Earlier this week, we reported the story of an iOS app maker intent on shaming pirates by hijacking users’ Twitter accounts in order to post a message saying “How about we all stop using pirated iOS ...

Apple has a long history of being troubled by certain words, subjects, and images. Its stance on both controversial, hot-button issues and seemingly innocent, or at least harmless, content sometimes ...

You know how it's supposed to work: As you type, your iPhone or iPad keyboard silently learns words in the background for future autocorrect suggestions. But sometimes that "learning" can backfire -- ...

Get quick definitions on your iPhone with this handy jailbreak tweak. Have you ever wanted to know the definition of a word without having to perform a Google search or open an app? If you have an ...

Did you ever find yourself pinching to zoom a paper map, or tapping and holding on an unfamiliar word in a newspaper trying to pop up a dictionary definition? It always ends in frustration, no? Not ...

The average life cycle of an app typically consists of two phases: the app’s early days often bring a host of significant updates as it strives toward feature maturity; however, once that level of ...

Paragon Software Group (www.cambridge.org) has released Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary app for Mac OS X and iOS. It’s available for US$14.99 at the Mac App Store and Apple App Store, ...

iOS 9 has a useful auto-correct dictionary that keeps tracks of the words you use. Unfortunately, the dictionary will sometimes learn incorrect words and then those words will show up again via ...

When considering a traditional dictionary, the words “fast” and “beautiful” don’t come to mind; even our digital dictionaries, sometimes coming in the form of iOS’ Look Up feature when highlighting a ...

The app in question is "The American Heritage Dictionary". I can see myself paying $24.95 for this. Assuming it is the unabridged edition it is (IMHO) the finest dictionary of the English language as ...