Following the beta test that began in June, Apple’s App Store will display search ads from Wednesday, October 5. The ads will appear at the top of the results page when an iOS user enters a search term. The motive seems to be to boost search discovery – according to Apple, 65% of all app downloads come from the search results. Interestingly enough, Google has had search ads in the Play store for over a year.

Facebook’s mobile messaging service, WhatsApp has touched 1 billion in its user statistics.

Touching the 1 billion user milestone, WhatsApp is likely to become the second most used mobile application in the world. Facebook comments, “That’s nearly one in seven people on earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends, and their family.” Despite the difference in user demographics, WhatsApp connects people to their family and friends wherever they are in the world.

Browsers today can incorporate any number of extensions and add-ons that improve productivity and make our lives easier. In this post, we’ll feature some of the best Chrome extensions for web developers and designers. These are handy to have around if you want to do the groundwork for a project, automate a painful task, or streamline your workflow.