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Apple Rejects Sony Reader App; Must Offer In-App Purchases

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD:  AAPL) has rejected a Sony (NYSE:  SNE) Reader application from its App Store, telling the company it "can no...

Google, Twitter Team to Let Egyptians Send Phone Tweets

Mountain View, Calif. - Aiming to restore some level of outside communication in protest-ridden Egypt, Google (NASD:  GOOG) and Twitter said they joined forced over the...

Mobile Affiliate Ad Network OfferMobi Secures $1 Million

New York - OfferMobi.com, an affiliate ad network for U.S. mobile campaigns, has raised $1 million in new funding from ARC Angel Fund and some of...

Seesmic Gets $4 Million From Salesforce.com, Softbank

San Francisco - Seesmic, a developer of applications that monitor social networks across mobile devices, announced on Tuesday that it has received a $4 million investment...

IntoNow's SoundPrint Mobile App Can ID TV Shows

Palo Alto, Calif. - IntoNow on Monday introduced its SoundPrint technology, a "Shazam for TV" that can identify live TV programs by analyzing audio samples. The...

Report: Android Smartphone Shipments Surpass Nokia's Symbian

Reading, U.K. - Worldwide shipments of smartphones equipped with Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android operating system surpassed those of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Symbian handsets for the first time ever...

KIT Digital Acquires KickApps, Kewego, Kyte for $77.2 Million

Prague, Czech Republic - KIT Digital, a provider of online video services, announced on Monday that it has acquired three firms -- KickApps, Kewego and Kyte...

Sony Unveils NGP Handheld System, Line of Games for Android

Tokyo - Sony (NYSE:  SNE) Computer Entertainment on Thursday introduced the NGP, the second iteration of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game system, which will be...

Photos, Video of Sony 'PlayStation Phone' Surface

Los Angeles - Consumer electronics blog Engadget has posted photos and a video of what it says is the forthcoming Sony (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation Phone, the Sony...

Newsweek President Debuts Line of Mobile Digital Weeklies

New York - Former Newsweek president Mark Edmiston on Wednesday launched Nomad Editions, a new media firm that will offer weekly digital publications for mobile devices...