The BBC has recently updated its UK iPlayer iPad app, making it a universal application that supports the iPhone and iPod touch, along with Apple's iPad. Furthermore, the app now supports streaming over 3G, meaning UK-based Apple fans can enjoy watching live TV through the BBC iPlayer app while connected to a 3G cellular data network.

Apple, moments ago, announced the App Store now offers over 500,000 apps. In addition, the Cupertino, California-based company announced that there has been 100 million apps downloaded from the Mac App Store in less than a year.

Dragon Shout (free) is a new iOS app that allows Skyrim gamers to keep a detailed record of their journeys through the open-world of the poplar console game.

Rovio has recently updated the original Angry Birds apps for iPhone and iPad in celebration of Angry Birds' second birthday (which is today, December 11), adding 15 new levels and unlocking every episode within both applications for users to play through.

The popular Words With Friends applications for both iPhone ($2.99) and iPad ($2.99) have recently received updates. Now, fans of the Scrabble-like social game can enjoy utilizing a tile plate, which shows how many tiles of each letter are left, and a "word-o-meter" that tells you how strong your word is, compared with other words you could potentially create using your tiles.

Lemur is a renowned touch screen MIDI/OSC controller utilized by Daft Punk, Björk, Deadmau5, M.I.A. and many more. Now, the controller is available to access on an iPhone or iPad via a $49.99 universal app, which launched in the App Store a couple of days ago.

Singing Santa (free) is a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch, which features a funky-fresh Santa Clause ready and willing to turn anything you speak into Christmas song. Furthermore, users of the app can save videos or images of the singing Santa to friends and family, or upload it directly to Twitter for their followers to enjoy.

Backflip Studios has released a brand new Paper Toss app for iOS: the application, Paper Toss 2.0, is a separate, free app that includes a number of new features. Now, fans of the original application can enjoy "tossing" a number of different objects at moving targets, tormenting annoying co-workers and playing through a variety of new (and classic) levels.

Gameloft has just released a brand new iOS app: Six-Guns, a "freemium" application that places players in the middle of an enormous, open frontier world, is now available to download in the App Store for free.

War On Terror ($4.99) is an iOS app based on the hit (or, rather, "cult") British board game that transforms Risk into, as Forbes writes, something that "parodies George W. Bush’s well-documented military campaign." However, the application's controversial content (which includes "nuke cards," the desperate hunt for oil and a parodic war on terror) has many wondering whether Apple might remove the application before it's even sold 2,000 copies.

Batman Arkham City Lockdown ($5.99) is now available to purchase in the U.S. App Store. The universal application allows users to play as Batman and battle against a number of Arkham City's most dangerous, villainous rogues.

OnLive has recently announced that it plans to launch a cloud gaming app for the iPad in the App Store. Once available, the application will allow OnLive subscribers to stream console-quality games from the cloud and play them on their iPad, either using a touch interface or a special Bluetooth controller.

Batman Arkham City Lockdown has just launched in the New Zealand App Store, meaning we should see the highly anticipated iOS app appear in the U.S. App Store tonight at around 11 p.m.

Flipboard's brand new iPhone app is so nice even Apple's SVPs are commenting on it. In a Twitter update that recently hit the Web, Phil Schiller endorsed the application, noting that the "[n]ew Flipboard app for iPhone is very nice." Furthermore, Flipboard also announced today that its iPad app has been downloaded over 4.5 million times, meaning that Flipboard, on average, has been installed on around one in every 10 iPads.

The BBC has recently announced that its global iPlayer iPad app will be available for the iPhone and iPod touch from this Thursday, December 8.

Google has recently updated its Google Shopper iPhone app, adding support for Google Offers.

A number of TV services have made live television streaming iOS apps available, and now Cox Communications has joined the party. A new app, Cox TV Connect for iPad, allows customers of the company's TV and Internet services to stream live shows to their beloved iPad. The application is currently available for free in the App Store.

GPS Punch! is a new iPhone app that allows employers to track their business-trip-attending employees via GPS.

The recently-released Infinity Blade II has just received a minor update, which makes tweaks to the popular application and also squashes a number of bugs.

Electronic Arts has released a brand new version of its TETRIS for iPhone app ($0.99).

Great news, Apple fans: while we've all been dozing away in slumberland, the guys over at Epic Games' chAIR Entertainment have made Infinity Blade II available in the U.S. App Store. Now, fans in the United States can purchase and download the highly anticipated sequel to Infinity Blade for just $6.99. The application, which boasts high quality graphics and lighting effects, is a universal app and therefore is compatible with all of Apple's iOS devices.

Back when we first started talking about Path, the free application wanted to be a more "personal social network," providing family members and close friends with a non-public means of sharing personal and social information. Now, in its second major version, the app also wants to be your "Smart Journal," and has received a number of new features that make this possible. Fortunately, one thing has remained the same: like before, Path is available to download in the App Store for free, which we're glad to see.

The popular universal MarkdownMail application, which allows users to compose and send HTML emails on an iOS device, has just received an update. Now, the application features support for signatures, templating and boasts a much improved user interface. Furthermore, a variety of changes have been made to MarkdownMail, and a number of bugs have been squashed.

Epic Games' highly anticipated Infinity Blade II has just appeared in the New Zealand App Store, meaning the application should be available in the United States at around midnight tonight.