SkyBitz, the Sterling, Va.-based developer of satellite tracking tools, said on Wednesday it once again plans to provide real-time tracking of the Capitol Christmas tree on its 4,500-mile journey to DC from California's Stanislaus National Forest.

Ortsbo.com, which describes itself as a real-time conversational translator, will host a two-part Live & Global event from this year’s Orange Amplification Classic Rock Roll Of Honour show. The event is being held in London on Nov. 9 and will be hosted by Ortsbo spokesman and partner, Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons.

Mobile media application, marketing and ad network company Kickanotch Mobile secured $1.1 million in initial funding led by 42 Ventures, with participation from unnamed other strategic media and technology investors.

Andy and April, the recently married lovebirds from NBC’s hit comedy "Parks and Recreation," have embarked on a cross-country drive. The trip is being documented in an online extension of the show that includes five webisodes, along with an interactive map that showcases user-submitted photos of places along the route.

"DC Universe Online," the massively multiplayer online action game from Sony Online Entertainment, kept its promise to go free-to-play just two days after its self-imposed October 31 deadline. Just two days after that, it had gained 120,000 new PC registrations.

EMI Music and music intelligence platform The Echo Nest today announced a genuinely innovative initiative that will grant application developers blanket permission to work with thousands of songs, videos and other licensed music-related assets.

Mobile shopping assistant ShopSavvy has secured $7 million in initial funding led by Eduardo Saverin, Facebook co-founder and private investor, who will join the company’s board of directors. ShopSavvy will use the financing to open a new office in San Francisco and expand the company's engineering team.

Mobage, the global mobile entertainment network for Android, is now out of beta and fully launched. The development was announced today by ngmoco and its parent company DeNA Co.

Mobile ad network Tapjoy launched its new personal app marketplace, a way of sifting through app clutter by offering individualized recommendations to users. The service uses factors including ratings, previous app usage, and which apps are being used by friends.