New and updated iPhone and iPad apps for Thursday, June 9

Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

  • Pulse News: Now you can "star" stories to save to your pulse.com profile, view them on the web, and sync your profile with Instapaper, Evernote, Read it Later & Google Reader. [Free for iPad - iTunes link] [Free for iPhone - iTunes link]
  • Text Master: Measure your typing speed and learn to text as fast as you can. [$0.99 - iTunes link]
  • xkcd: Update brings back list of comics with search, a random comic of the day, and more! [Free - iTunes link]
  • Plants vs. Zombies: Now with a Zen Garden, new mini games, new achievements, and more! [$2.99 - iTunes link]
  • Peggle: Now with retina display support. [$2.99 - iTunes link]

Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!

Leanna Lofte

Former app and photography editor at iMore, Leanna has since moved on to other endeavors. Mother, wife, mathamagician, even though she no longer writes for iMore you can still follow her on Twitter @llofte.