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Fluent Mobile Raises $1.2 Million for Mobile News App

Boston - Fluent Mobile, a developer of mobile applications, has raised about $1.2 million in venture capital, according to a new filing by the company with...

Report: Apple Pulling "Overtly Sexual" Content From App Store

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has begun removing applications from the App Store for its iPhone and iPod touch that contain "overtly sexual content," citing "numerous complaints...

Amazon.com Offers Kindle E-book App for BlackBerry

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Thursday introduced a new Kindle e-book reader application for Research in Motion's (NASD: RIMM) BlackBerry smartphones. The free application will give BlackBerry...

Verizon Releases FiOS TV Remote Control App for Smartphones

New York - Verizon (NYSE: VZ) on Thursday introduced a new mobile application for Motorola Droid and HTC Imagio owners that will allow them to use the...

U.S. Intl. Trade Commission Probing Apple, RIM on Kodak Patent

Washington - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to launch an investigation into whether iPhone maker Apple (NASD: AAPL) and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (NASD: RIMM)...

Shazam to Let Advertisers "Tag" Commercials, Link to Promotions

London - Shazam, a provider of mobile music identification services, on Wednesday announced the launch of a new program that lets brands and broadcasters utilize the...

Blockbuster On Demand Service to Ship on HTC HD2 Smartphone

Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) said on Wednesday that its Blockbuster On Demand movie download service will ship embedded on HTC's new HD2 smartphone...

Google: 60,000 Android-powered Phones Shipping Daily

Barcelona - Google (NASD: GOOG) and its manufacturing partners are now shipping 60,000 Android-powered mobile phones every day, according to remarks made by CEO Eric Schmidt this...

NBCOlympics.com Draws 13.6M Visitors in First 4 Days

New York - NBC Universal's (NYSE:  GE) NBCOlympics.com website drew 13.6 million visitors in the first four days of the games, an increase of 250% from...

Verizon to Permit Skype on 3G Smartphones

Barcelona - Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and Skype announced on Tuesday that, beginning in March, Skype will be available on Verizon 3G smartphones. Skype users will be...