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As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.

Apple's App Store remade the world of software and mobile and, as I see it, all for the better.

Google today updated its native Google Earth for iOS app with a big new feature and two improvements. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store....

Google rolled out a substantial update to its Google Earth iOS app on Wednesday, bringing a few important changes to the title, the biggest being built-in Street View capabilities.

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Apple’s App Store recently hit its 50 billionth download. Since its launch in July 2008, the store has been the go-to place for mobile apps. To this day, mobile developers often choose to release their apps here first. Popular from the start, just seven months after the App Store’s launch, the store surpassed one million third party apps, many of those free.

Kicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup is a stunning new weather app called Solar, which boasts a simple, intuitive user interface and a no frills approach that doesn’t suffocate you with information you’re not interested in. There’s also a great new drawing and animation app from Disney that you and your kids will love; a great new photography app that adds bokeh light effects to your photos; and updates to Google Earth and Yelp.

Накануне компания Google выпустила обновленную (седьмую по счету) версию своего приложения Google Earth для iOS-устройств. Основным нововведением стали трехмерные карты некоторых городов, созданные на основе снимков с воздуха. По словам разработчиков, самолетами фотографировался городской ландшафт с четырех сторон под 45-градусным углом, а затем изображения автоматически компоновались. Новинка идет вровень с режимом Flyover в картах Apple, которые появятся в составе iOS 6.

Google announced on Thursday that 3D imaging is now available on the latest version of the Google Earth app for the new iPad, iPad 2, iPod touch and iPhone 4S. "With...

Google Earth 7.0 has just hit the iTunes App Store bringing with it those all-new, stunning 3D maps that the company showed off last month. Of course, the highly-realistic 3D imagery goes head-to-head with "Flyover" in Apple's new maps in iOS 6, but since that operating system isn't available for anyone but developers at the moment, Google Earth is your only option. The new imagery is only available in Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Geneva, and Rome, but Google promises that it will add more cities...

As promised, the iOS version of Google Earth has been updated and now supports custom map viewing. Just like with the recently released Android update, you'll now be able to open KML files in the app, you'll now be able to open KML files in the app, which means you can check out any of the custom overlays that people have put together — from real-time disaster information to where all of the March Madness arenas are located. To go along with this, the app lets you browse the Google Earth Gallery, a...

You've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...

There's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Twitter: Twitter thankfully didn't make too many changes when they gobbled up the already-great Tweetie 2 from Atebits—same clean interface, same Tweet swiping, and the same it-feels-so-good pull to refresh mechanism. Free. Facebook: The new, panel-based interface takes a little getting used to, but once you're...

Google Earth for iOS just got an update that adds a host of underwater and ocean surface content, as well as spiffing things up for the Retina Display. I consider it the only safe way to explore the ocean.

Google has just updated its Google Earth iPhone app to work with the iPad. The free app brings the desktop Google Earth experience to Apple's latest device. In addition to...

For the past twenty minutes I've been looking at my iPad with childlike fascination. My Apple device isn't new to me, nor is Google Earth a recent discovery. But the combination of the two is something beautiful and mesmerizing. Google Earth is amazing as a native iPad app. It's got a simple-yet-useful interface and takes proper advantage of the device's large screen—all the features of the iPhone app, just better. The app is free and available in the App Store now.

Google has a released a custom, multitouchy version of Google Earth for the iPhone, and it rocks, turning you into a master of universe that can zoom, twirl and pan all around the world with just a few flicks of your fingers. It also uses the accelerometer, so you can pan and tilt, too. It might just be better than desktop version just because multitouch makes it so damn fun. Overall, the whole thing works really well. Performance is good, at least over Wi-Fi, though it can get occasionally janky....