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MTV, VH1 Programs to Utilize Foursquare Location Service

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV and VH1 networks on Tuesday announced a partnership with Foursquare, a provider of location-based social services. The networks will be the...

Live Video Streaming Service Justin.tv Releases iPhone App

San Francisco - Live streaming video service Justin.tv has released an application for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone, which allows users to watch every channel available on the website,...

Placecast Gets $3 Million for Location-based Mobile Marketing

San Francisco - Placecast, a provider of location-based mobile marketing services, has raised $3 million in its second round of funding, TechCrunch reported. Investors included Quatrex Capital, ONSET...

Report: iPhone Games Poaching Revenue From Sony, Nintendo

San Francisco - Games developed for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch accounted for 19% of all revenue from games developed for mobile devices in 2009,...

Angered China Moves to Block Google; Partners Step Back

Beijing - In the wake of Google's (NASD:  GOOG) decision yesterday to stop censoring results on its search engine in China, the Chinese government moved...

Offerpal Media Acquires Mobile Developer Tapjoy

Fremont, Calif. - Offerpal Media, a provider of virtual currency payment alternatives, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Tapjoy, the developer of a monetization and distribution...

NHL Debuts iPhone Application for U.K., Europe

Los Angeles - The National Hockey League (NHL) has launched a new iPhone application for users in the U.K. and Europe, PaidContent reported. "You literally have...

Thumbplay Music Enters Public Beta for BlackBerry

New York - Mobile entertainment distributor Thumpblay on Monday announced the launch of its Thumbplay Music service in public beta in the U.S. The company said...

MobiTV DRM Tweak to Allow Caching of Mobile TV Programs

Las Vegas - MobiTV, a provider of mobile TV programming and delivery services, this week introduced a change to its digital rights management (DRM) scheme that...

HTC Responds to Apple iPhone Patent Infringement Claims

Seattle - Mobile phone maker HTC has responded to Apple's (NASD: AAPL) patent infringement claims related to the iPhone, saying it "disagrees with Apple's actions and will fully...