In March, we coveredthe launchofZite, a free, personalized iPad magazine that gets “smarter” as you use it. While at first I was slightly skeptical, the app has taken off, and every day I hear more people tell me it’s their favorite iPad news app. The reason is that reading news on Zite is a pleasure as you no longer have to go back and forth between information silos. You can sign-in with your Twitter or Google account and it immediately starts generating targeted content....

Following on from the launch of itsAndroid tablet app, CNN has unveiled an official app forAndroid smartphones. For those wondering what the big deal is about launching the same app again, unlike iOS, Android tablets and smartphones run a totally different version of the operating system and iOS-like universal binaries compatible with both tablet and phone are virtually non-existent. The Android app looks strikingly similar to its iOS counterpart and, except for a few strategically altered menu placements, both look like they are fresh out of a copier....

Looking for a new app for your Galaxy tab or perhaps your brand new Xoom? There’s good newsfrom CNN. The cable news station has just introducedits Android application, and unlike the version for the iPad, you’ll even be able to do the CNN iReport function due to the Android tablets’ built-in camera. The CNN app will expose tablet users to the best submissions from our hundreds of thousands of iReporters across the globe, as well as enable them to submit their own iReports and participate along with us....

Gowallais a solid check-in location app in its own right, but it definitely needs to pull some clever moves to get out from underFoursquare‘s shadow. AMEX partnerships? Not worth it. Photo sharing integrations? Kindergarten stuff. Gowalla has just become a citizen-supported, news community forCNN. Starting today,CNN iReportwill turn Gowalla users into citizen news crawlers using its brand new iReport Highlight feature. Here’s how it works: When you check-in on Gowalla, add the iReport Highlight and your story will be uploaded to the CNN iReport....

The Coca Cola brand is always ahead of the curve when it comes to social media and it proved that yet again with its latest campaign video from Isreal where it used Facebook Places to encourage users to recycle their old bottles. 10,000 recycling bins were placed around the country and all given their own Facebook place. Users were then encouraged to check into the spots and take photos as they recycled their bottles....