Yahoo! launches news aggregator app for iOS

Yahoo! has made a pretty quick and dramatic shift to mobile under the stewardship of CEO Marissa Meyer who took the stage today at CES for her keynote. Among the announcements was they acquisition of the Aviate desktop launcher for Android as well as a renewed focus on entertainment and mobile apps. 

News Digest for iOS is a news aggregator and summary app that learns what users read and shapes the delivery of content to follow these trends. Yahoo! seems focused on providing iOS-first solutions and apps. Their intro video during the CES keynote focused mostly on iPhones and iPads and many apps seem to arrive first on iOS.

"We wanted Yahoo News Digest to revisit a content format that when read, led you to a sense of completion and conclusiveness, much like reading the newspaper did," Yahoo's product manager for mobile and emerging products Nick D'Aloisio. 

BBM Beta on Android receives BBM channels, voice chat functionality

Ardent Android BBM Beta users should soon get an update to BlackBerry's cross platform messaging app that includes the social media-ish BBM Channels and the awaited WiFi voice chat functionality. Launched late last year by BlackBerry on their native BB10 version, these features were promised to Android and eventually iOS users as well.

Source: Engadget

Listen: The iOS gesture-based music player

If you want to control music with your iOS device but don’t want to have to look down on the screen, then the free Listen app might be a good option for you. The app is controlled mainly by gestures. You swipe to change songs and to shuffle between menus. You also just tap to start or pause a song. This will be handy for those listening to music while driving or working out. 

Google Maps on iOS gains access to your flight, hotel and restaurant reservations

Google Maps on iOS just got a lot smarter with the recent update which now enables flight, hotel and restaurant reservations right to show up from the app. Integrating the functionality of Google Now into Maps, any of the above reservations that are tied in to your Gmail account will auto-populate on any relevant maps. This is  nicely integrated solution for globetrotting iOS users.