Starwalk Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Star Walk and Solar Walk apps now track the Space X Dragon

by Mel Martin (May 24th, 2012)

The two bestselling astronomy apps, Star Walk and Solar Walk for iOS, can now find and track the Space X Dragon, the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station. The Dragon was launched Tuesday. When you search for the spacecraft, you'll see it's current position. As I ...

Star Walk and Solar Walk updated for the new iPad Retina display

by Mel Martin (Mar 16th, 2012)

The highly rated astronomy iPad apps from Vito Technology have updates that allow them to display the heavens and our solar system in dazzling high definition for owners of the new iPad. Star Walk (US $4.99) is a fully animated guide to the night sky with a database of more than 20,000 objects. ...

Daily iPhone App: SkySafari

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 27th, 2011)

SkySafari from Southern Stars is an app for the astronomy enthusiast with an iPhone. It's the perfect companion for a new telescope owner, who can use the app to help locate celestial bodies in the sky, or the casual observer who wants to know the name of that bright star cluster overhead. It's ...

Black Friday app sales: Dragon Fantasy, Gem Keeper, lots more

by Mike Schramm (Nov 25th, 2011)

Hope you had a great holiday yesterday! As expected, the App Sales are continuing through the weekend, and in addition to what we've already spotlighted, here are a few more. Steam is continuing its daily sales on all kinds of titles, Mac and PC alike, but Flight Control HD is the standout ...

Final day of July 4 app sales

by Mike Schramm (Jul 4th, 2011)

A lot of the App Store's biggest apps have been on sale this weekend, and a few holdouts dropped prices earlier today. If your head hasn't hit the pillow yet after your local fireworks extravaganza, make sure to grab some of these while the prices are low: The Real Racing series is on ...

Distant Suns celebrates 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's epic ride with a free app

by Mel Martin (Apr 12th, 2011)

It was 50 years ago today that the son of a Russian farmer rocketed into space and became the first man to orbit the earth. Yuri Gagarin's 108 minute trip in his Vostok spacecraft ushered in the era of manned space flight, as the US followed up with the Mercury, Gemini, and later the Apollo ...

Macworld Expo 2011: Vito Technology updates the Walk apps

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2011)

Russian company Vito Technology was in one of the booths around the Mobile App Showcase at Macworld 2011 last week, and they kindly sat down to show off new versions of their apps, all coming up in the next month or so as free updates on the App Store. Popular astronomy app Star Walk was first. ...

Star Walk 5.1.1 brings Santa, printing and more -- plus a chance to win an iPad

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 20th, 2010)

Before we get to the new features in Star Walk 5.1.1 (also known as the Christmas Edition), we've teamed up with the developers, Vito Technology, to give away five copies of the app and a sparkly new iPad. Just leave a comment telling us your favorite astronomical object (star, planet, comet, ...

Take a planetary tour with Solar Walk

by Mel Martin (May 21st, 2010)

Solar Walk is a nifty astronomy romp from the folks who did the popular Star Walk iPhone and iPad app. Instead of exploring the night sky and deep space, you get to tour our solar system in luscious 3D graphics. While the app is universal for the iPhone and iPad, the iPad version is breathtaking ...

Twenty iPad apps you'll want to see

by Mike Schramm (Apr 1st, 2010)

The App Store is live and running with iPad apps right now -- you can download and buy any iPad apps you want, even though most of them are technically "embargoed" until tomorrow morning. There's a lot of amazing stuff out there, but we'll try to focus you as best we can. Here's twenty apps that ...

Star Walk still out of this world (and you might get it for free!)

by Mel Martin (Oct 3rd, 2009)

Star Walk [iTunes link] has been updated and improved with new features that let you leave the earth and look back at our home planet in beautifully rendered views. Star Walk uses GPS to get your location, and shows you the current sky above your head. Since we last looked at Star Walk the app has ...