http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/vudu.adds.wikipedia.app.to.its.online.service/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/vuduin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />VUDU has recently added Wikipedia to the interface of its on-demand video service, letting users access information on any movie or show they're considering watching. The application will also link to various actors, actresses, movies and directors related to the particular title they're watching. Users can browse Wikipedia like they would traditionally via a web browser on their PC.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/vudu.adds.wikipedia.app.to.its.online.service/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/wikireader.has.more.than.3m.wikipedia.entries/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/wikireaderintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Openmoko on Tuesday began shipping its WikiReader, a portable device that aims to bring Wikipedia offline. It contains over three million Wikipedia articles in English and doesn't connect to the Internet to get the information, instead storing the Wikipedia database on a microSD card and gets free, quarterly updates from the Wikipedia website. The device uses a monochrome touchscreen for navigati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/wikireader.has.more.than.3m.wikipedia.entries/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/27/star.walk.12.for.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0901/starwalk.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />VITO Technology says it has added meteor shower data and other updates to its iPhone stargazing app. Star Walk 1.2 now includes links to Wikipedia articles on planets, stars and other celestial bodies. The company says it has also improved the way stars are displayed, so that larger, brighter stars appear more distinct in comparison to smaller ones.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/27/star.walk.12.for.iphone/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/speakapedia.for.mac/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/speakapedia1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Shiny Development has released Speakapedia 1.0, a Mac utility that converts WIkipedia articles into spoken words, and "seamlessly manages them as tracks" in iTunes. The application uses an article's main photo for iTunes album art. The utility allows knowledge-hungry users to "listen" to articles on their Macs and iPods, and has obvious benefits for those who are sight-impiared.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/speakapedia.for.mac/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/emusic.adds.web.social/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/ipod-emusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />eMusic will try to improve its standing against iTunes and fellow web-based store Amazon MP3 soon by adding a social component to the music, the music service's chief David Pakman tells Fortune. Taking advantage of the need to buy music through the web portal, eMusic hopes to draw in buyers by providing deeper and constantly changing artist info through Web 2.0 sites. Musicians will frequently h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/emusic.adds.web.social/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/springlets.for.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/7-springlet-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Magnetism Studios, the company behind Insanely Great Tees clothing, has unveiled Springlets, a collection of home-screen functions for the iPhone and iPod touch. The collection of six icons allows users to jump directly to a number of online search databases, rather than having to load Safari and perform a Google search. Users can jump directly to Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" search, IMDb, Chowhou... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/springlets.for.iphone/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/05/iclueless.search.suite/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/5-iclueless-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Efiko Software recently unveiled iClueless for iPhone and iPod touch users, a web-based software suite that enables users to find near anything on the internet. iClueless can find both the standard and mobile versions of a web page, enabling it to customize the browsing experience for either WiFi or the 2G network. The application can search Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, ESPN, Amazon, and many other s... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/05/iclueless.search.suite/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:55:00 GMT