This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

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• Gmail for iPhone and iPad Brings a Native App Interface to Gmail on Your iOS Device (iOS) You can now download a dedicated (and official) Gmail app for your iPhone from the iTunes App Store. Native, Gmail-like interface for your email on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, here we come.
• Multibar Is a Time-Saving, Sharp-Looking Interactive Application Dock for Windows (Windows) There are apps that give you a dock in Windows to quickly launch applications, but Multibar does that and more. In addition to quick access to commonly used apps, the tool gives you quick access to recently modified files, smart folders full of items based on what you've used recently, news on the web, web search, local weather, and other informational widgets that you can customize.
• Media Center App Plex Launches for Windows, Unveils myPlex Media Hub (Windows/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android) Plex, a media center and streaming utility based on XBMC, is finally available in Windows, and brings dead-simple music and media streaming to local and remote devices with it. The Plex team also unveiled a web-based media hub called myPlex, so your iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac OS systems can all connect, find, and stream your music and movies seamlessly.
• Buddhify Teaches You to Meditate and Relax a Little on the Go (Android/iOS) If you've thought about meditating to relieve stress but didn't know how to get started, Buddhify is a new app for iOS and Android phones that teaches you in short, easy steps, how to relax, be present, and be mindful of the moment so you can think clearly and let go of your stress.
• Postbox 3 Adds Gmail Labels, Dropbox Attachments, and More to Its Awesome Email Client (Windows/Mac) Postbox, the feature-filled, Thunderbird-based email client, is out with a new version boasting a number of new features-not the least of which are full support for Gmail labels and sending attachments via Dropbox public links.
• Mar Mod Adds a Ton of Useful Buttons and Tweaks to Firefox (Firefox) One of the greatest things about Firefox is its customizability. While you can do a lot with userscripts and userstyles, free extension Mar Mod packs in a ton of useful tweaks into one, simple package, including quick access to any of your add-on settings, favicon customization, and one-click private browsing.
• Orchestra Is an Awesome Collaborative To-Do Manager with Speech Recognition, Web Sync, and More (iOS) Orchestra is a really fantastic to-do app for your iPhone that lets you collaborate with others even if they don't have a copy of the (free) app themselves. You can share anything you're working on, others can send you tasks requiring your help, and it's all remarkably simple to do.
• OneSchool Puts Everything a Student Needs to Know About Her College on Her Phone (iPhone/Android/Windows Phone 7)
• Clea.Nr Removes Ads, Comments, and Other Clutter from YouTube (Chrome/Firefox/Safari) If you're tired of all the distracting, annoying content surrounding your videos on YouTube, you can hide them with simple browser extension Clea.Nr.
• ControlPlane Automatically Changes Settings on Your Mac Based on Criteria You Specify (Mac) We've previously looked at how you can make your Mac adapt to your environment, but ControlPlane offers a ton of new options. You can provide it with settings you want it to adjust and it will switch to those settings based on an action of your choice. For example, you could have it automatically change your iChat status message to "Away" when you have your headphones unplugged, or dim the display brightness when nighttime rolls around.

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