Need a last minute Valentine’s Day gift idea? We’ve put together some last minute anytime, anywhere government Valentine’s ideas for your special someone. Need a card? Send a Valentine’s greeting and a handy health tip (like the one pictured) with CDC’s Mobile Health e-card App! Want to dazzle,  but your bank account’s not cooperating? Introduce them to some to the [...]

Very excited about Thursday’s Wikithon, which will be right on The Mall at the National Museum of American History. Details WHAT: “Ruby Slippers” Wikithon WHEN: Thursday, April 26 TIME: 3-5 pm EDT WHERE:  National Museum of American History in the Constitution Cafe, in Washington D.C. Enter on 14th and Constitution Ave, NW. We’ll be working on [...]

The Leafsnap app allows a user to identify a species of tree just by submitting a photograph of a tree’s leaf.  The app utilizes visual recognition software and was developed via partnership between the Smithsonian Institution and researchers from Columbia University and the University of Maryland. Leafsnap, available for the iPhone and the iPad, uses databases for the Northeastern United [...]

The Set in Style App allows users to have the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit “Jewelry by Van Cleef and Arpels” in the palm of their hands. The exhibit, displayed at the National Design Museum in New York, features beautiful jewelry that highlights the design innovation and style by Van Cleef and Arpels which contributed to jewelry [...]

The Smithsonian strives to bring their museum exhibits and other experiences to mobile users. This is what they set out to do with the “Infinity of Nations” App. The app, which is available on the iPhone platform in English and Spanish,  brings the knowledge of the early Americas to the palm of a user’s hand. Specifically: [...]