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Yahoo Launches Livestand for the iPad

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Calling it a “living magazine” for the iPad, Yahoo has launched Livestand, an app that lets users personalize their news-reading experience. A cross between a social news reading app and a digital newsstand, the app provides a touch-based user experience and currently features more than 100 different titles from third-party publishers as well as content from Yahoo’s channels. READ MORE »

Is CNN Buying News Aggregator Zite?

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For a news organization, CNN has remained surprisingly tight-lipped about the possible purchase of Zite, a news aggregation app. According to TechCrunch, the two companies have been in acquisition talks. Now that Flipboard has proven the survivability of these kinds of apps, expect similar deals to follow. READ MORE »