My Xbox LIVE has been updated to let you control your console using the iPhone.

Take your Xbox LIVE experience wherever you go with the My Xbox LIVE app. Track and compare your achievements, connect with your Xbox LIVE friends, and change up your 3D Avatar. Review all your recent great games you and your friends love to play and compare achievements with them. Jump into our games hub to learn about the latest LIVE games and apps. Access Xbox Spotlight feeds, get breaking news from Xbox LIVE, game tips and tricks, gamer spotlight and much more.

What’s New In This Version:
iPhone:
• Use your iPhone with your Xbox to connect, control and discover content on your console. Connect your iPhone for access to a quick list of your most recent console activity. Control your content with play, pause, fast forward and rewind media controls. Find fresh entertainment to play in the new Discover section.
• Improved Authentication to make it more stable

iPad:
• Improved Authentication to make it more stable
• iPad high-resolution images

You can download My Xbox LIVE from the App Store for free.

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WinterBoard was designed to accept SummerBoard themes without modification but is much more powerful than its predecessor and can theme almost any graphic on the system. You can even easily modify .artwork files without having to hack their contents, all from the safety of your theme folder.
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GV Mobile +, the first Google Voice app for the iPhone, has been updated with support for the iPad.

GV Mobile + allows users of Google Voice to do the following with ease:

? picture messaging
? push notifications
? group messaging
? dial numbers via the iPhone address book, entering on the keypad, or choosing from the internal favorites
? send, retrieve, and delete SMS messages
? retrieve and delete recent call history
? playback and delete voicemails
? take calls from different phones other than your iPhone
? enable, disable, add, or delete the phones that Google Voice forwards calls to
? much, much more
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Angry Birds Rio has been updated with new Beach Volley levels.

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Features:
? Scans UPC, EAN, UPC-E and EAN-8 barcodes!
? QR code scanning including URLs, contact info, calendar events, emails and more!
? Searches for prices with Google (US, UK), TheFind, eBay and Half.com
? Local search powered by Milo.com and TheFind
? Local search locates books in nearby libraries
? High-res Retina display support for iPhone 4
? iPhone 4 LED light option during scanning
? Send scanned products as email attachment ? great for inventory!
? Automatic search localization for USD, EUR, and GBP
? Create a QR Code from your contacts, a URL, or text
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Facebook has updated its iPhone app to let you add your phone number and find friends via their phone number.

Facebook for iPhone makes it easy to stay connected and share information with friends. Use your iPhone to start a conversation with Facebook Chat, check your friends’ latest photos and status updates, look up a phone number, or upload your own mobile photos to Facebook while on the go.
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