New York – GoldRun, the developer of an augmented reality
platform for mobile devices, announced on Monday that it has raised $1.1
million in angel funding.

Participants in the round included Ed Mathias, Jon
Ledecky, Jeremy Zimmer, Jim Hauslein and Mark Ein.

New York-based GoldRun says
its platform uses GPS to "link 2D and 3D virtual goods to physical
locations like retail stores, airports and events… enabling users to locate,
interact with and take pictures alongside virtual objects, and earn immediate,
relevant real world rewards."

Customers have included H&M, Airwalk, Interscope Records and Barnes & Noble.

The company will use the funds for
additional product development, and to support sales and deployment activities.

Related Links:
http://www.goldrungo.com

Los Angeles – Digital Media Wire announced on Friday that it
has tapped Served Fresh Media to provide social media reporters and coverage of
its 2011 slate of conferences covering TV, film, gaming, video, music and
mobile. New York-based social media reporting firm Served Fresh will provide
original reporting and photos, video interviews, play-by-play tweets and
Facebook updates of DMW events including the LA Games Conference (April 25-26);
Digital Media Conference (June 17); NY Games Conference (Sept. 21-22); Digital
Music Forum West (Oct. 6); Future of Film Summit (Nov. 8); and Future of
Television Conference (Nov. 18).

Related Links:
http://dmwmedia.wpengine.com

http://servedfreshmedia.net

Tokyo – Sony (NYSE: SNE) has made its Music Unlimited streaming service
available on its PSP portable game device. Sony launched music Unlimited, which
offers a basic plan for $3.99 per month and a premium tier for $9.99 per month,
earlier this year for the PlayStation 3 and other Sony devices. PSP users must
also have a valid PlayStation Network ID to access Music Unlimited.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/3m7k67y

Los Angeles – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has released a new application called
the SocialTV Companion Service, which lets service providers offer a real-time
social media component to TV programming. A companion screen on a smartphone or
tablet can offer interactive games, applications, live chat and social networking
feeds. Motorola said the application is "device-agnostic," and
compatible with any Internet-connected tablet, smartphone or computer with
HTML5 browser support.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/3fuygzf

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20052054-17.html

Washington – Following 17 years at The Washington Post, tech
reporter and columnist Rob Pegoraro has announced that he’s leaving the paper.
"The proximate cause is management deciding that the sort of review and
analysis of technology that I’ve been doing for most of those 17 years is no
longer part of the Post’s core mission," Pegoraro wrote on his blog. He
plans to explore new opportunities, as well as spend time with his young daughter,
who was born last year.

Related Links:
http://robpegoraro.com/2011/04/07/departure

Washington – Ancestry.com said it has partnered with the
National Archives to make millions of newly digitized Civil War records
available online for the first time. Through the partnership, more than 42
million records, including 25 million from the National Archives, are now free
to access through Ancestry.com through next Wednesday. Included are the entire
U.S. Civil War draft registration records, 1863-1865, and the complete 1860 and
1870 censuses.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/4yum75t

http://www.ancestry.com/civilwar150?o_iid=47671&o_lid=47671

Redmond, Wash. – Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) announced on Friday that it has
integrated digital media technologies with thePlatform’s video management
system, in a solution that will be used by cable TV provider Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) to deliver
"TV Everywhere" streaming video services.

Microsoft’s PlayReady
digital rights management (DRM) and Internet Information Services (IIS) Smooth
Streaming technologies will be integrated with thePlatform’s mpx video system.

The
first customer for the integration will be Comcast’s Xfinity TV service, which
streams video online and to Apple’s iPad.

"We’re always looking at
technologies that will help us deliver high-quality, premium video to a broad
range of IP-connected devices," said Charlie Herrin, senior vice president
of product development and technology for Comcast Interactive Media.

"This
new, integrated solution from Microsoft and thePlatform supports our ongoing
efforts to deliver great entertainment experiences for our customers on all
screens and devices."

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/43wszzr

http://www.theplatform.com

San Bruno, Calif. – Google’s (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on Friday announced the
launch of YouTube Live, which will initially offer a limited set of users the
ability to stream live video via the site.

The company previously experimented
with live streaming, offering concerts, sporting events and interviews on a
one-off basis.

YouTube said that live streaming capabilities will initially be
limited to "certain YouTube partners with accounts in good standing,"
but that its goal is to provide "thousands" of partners with the
feature in the months ahead.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/3zfcom4
(YouTube blog)

http://www.youtube.com/live

Washington – The Department of Justice on Friday cleared
Google’s (NASD: GOOG) $700 million acquisition of Massachusetts-based ITA Software, but also
added several caveats aimed at protecting competitors in the airfare comparison
and booking space. Under the agreement, the DOJ will require Google to license
its travel software, provide mandatory arbitration under certain circumstances
and establish a reporting mechanism for competitors to make formal complaints.

"The acquisition, as originally proposed, would have substantially
lessened competition among providers of comparative flight search websites in
the United States, resulting in reduced choice and less innovation for
consumers," the Justice Department said in a statement.

Since Google first
announced the deal in July, the online travel industry has sought to block the
acquisition, alleging the company’s dominance in search would give it an unfair
advantage.

"We will begin work immediately to close the acquisition, and
are committed to making the integration process as seamless as possible for our
employees and customers," said ITA in a statement.

ITA’s software is used
by most major airlines and travel distributors to organize flight information.
Clients include American, Continental, Southwest, United, US Airways and Virgin
Atlantic, as well as online travel sites including Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz and
TripAdvisor.

Related Links:
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/April/11-at-445.html
http://tinyurl.com/3sj6zae