New version of CNN News iPhone app is now available to international users.

Even if it has been around for a while, CNN News iPhone app was till now only available to users in the U.S.A. But last week, CNN announced a new version available to iPhone and iPod Touch international users. The new version comes with added features like "push notification" for breaking news and the ability to use the phone camera to capture photos and videos and upload them to CNN's iReport citizen journalism website" according to AppScout.
"The new CNN app also allows iPhone and iPod Touch owners to customize their news experience. You can select certain topics and subjects and "follow" them so you get regular updates on the news and alerts on information that interests you specifically" still according to AppScout. "As you find stories that interest you, you can also save them for future or offline reading, and depending on where you live and the type of news you frequently read, the app will show you news stories of regional interest." AppScout said.
Another new feature of the app is its integration with CNN's iReport citizen journalism Web site allowing users to report on events happening in their areas. They can register right from their phone through the app to either submit material or view some submitted by others.
On top of the new features, the new new version of the app allows users to do all the other things that they use to do with the old one like watch the latest news reports or access CNN videos on -demand etc. The new CNN News iPhone app is free to download from the iTunes store or from CNN's Website.

For more, see AppScout.com

New Google News "News for you" is rolled out.

On Wednesday, Google announced a new Google News page that is totally different from the previous set up and was introduced without any warning to its users.
The new Google News is an attempt by the search giant to customize the news that people will see on their front page when they open Google News. Called "News for you", the new feature "will offer a stream of local, customized and socially edited content" quoting the News York Times. The aim is to let users choose which sources they want showcased more prominently in their news feeds with a favorite source appearing above the rest.
According to the New York Times, Google goal with this project is to have the biggest stories of the day highlighted with multiple pages devoted to them. Also, Google is trying to present a local news brief that will try to be as neighbor specific as possible with display of weather conditions.
"News for you" has a social sharing feature with the possibility for users to share what is called "story clusters" which are articles grouped together with links to several news sources, still according to the Times.
The revamped Google News site is rolling out for the English-language edition of Google News in the United States on Wednesday and will reach in other countries in the coming months.