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Discover Mobile adds Passbook, Draw Something Pro, BBC iPlayer, Showtime, deals, more

Discover Mobile version 4.10: The Discover for iPhone app officially gains Passbook support for saving redeemed Cashback Bonuses.

-Your Discover app now includes Apple Passbook integration for partner eCertificates! Redeem your Cashback Bonus for a partner eCertificate and save it to Passbook! (Available for users on iOS 6 or greater)

Draw Something Pro: OMGPOP is out with a new, paid, ad-free version of its popular Draw Something app. While you could get a universal, ad-free $2.99 version of the app previously, this new pro version includes a UI designed specifically for iPad (no iPhone/iPod support), and a few new features including:

✐ INFINITE BOMBS
• Never run out of BOMBS. Ever.
• Gain access to ALL SPECIAL WORDS at no extra cost
• Unlimited GUESS help – keep your streaks alive
✐ FREE COLOR PACK
• 10 brilliant new colors available only in PRO
✐ STUNNING NEW DESIGN
• A larger drawing screen optimized just for iPad

Vintagio version 4.1: MacPhun’s retro video editor app is currently 60% off for the holidays in our deal section below and today received new features including full iPhone 5/iOS 6 support, Cinegram exports, a faster algorithm, and other improvements.

Showtime version 3.0.2: 

– iPhone 5 compatibility
– iOS 6 compatibility
– Now provides support for closed captioning on free full episodes
– Bug fixes and improvements

BBC iPlayer: This free app now supports iPhone 5. The change log for version 2.0.2. also includes:

  • Watching programmes on the iPad has had a facelift. Check out what’s behind the “More” and “Live Channels” buttons.
  • It’s already available on the iPad, and now you can plug your phone into your telly.
  • Feedback on the BBC iPlayer downloads feature has been great. We’ve fixed a number of bugs to hopefully make it even better!

The Oregon Trail: American Settler: The classic PC titled was recently revived for iOS devices by developer Gameloft, and today gets a few new features including a snow-covered landscape, and an appearance by 7-time Grammy award winning country group Lady Antebellum:

★ Interact with the members of the popular country pop band, Lady Antebellum, as they visit Oregon for the winter – starting at Level 15. Watch their performance in the new Concert Hall!
★ All-new town photo sharing – share postcards of your frontier town with all your friends!
★ New snow-covered landscape!
★ Festive quests, decorations and buildings.
★ Dress Ma & Pa in holiday-themed outfits!

WhatsApp Messenger version 2.8.7: Some necessary fixes for the popular WhatsApp Messenger app:

– fix multimedia sharing in iOS 4.3 (sorry)
– many bug fixes and crash fixes
– in iOS 6 open shared locations in native Maps app
– fix “All Media” navigation flow
– many other optimizations and improvements

Hypegram: Music discovery service Hype Machine is launching its first Mac App today for accessing and discovering the latest through the hypem.com service.

Pages, Keynote, and Numbers version 1.7.1: Following yesterday’s update to version 1.7, Apple just issued another update to all three apps that includes a fix for “issues related to Accessibility settings.”

News:

Final Fantasy IV: In the App Store description for Final Fantasy, developer Square Enix revealed the next edition to the app franchise is coming soon:

Take advantage of a limited-time sale celebrating the coming release of FINAL FANTASY IV!

Deals:

AppyFridays | 3 apps for $5 (60% off each)

My Alarm Clock Pro | 99 cents (was $2.99)
Instant | $1.99 (was $4.99)
Fast Computer | $1.99 (was $4.99)

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Jordan writes about all things Apple as Senior Editor of 9to5Mac, & contributes to 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, & Electrek.co. He also co-authors 9to5Mac’s Logic Pros series.