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Tom Krazit
Jan 31, 2012 6:29 PM
Zite has cut a deal with Intel (NSDQ: INTC) to have the chip giant sponsor the technology section of its mobile news reading app, only the second sponsor to grace its pages. Intel will sponsor Zite’s technology section and will get to promote selected articles in exchange for its financial…
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Tom Krazit
Aug 30, 2011 1:01 PM
As rumored a week ago, CNN has purchased Zite, the makers of a personalized iPad magazine application that aggregated content around user preferences and social-media feeds. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but CNN said it planned to operate the company as “a separate, stand-alone business” in announcing the…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jul 21, 2011 5:13 AM
A look at some of the top stories today in mobile:
—Nokia (NYSE: NOK), AT&T earnings: The Finnish handset maker is due to report earnings later today. Analysts are bracing themselves for some disappointing results. Also set to report today is AT&T (NYSE: T). (via Nokia, Bloomberg, AT&T)
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Tom Krazit
Jul 18, 2011 5:31 PM
More and more companies are starting to think of the mobile screen as an adjunct to the big screen, but only as long as you are still paying for cable. Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s new iPad streaming service allows mobile users to see the same content they’d see on the…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jun 6, 2011 12:00 AM
As the number of apps, and the amount of investment in apps, both continue to grow, startups that focus on optimizing how they are created and distributed are getting a lot of attention from the investment community, too. The latest example of this is the Dutch-based Service2Media—a develop-once, deploy-everywhere provider—which…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 26, 2011 7:05 AM
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paring down its operations big-time in the lead-up to using Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS for its new portfolio of smartphones. One thing that is staying behind, though, is the company’s mapping division, which is actually getting more work, as it becomes the default mapping and navigation…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 14, 2011 7:34 PM
The launches are still months away but CNN Digital has a pair of announcements from SXSW tonight that mark significant advancements for the network’s online and mobile video offerings. In early summer, CNN plans to flip the switch on its version of Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s CEO Jeff Bewkes’ TV…
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Ingrid Lunden
Dec 14, 2010 7:13 PM
CNN, the Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner-owned TV news network, today launched its first iPad app, joining the ranks of other TV news organisations that are going the route of ad-supported and free of charge. At the same time, CNN made its existing iPhone app to free, and added live breaking…
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Tricia Duryee
Sep 9, 2010 3:04 PM
Last month, we asked if the iPad was a mobile device. And, trust us, it’s not as straightforward as you might think. After all, what makes a device mobile? Is it screen size? The ability to make phone calls? Or, maybe 3G? We caught up with CNN’s VP of Mobile…
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Robert Andrews
Jun 7, 2010 5:39 AM
Two weeks ago, CNN International was reprimanded by Ofcom because its CNN YouTube Debate on Climate Change programme broke rules barring sponsorship of news programmes and product placement. Just two weeks later, the UK media regulator is again warning the network on a near identical charge. It says Skype’s sponsorship…
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Amanda Natividad
Mar 9, 2010 5:00 PM
The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsstand buyers, and the company needs to offer an similar a la carte option online as well. Grimshaw, in an interview with…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 28, 2009 9:55 PM
While *Dow Jones* follows through with plans to convert some of its iPhone and BlackBerry free app users to paid subscribers, CNN is jumping right into the premium market—although in a small way. The Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) cable news network is charging a one-time $2 fee for the CNN…
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James Quintana Pearce
Mar 10, 2009 4:48 PM
Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) and CNN have surveyed CNN’s online audience and found that of those people with mobile internet 56 percent access online content while on the move, via a mobile device or wireless LAN. Almost a third—29 percent—said that they recorded video with their mobile phone, and 23 percent…
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Dianne See Morrison
Apr 11, 2008 6:34 AM
Samsung has scored a preloaded deal with CNN International. Starting in June 2008, for a six-month exclusive period, the news broadcaster’s new Java application will be embedded into Samsung handsets which will be made available in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The Java service will roll…
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James Quintana Pearce
Apr 9, 2008 5:47 PM
One of the hardest parts of reporting on mobile content is working out exactly what companies are offering… the word most bandied about and misused is “exclusive”. For example, in an article on CTIA RCR News reported AT&T (NYSE: T) as saying that “CNN Mobile will be its second exclusive…
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