Google announced Monday the release of YouTube Capture for iPhone, an iOS app that gives users easy video recording and upload to YouTube. The company is promoting the app as a direct, no-nonsense way of sharing videos on YouTube, the world's largest video sharing service.

Google announced on Monday that its new Google Maps app for iPhone was downloaded some 10 million times in the first 48 hours of availability. The app was launched on the App Store on Thursday, December 13th, after Apple displaced Google's service in favor of its own Apple Maps with the release of iOS 6 in September.

Matrox introduced its Matrox DS1 Thunderbolt docking station for the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air on Monday. The station supports Thunderbolt's 10 Gbps throughput, and includes a several I/O ports such as video out and USB 3.0.

Popular iPhone and iPad game maker Halfbrick is giving away all of its iOS titles for free on Monday, including Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride. The games are free for today only, so don't procrastinate.

Drobo unveiled its Drobo 5N network attached storage system, or NAS, on Thursday. The system can hold up to 20 TB of storage as a combination of spinning hard drives and SSD, and offers native Time Machine support, too.

Apple released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.03 on Thursday, an update that adds RAW support for the new Canon EOS 6D and Nikon 1 V2 digital cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11.

At long last, Apple has added the ability to find duplicate songs in iTunes with the release of iTunes 11.0.1. The update also fixes an issue with iTunes Match and makes iTunes more responsive when searching large libraries.

Adobe announced the immediate availability of Lightroom 4.3 and Camera Raw 7.3 on Thursday. The update for Lightroom added Retina Display support for the Mac along with support for 20 new digital cameras.

AgileBits released 1Password 4 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Thursday, giving users a significant update that includes iCloud sync support, better organization features, and a new built-in Web browser. 1Password is a password manager and creation app that also stores other personal and sensitive data in an encrypted database.

Google has brought Google Maps back to Apple's App Store and the iPhone. Though Google leaked doubts that Apple would approve the app, the company has pushed a full-featured Maps app for iPhone that brings turn-by-turn voice directions, mass transit directions, live traffic data, panoramic views, high-res satellite views, and more.