A judge has dismissed Apple’s trademark claims against Amazon’s Appstore.

Microsoft has released Wordament, the first iPhone game with Xbox Live Achievements.

Spongebob Diner Dash, a popular kids game for iOS, was recently pulled from the App Store due to a privacy claim from the Center for Digital Democracy.

HalfBrick has made all its iOS games free as a part of Holiday sale for the next 24 hours.

I am not very pleased with the prospects of Play Store reaching 700,00 apps even if it did. Google needs to put better quality control in place for the Play Store, something that Apple has perfected over the years.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has published an open letter regarding iOS 6 Maps. In addition, Apple is promoting a page for map applications in the App Store.

The popular camera app Camera+ has been updated for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. In addition, a new iPad app has been released.

Netflix has been updated for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5′s 4″ display.

Google has released a new native YouTube app for iPhone.

Boxfish wants to be the information engine for TV, letting viewers easily discover what’s hot, and also easily alerting them of when topics of interest come up. This app is a must have for all TV lovers.

Facebook has released a much faster iPhone app. The update also adds some new features and gestures.

Google has released Chrome for iOS and an iOS app for Google Drive

Apple’s App Store has launched in 32 new countries

Microsoft has updated its Xbox Live app for iOS

Facebook has updated its iOS apps for iPad’s Retina display