd. is proud to announce Speakapedia 1.0, their Wikipedia podcasting utility for Mac OS X Leopard. Speakapedia is a unique tool which converts Wikipedia articles into spoken word tracks in iTunes. This enables users to listen to any Wikipedia article on the Mac, iPod or iPhone. The applications are endless - get the background on a place you are visiting, research a topic on the way to class or find the facts behind the news.