When it comes to getting the latest news and finding the right one that we are interested in, that would not be the consistent case. With so much to report about what is going on in the world today, you are bound to get some news clippings that you may not even be interested at all.

However, the Smiling App news aims to put some order to this area. The new app is a powerful and fully functional news reader and can act as a go-to source of standard news. It is available on the Apple App Store for $0.99.

Features:

• Four different positivity levels (from neutral to high)
• Easy-to-use one-tap emoticon interface
• 16 popular news sources, sorted by category, including: Yahoo! News, Google News, AP, New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, USA Today, NPR, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek
• An expansive and informative positive news category from the Smile News Mix
• View one OR multiple news sources at the same time
• Assign specific news sources to specific news categories
• The ability to enter feeds of your choice (via RSS)
• Landscape mode for easy reading - just tilt your device and double-tap on the article text

Smile News Network is a software company founded by young veterans of the tech world who seek to apply technology for the social good.

(Source) Press

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If you are an avid follower of MSNBC via the television, well, you can now access breaking news, videos and photos via your iPhone now that MSNBC.com and Zumobi launch an app compatible with the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The app is now available for free at the Apple App Store.

With the msnbc.com app, millions of “news explorers” can now immerse themselves in the video and news stories that inform, excite and ignite the imagination - right from their iPhone or iPod touch. The radial interface allows for easy navigation by offering consumers a full view of the colorful menu so they can select what they want to explore.

The settings allow users to easily scan and scroll through content, play and pause video, or select and read news stories. The Twitter integration enables consumers to easily share articles as well as track Twitter feeds from their favorite NBC News and MSNBC Cable anchors.

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I remember when I was younger, unlimited texting wasn’t as affordable as it is now and whenever my phone bill was exessive my parents threatened to give my phone’s service the axe. Well, it looks like one parent by the name of Gregg Christoffersen decided to take the axing to a whole new level.

13 year old Dena Christoffersen, Gregg’s daughter, managed to send and/or receive 20,000 text messages in 1 month alone. Of course, her parents didn’t sign up for unlimited texting resulting in a staggering $4,750 phone bill. Hours after receiving the bill, Gregg proceeded to smash his daughter’s cellphone effectively solving the problem ensuring it would never happen again.

MSNBC reports that Verizon has agreed to drop the bill to a more reasonable price, lucky for Gregg. At least we know it wasn’t an iPhone.

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