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The Better Business Bureau debuted an iPhone app that lets consumers review a company's complaint history, the latest in the line of apps that strive to keep consumers informed.

Armchair scientists can now take a rare peek inside CERN's particle collider right from their Android phones, watching live collisions between subatomic particles in 3-D.

Ayn Rand's classic 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged" is coming to life again through a new iPad app that combines its unabridged text with rarely-seen photos from Rand's archives, as more classic literature comes to mobile devices.

The British Library is making digital copies of more than 45,000 classic books available for the iPad.

Nature-lovers can help collect and identify plants and trees with their smartphone, as mobile devices increasingly become tools to access and explore the world.

A significant upgrade to iOS app Instapaper includes social networking capabilities, adding a new twist to the growing mobile content aggregation market.

Planning a summer vacation but not sure what to do with your dog? Whether you're thinking of bringing Fido along on your trip or not, there are some new apps that can help.

Google recently launched its Translate app for Apple's iPhone, as the Internet giant aims to boost its presence in smartphones beyond its own Android operating system.

A new app for the iPhone and Android-based devices allow users to "check out" more than 400,000 e-books, audio books and videos from over 13,000 libraries, directly from their smartphone.