By Dianna Dilworth on Galley Cat August 5, 2011
Do you wonder how much vitamin C there is in ice cream or want to compute solutions to difficult calculus problems? Then you might want to check out Wolfram|Alpha’s reference book app. It has been the top paid Android Books & Reference app in the Android Market since we started tracking these figures this year.
The app, which is based on the knowledge based search engine, helps users look up words, solve crossword puzzles and cheat at Scrabble. The website explains: “Wolfram|Alpha introduces a fundamentally new way to get knowledge and answers—
not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods.
To prepare for Mediabistro’s upcoming Publishing App Expo on December 7-8, at eBookNewser we have been spotlighting the top grossing book apps from the Android Market and in iTunes every week–helping our readers discover and analyze successful content.
The app, which is based on the knowledge based search engine, helps users look up words, solve crossword puzzles and cheat at Scrabble. The website explains: “Wolfram|Alpha introduces a fundamentally new way to get knowledge and answers—
not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods.
To prepare for Mediabistro’s upcoming Publishing App Expo on December 7-8, at eBookNewser we have been spotlighting the top grossing book apps from the Android Market and in iTunes every week–helping our readers discover and analyze successful content.
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