Samsung has recently launched ChatON - a group messaging service that's already available for Bada and Android OS. The application supports the iPhone and iPod touch, and can be downloaded for free in the App Store.

It's been a long time coming, but the native Google Translate iPhone app has recently received an update adding support for the iPad.

Apple is now issuing refunds for the GameStore app we told you about a few days ago, noting that the application was released "prematurely," and that the company apologizes for the mistake.

It has recently been discovered that the Grand Theft Auto 3 iOS app ($4.99) is susceptible to "modding," allowing players to easily tweak a number of aspects of the application through altering numerous files within the GTA3 directory.

Apple has recently launched a new application in the App Store called "GameStore." However, the application appears to have been used in the past for internal testing, and has simply been accidentally launched in the App Store by mistake: the app itself serves no real purpose, only allowing customers to make numerous in-app purchase for content that doesn't exist.

The PostSecret iPhone application that took the App Store by storm has now been removed due to misuse.

The popular universal app AroundMe (free) has recently received an update. Now, the application supports a number of navigation services, including TomTom, Navigon and MotionX Drive. Furthermore, a variety of minor bug fixes have been made to the app.

Apple's App Store approval team has recently rejected a Steve Jobs tribute calendar application, explaining in an email sent to its developer that the team is not accepting "these types of apps."

The universal LogMeIn application has lost its $30 price-tag, and is now available to download in the App Store for free. However, in order to access some of the app's more "premium" features, users must spend $39.99 annually via an in-app subscription to upgrade to LogMeIn Pro.

Pocket Lists ($2.99) is a fully featured to-do application that has recently appeared in the App Store. Though a number of other GTD apps are already available, the reasonable price, design and feature-set of Pocket Lists makes it something rather more interesting that just another run-of-the-mill to-do application.

Lock Screen Weather ($0.99) is a new iPhone app that can display weather information on users' Lock screen without the iOS device having to be jailbroken.

Contacts Sync For Google Mail ($2.99) is a recently updated application that, as its name suggests, allows Apple fans to sync their contacts between a Google Mail account and an iPhone or iPod touch.

In an interview that recently hit the Web, Sega has announced that Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 will launch in the App Store at some point next year.

Adobe has recently launched an EchoSign iOS application in the App Store. The app, which is universal and can be downloaded for free, allows Apple fans to sign e-signatures from their mobile device while on the move.

In a video that has recently hit the Web, one clever kitty shows how he can swipe at the flying fruit in Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja HD faster and more accurately than most humans. The video, which Halfbrick recently mentioned in a Twitter update, proves that while curiosity might have killed the cat, it can also serve to slam one's Game Center friends when it comes to the Fruit Ninja leaderboard.

Gameloft has launched Dungeon Hunter 3 (free) in the App Store. However, unlike the previous Dungeon Hunter titles, which were indefinitely considered to be RPGs (that's Role Playing Games), this new installation has strayed away from the genre, adopting an arena mode that's based on Gameloft's oft-critiqued "freemium" model of publishing iOS applications.

Evernote has recently released Skitch for iPad (free) in the App Store.

Onion Magic Answer Ball ($0.99) is a recently released iPhone app from The Onion. The application, which is rather a lot like a virtual Magic Eight Ball, allows users to ask it a number of questions and gives random answers. Furthermore, the app can ask users humorous questions which can then be shared to Facebook.

KAYAK has recently updated its iPad application, making it a universal app (that's compatible with all of Apple's iOS devices), and adding a whole load of new features to the iPad version of the popular application.

The second episode in the Jurassic Park iPad game series ("Jurassic Park: The Game 2 HD") is now available in the App Store.

Disney's $0.99 Where's My Water? has recently received an update, which adds a new chapter to the application ("Stretched Thin") that includes 20 new levels.

Batman Arkham City Lockdown ($5.99) has recently received a great update, which adds support for iCloud saves, two new Batman skins and makes a variety of minor tweaks and improvements to the universal app.

Vidify ($1.99) is an iPhone app that allows users to quickly and easily edit video on their handset.