--New Version of iPhone Remote for Roku Launches
NBC Universal's financial news channel, CNBC, has become the latest broadcaster to launch a free, interactive application for the Apple iPhone/iPod touch. Dubbed the CNBC Real-Time App, the app is billed as providing:
- Real-time stock quotes before, during and after market hours (4:00AM-8:00PM Eastern), directly from both the NYSE and NASDAQ.
- Real-time interactive and historical charts, offering custom timeframes from one day to five years, and including pre- and post-market trading.
- Company-specific news, videos, profiles, returns and key metrics.
- Push notifications that alert users to critical business news breaking around the world.
- Regularly updated stock market news, top stories, instant analysis and opinion.
- A "My Stocks" feature that lets users set up and track their favorite company stocks live, in real time, with access to integrated charts and relevant news headlines.
- Information on the top stocks for each day that are being followed and discussed on CNBC.
- 24/7 live futures pricing with key pre-market indicators.
- Analysis of the stocks that are driving the movement of the Down Jones Industrial Average.
- Global stock indexes, currencies, commodities and bonds with historical treasury yield curves.
- Over 150 new video clips each day, including news reports from CNBC and NBC and interviews from CNBC.
"To be successful in today's complex market, every investor needs to have financial market data in real-time," Scott Drake, VP of CNBC Digital, said in a prepared statement. "Having access to this information when you want it is no longer a luxury but a necessity. We believe the unparalleled combination of real-time data, news and analysis, along with the comprehensive and easy-to-use interfaces, will make the CNBC Real-Time App the best business app available and it will quickly become a must-have for every investor with an iPhone or iPod touch."
In other iPhone news: Version 1.2 of DVPRemote, an application that enables iPhone and iPod touch devices to serve as a wireless remote for Roku's Digital Video Player, is now available in the Apple App Store. More information is available here.
