You want to be a singer? Before applying to American Idol, X Factor et. al., take a look at Songify, because even if you can't sing, this iPhone app can help you out. Thanks to the app's clever technology, users simply have to speak into their iPhone and Songify will auto-tune away, and create a catchy track out of your speech. Clever, huh?

We've all been there: You're out on the street, something amazing happens, and you want to share it. Sure, recording a video and posting it to YouTube, and then sharing the URL around friends and family does the trick, but it's hardly exciting, riveting and captivating - mainly, because the experience isn't live. While there are applications for "citizen journalists," which allow users to broadcast live from an iPhone, these apps don't concentrate much on the social aspect of live broadcasts. Fortunately, one new app does.

The Google+ iPhone app is now the number one application in the App Store, less than a day following its release. The application allows users to access Google+ in a native iPhone app, provided users have already been invited to use the social network. Unfortunately, the application is not yet compatible with iOS 5, meaning iOS developers running a prerelease version of the upcoming mobile operating system will have to stick with the mobile Web version of Google+, for now.

The Polyphonic Spree (a choral symphonic pop rock band hailing from Dallas, TX) has just released a new music video, which exists in the form of an iOS app. The universal application, Bullseye, is available to download in the App Store for $1.99.

Bjork's new album has hit the App Store (as you'll remember, the album is kind of like ten individual iOS apps), and is available to download for free. The app, Bjork: Biophilia, comes with one track and app built-in. The remaining tracks and applications will eventually be available to purchase in-app, for $1.99 each.

The popular weblog editing iPad application, Blogsy, has recently received an update. Now, users of the application can create and edit WordPress pages, and take advantage of a variety of other feature changes and bug fixes.

LookTel Money Reader is a new iPhone app that uses the handset's camera to identify cash. The application has the ability to recognize notes from $1 up to $100, and is designed to allow visually impaired iPhone owners to quickly count up cash.

AT&T Global Network Client is a new iPhone application, which is currently available to download in the App Store for free.

If you simply can't wait to check out the 40+ hours of bonus material that's set to feature in the Blu-ray editions of Star Wars, then worry not - because the App Store has you covered. In an iOS application that is set to hit the App Store ahead of Comic-Con, fans of the series can access the Blu-ray discs' bonus material on an iOS device.

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Imagine creating an iOS game and seeing it downloaded illegally by thousands of users. Worst still, Apple, through its Game Center, seems to condone the practice. This is what GAMEized is facing, according to a message on their blog.

App Store customers living in Taiwan can now request full refunds for purchases, as long as the request comes within seven days of the original purchase date. This change in Apple’s policy is the result of the island’s consumer protection laws requiring such return policies, according to Michael Kan from IDG News.

Three years after the first app was downloaded and installed from the App Store, the total number of apps purchased has exceeded those of music. This news comes as the result of a new asymo survey released earlier this week.

Apple has announced a new App Store volume-purchasing plan for its business customers. The new service, which should be available soon, will allow businesses and education institutions in the U.S. to purchase apps in volume and distribute them within their organizations.

Apple TV could soon join the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad as being able to run native apps. This possibly has been reinforced thanks to some code uncovered in iOS 5 from a 9 To 5 Mac reader.

Electronic Arts has officially acquired PopCap Games, the developer of Plants vs. Zombies, Bejewelled 2 + Blitz and many other popular iOS titles. While EA purchased PopCap for $750 million in cash and stock, if the company hits a series of revenue milestones, around $1.3 billion in total could end up being spent on the acquisition.

The popular iOS application StumbleUpon! has recently received an update. Now, the application looks much better on the iPad, and the app is also improved when running on the iPhone, too.

Good news, guys: This August, a digital edition of Cosmopolitan aimed at men will hit the iPad App Store, and will be called "CFG" ("Cosmo for Guys").

Earlier today, we told you Screens had received a handy update. Now, another popular VNC client, LogMeIn Ignition, has been updated and a few new features have been added.

The popular iOS app Opera Mini Web Browser has recently received an update, which makes a variety of improvements and fixes to the application.

Star Trek: PADD is the iPad application every Star Trek fan should own. It's as simple as that.

The popular VNC client for iOS, Screens, has recently received an update. Now, the application supports Apple's upcoming OS X Lion, and various performance improvements have also been made in the update.

The Pitchfork Music Festival now has its own official iPhone app. The application (Pitchfork 2011) is currently available to download for free in the App Store, and is natively compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch.