Google Earth for the iPhone has released an update which offers improved performance and enhanced icon selection.
The features added to the Google Earth 2.0 app includes:

iPhone users can save maps they are interested in so they’ll appear when the user log in to the iPhone app with the same credentials. Also the iPhone user can now build their own maps in Google Earth manually or by hooking up a GPS-enabled device and turning the location data into a  KML …

Thanks to Apple’s rejection, the Bobble Rep app has got all the publicity which other app can just imagine and dream.
The app is named Bobble Rep because the head of caricatured senators in the app will bobble around when the iPhone is shaken. The developer, Ray Griggs, said Apple reversed its initial decision of removing the app after a FoxNews.com story this week about claims that the caricatures, in particular a drawing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were “offensive.”
The …

American and Australian scientists are developing a software that will allow patients simply to cough into their phone, and it will tell them whether they have cold, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory diseases.
Since the diagnosis is primarily with the sound produced with a cough, the scientists say their software can possibly do the doctor’s job in this case. The research team which has been partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been testing the effectiveness …

The iPhone app that lets iPhone users to send unlimited free text messages to any cell number is now available for download from the App store.
textPlus 2.0 is powered by GOGII and it uses in-app advertising to cover its costs. There is no limit on how many text messages you can send per month, it’s just a matter of getting WiFi, 3G or an Edge connection.
The features of textPlus includes:

Free, unlimited texts: textPlus texts are entirely free and …

The new NASA iPhone app released on Friday, is designed to provide information, updates, and images on all current and scheduled NASA missions.
The app – which was developed at the Ames Research Center in California – displays multiple countdown clocks, Twitter feeds and astronomy related multimedia.
The app currently hosts details and updates (in the form of Twitter feeds) on NASA missions such as LCROSS/LRO, Mars Exploration Rovers, the International Space Station, the Constellation program, Mars Odyssey, and the Space …

The Apple news site says that Apple is coming with a new app for its iPhone and iPod Touch that will bring FM radio to the devices.
Aaccording to people at 9to5 Mac the functionality of the application will be similar to what Apple built into the iPod Nano. That includes the ability to pause live FM transmissions and fast-forward when you resume playing.
The new app is supposedly being delayed while Apple adds a song tagging capability to the …

Vonage releases new app that lets users place international calls on the Apple iPhone (AAPL) and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry (RIMM).
The application, which works on both cellular and Wi-Fi network connections, not only allows users to take advantage of low rates for international calling, but also uses VoIP capability when on a Wi-Fi network to avoid using your phone plan’s minutes.
The fact that the Vonage app for the iPhone can use the cellular voice channel is unusual. Several …

i.TV app is already popular among iPhone users as one of the best TV and movie guide, now the latest version 2.0 is released with some new features.

Apple has finally approved the C64 emulator for iPhone developed by Manamio allowing the Commodore 64 and retro games on iPhone.
Initially Apple rejected the app from iTunes store based on the SDK clause specifically prohibiting interpreted or executable code.
“Thank you for submitting C64 1.0 to the App Store. We’ve reviewed C64 1.0 and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store because it violates the iPhone SDK Agreement; “3.3.2 An Application may …

Skype 1.2 app for iPhone  is released with a good number of improvements including most anticipated the call forwarding feature.
Not to mention that this latest skype version 1.2 for iPhone still works only over Wi-Fi and cannot be used over iPhone’s data connection as the limitations imposed by AT&T on VoIP iPhone apps.
The new version of Skype for iPhone includes number of improvements:

Set up call forwarding from your iPhone – forward Skype calls to a phone number when …