United Airlines is joining the “paperless flight deck” revolution, announcing that it is distributing 11,000 iPads to United and Continental pilots to replace bulky paper navigation charts in the cockpit.

It’s not going to make you more productive, and if you were using it at work your boss would be less than pleased, but Groove Coaster is utterly essential stuff.

Rovio Mobile, the developer of Angry Birds, has partnered with a Chinese gaming firm, giving players in the country a new avenue to download official versions of their hit product.

It’s been a big month for handheld devices. Apple released its iPad 2 to the world, and, despite being an incremental update on the iPad we already have, the device attracted legions of fans to line up for hours to get their hands on it.

Just in time for Halloween weekend, developer Rovio announced this morning that its sold a million downloads of Angry Birds Halloween in just six days on the App Store.