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Reinvent the science classroom with Vito Technology’s iOS apps

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If you aren’t familiar with Vito Technology’s apps, here’s a rundown. Star Walk is a tool for stargazing; it helps you identify the objects and structures in the night sky. Solar Walk is a 3D model of the Solar System and Geo Walk is a 3D world fact book. These apps are great for anyone who has even the mildest of interest in astronomy, the solar system or Earth.

iPhone Appidemic: Animals 360

Let’s play a game. I’ll make a noise and you’ll tell me which animal I am. Here it is: HOWWWLLLLL!!! Now, what am I? If you guessed whale, parrot, fish, turtle, or anything other than wolf, then you could probably use some education about animals. Luckily for you iDevice owners, there’s a free way to get the education you need right at your fingerprints. And it comes in the form of an app. Yes, there is indeed an app for that.

iPhone apps to keep your school life organized

Now that finals are approaching, it’s more important than ever to get your school day organized. Keeping all of your school work on track is not as hard as you may initially think. You don’t even have to carry around one of those dorky planners that your school gives out, you can hide all of your amazing organization on your iPhone. No fuss, no muss, no back strain.

$50 Wolfram Alpha app appears on App Store, appears to be worth it

Wolfram Alpa, a “long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone,” recently had their iPhone app accepted by Apple into the App Store. The application—which costs a nicely sized $50—is the first native Wolfram Alpha application available through download in the App Store, although the company has had an iPhone dedicated website for a while. It uses the new API the team has recently opened to allow developers to use the knowledge engine in their own applications and software.