Amazon.com Introduces New Kindle at $139

In response to Barnes and Noble offering a cheaper Nook electronic eBook reader, Amazon.com has responded with a brand-new Kindle at a cheaper price ($139). They’ve also upped the storage considerably, to 3500 books. Keep in mind you won’t have worldwide 3G coverage for this Kindle – you’ll have to … Read more

Kindle App (iOS) Adds Search for iPad, Other Improvements

Amazon.com’s Kindle app for the iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch has received a major update to version 2.2. The free eBook reader/manager now allows for a full search of words books while reading them on the iPad, which is a a boost for genealogists using iPads and Kindle to manage … Read more

Research Logger 1.1 Adds iPad, iPhone 4 Support

Research Logger 1.1 from Spencer Hall has been released. Research Logger is a fairly new app – it came out at the beginning of July. It’s only taken a short amount of time to see a major new release – universal support has been added, allowing Research Logger to run … Read more

GedView 2.14.2 – New Import Options

GedView, the GEDCOM-based genealogy application for iOS devices (including iOS 4 multi-tasking support) has received somewhat of a major upgrade. Major if you download/import a lot of GEDVIEW files. GedView for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, etc.) can import GEDCOM files from emails through the Mail.app as well as downloaded from … Read more

Genealogy Gems Podcast App 1.6.1

The folks at the Genealogy Gems Podcast have updated their iPhone/iPod touch/iPad app to version 1.6.1. They created the app to make it easier to access all of the content that goes along with the Genealogy Gems Podcast (aka Your Family History Show) – they are just limited to being … Read more