Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! We've got a major new release of an excellent document management tool, improvements to a Disney app, a new game expansion pack for Mac and much more!
New and updated iOS apps
- Google Hangouts 2.0: The instant messaging, voice and video calling, VoIP wonder-app from Google gets an iOS 7 design, iPad optimization, animated stickers, and death to the shake-to-feedback insanity! Free - Download now
- Google Maps: The world's most popular mapping service hits version 2.7.0 for iPhone and iPad and gets route planning with multiple preferred transit modes and, of course, bug fixes. Free - Download now
- Documents 5.0: The latest version of Readdle's document viewing and management app gets an iOS 7-centric redesign, a new file manager, the ability to drag and drop files to any destination, color tags, favorites, background downloads and more. Free - Download now
- Disney Movies Anywhere: The app for streaming Disney, Pixel and Marvel digital movies gets a bug fix for a pesky "Connecting Accounts" problem on the iPhone. Free - Download now
- Brian Cox's Wonders of Life: The gorgeous science app that explores life on Earth adds more videos, more content for Brian's Tour and minor adjustments to the tutorial. - $5.99 Download now
- Photo Transfer WiFi: Transfer photos wirelessly to any computer or other device. Updated to version 2.0 which adds Dropbox storage integration, better interface, and better options for copying IP addresses for devices. $2.99 - Download Now
- Pocket: You can use your Google account to sign up and log into Pocket, and anything you share with Evernote while offline will be placed in a queue to be sent when connected. Free - Download Now
New and updated Mac apps
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall: Harebrained's resurrection of the awesome cyberpunk/fantasy tactical RPG gets its first official expansion pack today. Dragonfall takes you to Berlin to battle new threats. New weapons, new artwork, and new game editor features round out the offering. $14.99 - Download now
- Cocktail 7.2: Maintain's general purpose utility for OS X maintenance gets a compatiblity update with OS X 10.9.2, some new features, interface improvements and more. - $19 - Download now
More apps and updates?
If you try any of the apps or updates, let me know how they work for you. If you got any new or updated apps today that you loved, but don't see here, let us know about them!
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