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Why is Siri female (in the US at least)?

by Steven Sande (Nov 8th, 2011)

Have you ever wondered why most of the default voices for computers are female? Although Siri is male in the UK and France, it's female in the U.S., Australia, and Germany. CNN's Brandon Griggs pondered this question in a post last month, and found that -- among other things -- people find ...

CNN acquires Zite, plans to operate as independent business

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 30th, 2011)

A week ago we reported on the rumors that CNN reportedly purchased iPad magazine app Zite, a magazine aggregater which collects news based on your personal preferences and presents it to you in a magazine-like format. Today, CNN confirmed those rumors. In a post on CNNTech, the company says ...

CNN reportedly buys iPad magazine app Zite

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 23rd, 2011)

Techvibes is reporting that CNN is buying Vancouver-based iPad magazine app Zite for up to US$25 million. Zite is an iPad magazine app that aggregates news based on your personal preferences. Personalized magazine aggregator apps are becoming increasingly popular on the iPad. Other similar ...

Daily Update for August 23, 2011

by Steven Sande (Aug 23rd, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline ...

CNN streaming 24 hours a day to browsers, iPad and iPhone apps

by Steven Sande (Jul 18th, 2011)

CNN and HLN announced today that they're now streaming programming 24 hours a day on CNN.com, the CNN App for iPad, and the CNN App for iPhone and iPod touch. According to the press release (below), CNN Worldwide is the first news organization to stream its channels online and on mobile ...

CNN says Apple's "antennagate" biggest tech fail of 2010

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 28th, 2010)

CNN has a list of their biggest tech "fails" of 2010, and the number one spot is the iPhone 4 antenna issue, aka "antennagate." Perhaps it was inevitable that the hubris of Apple's past decade would eventually catch up with the company. Antennagate, as you may recall, was the issue around a ...

CNN releases official iPad app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 14th, 2010)

CNN released its first app for the iPad today, and the tablet version is an excellent companion to its iPhone counterpart, just as we predicted. The iPad version duplicates the media-rich experience of the website by including full-length articles, commenting, slideshow support and on-demand audio ...

Woz flashes fake white iPhone 4 on CNN

by Steven Sande (Dec 9th, 2010)

You've got to hand it to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Although he hasn't really done anything for the company since 1987, he is becoming quite the TV star. He's been a competitor on Dancing with the Stars, did a cameo on Big Bang Theory, and was recently seen on CNN flashing a white iPhone 4. A ...

Mac shipments are outpacing the market 3 to 1

by Michael Gray (Nov 24th, 2010)

An interesting article over at CNN talks about the growth of Mac inside the worldwide market for personal computers. The original report was created by Charlie Wolf, who pointed out that Apple's growth is three times that of the overall, worldwide market for computers. The article itself is ...

CNN jumps on the news app bandwagon

by Mel Martin (Sep 30th, 2009)

CNN released CNN Mobile [iTunes link], an impressive news app but there are some caveats. The app is loaded with features, including the latest international and US News, local weather and traffic, and the ability to share stories with email, SMS, Facebook and Twitter. You can follow topics that ...

CNN: Our iPhone app is "not a hobby"

by Mike Schramm (Sep 29th, 2009)

CNN chatted with our good friends at DLS about the news network's iPhone app (scheduled to hit an App Store near you very soon), and it actually sounds pretty premium: in-app video, breaking news live video streaming, a Coverflow-style way to browse news information, the ability to store news to ...

Apple makes Fortune's list of bonehead moves (twice), still a best place to work

by Robert Palmer (Dec 30th, 2008)

With the end of the year comes the cavalcade of best and worst lists, just in case you didn't know what was best and what was worst over the course of the year. Apple made glassdoor.com's list of "50 Best Places to Work," placing 19th. It scored a 3.8 out of five, and 90 percent of employees ...

Found Footage: Zune upstaged by a Shuffle

by Scott McNulty (Nov 14th, 2006)

The Zune might not be the most popular topic here at TUAW, but this video from CNN is too good not to share. The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin was on to show off the Zune and give his opinion of it (he thinks it has potential, but isn't up to the iPod yet), however, watch until the end to see ...

CNN reports on Mac virus

by Scott McNulty (May 1st, 2006)

Several people have emailed us to point out that CNN is featuring an AP story about the 'first Mac virus' on their front page. It looks like CNN is a little late to the party, since the Mac web already reported about this way back in February. Damien wrote that, 'The bottom line is that this really ...

CNN using iChat AV

by Dave Caolo (Aug 9th, 2005)

Macworld UK is reporting that CNN has begun using iChat AV to conduct face-to-face interviews. A new show called Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is testing the technology for the network. CNN describes the show as using "...the newest innovative online resources, making the entire process of ...

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