News Archive for 08/12/12

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Number Crunch, IQ-Test

12/12, 4:40pm

iPhone apps: Star Walk, Brain Blaze Add, BasicFrac

Star Walk ($5) is a realistic stargazing guide for the iPhone and iPod touch. Star Walk helps users recognize objects in the night sky by locating them on an interactive star map, and then tapping “i” to retrieve useful facts, such as celestial coordinates. The app also features a "time machine" that lets users see expected skies from the past or future.

Pastebud iPhone service

12/12, 10:35am

Pastebud to launch iPhone cut-paste service Friday

Copy and paste will finally arrive for the iPhone Friday, at least in a limited form of copy and paste between Safari and Mail, reports say. Pastebud is a new web-based service which uses a bookmarking system to replicate copy and paste, detouring the App Store by not installing anything. Two Safari bookmarks serve as copy and paste modules, allowing for selection of text and pasting into Mail or another webpage.