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

Allrecipes new app provides unlimited access to 40,000 new dishes.

Allrecipes.com which claims to be the "world's No.1 food site" has just released a new paid version of its free iPhone app. Called Allrecipes Dinner Spinner Pro, the new $2.99 app provides unlimited access to the complete Allrecipes.com library, including 40,000 dishes not available with the free version, according to the New York Times.

On top of the extra dishes, the new app has added a feature most requested by users, the ability to save favorite recipes.

The new app most noticeable functions are three spinning wheels that allow users to do three things respectively: choose a meal, select some ingredients and set the completion time.

Also the new app makes it easier to go shopping for the ingredients on a recipe by putting them into a single list.

For more, see the NYTimes.com