Mango Software has released XMIND version 2.0.4, which is now compliant with Mac OS X Leopard. This up and coming mind mapping application also recently received an award from PC World China, which named XMIND one of the "best 100 products of 2007." Congratulations on this well-deserved award. I think XMIND has a lot going […]

Varatek Software recently released MindApp version 4.0, which boasts some intriguing new features. Here are some highlights: Task tracking: The new version of MindApp includes a new project management feature called the CenterFlow Task Tracker. When you turn on this mode, any new topics you add to your map contain a set of project management […]

Last week, I published a review of XMIND 2008 Pro. XMIND, developed by Mango Software of Beijing, China, is one of the newest entrants in the field of mind mapping software. And it aims to be one of the best, if XMIND 2008 Pro is any indication. This latest iteration of XMIND offers an impressive […]

Developer Realize AB has launched a version of its brainstorming add-in tool, theRealizer, for Visual Mind. It enables you to use Visual Mind as a sophisticated brainstorming tool, defining a creative challenge, generating ideas using over 400 "idea cards" that contain questions and statements that stimulate creative ideas, and prioritizing your ideas. This tool is […]

In September, I told you about Bookvar, a new mind mapping software program being developed by a team of Bulgarian students. Earlier this week, they unveiled the first public release of Bookvar. By their own admission, this is an alpha release, with some bugs and areas of instability, but they are now working on a […]

Concurrent with Apple’s launch of version 10.5 of Mac OS X – "Leopard" – several mind mapping software developers have announced incremental upgrades of their applications to make them compatible with the new version of the Mac operating system. Yesterday, CS Odessa announced the availability of ConceptDraw MINDMAP v5.2 for the Mac, which includes Quick […]

The developers at NovaMind Software Pty. have recently launched NovaMind 4 Platinum for the Mac OS X platform. It features a very cool new presentation mode that breaks new ground in terms of functionality. Here’s how it works: The NovaMind Presenter divides your map into a series of "slides," consisting of your entire map, each […]

Mindjet recently announced the availability of a new Productivity Pack, which is designed to help users to get up to speed with MindManager Pro 7’s Microsoft Office integration capabilities. This special collection of seven MindManager maps and one white paper provides helpful "how to" instructions for moving information to and from Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, […]

Last year, I reviewed version 0.8.0 of FreeMind, the open source mind mapping software program that has made significant strides in recent years. In early September, the development team introduced a beta version of 0.9.0. While still somewhat buggy, it shows the direction this unique program is taking. Here’s what’s new in FreeMind version 0.9.0: […]

CS Odessa, in its ConceptDraw Lab blog, recently announced the availability of ConceptDraw MINDMAP version 5.1. This free upgrade for existing users improves the program’s speed and performance, and fixes a number of bugs. The only new addition to version 5.1 is an auto-save feature, which prevents users from losing their maps if the program […]