Cupertino, Calif. - Apple on Friday posted details on how early iPhone purchasers can claim the $100 credit the company is offering to defray criticism for slashing the price of the device by $200 after just two months on sale. [more..]

New York - U.S. video game sales rose 46% in August compared with the same period a year ago, led again by Nintendo's Wii console, and bolstered by the release of Electronic Arts' "NFL Madden 08," Reuters reported, citing sales data from market research firm NPD Group. [more..]

San Francisco - Verizon Wireless briefly removed, then reinstated Bob Marley ringtones on its service this week, while caught in the throes of a licensing dispute between Universal Music Group and the estate of the deceased reggae legend, CNET News.com reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Three movie download websites have agreed to pay over $500,000 to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to settle charges related to a scheme involving unwanted pop-up ads. [more..]

Chicago - Yahoo announced this week that it has acquired BuzzTracker, a news aggregation site, for an undisclosed sum, and named the site's founder, Alan Warms, as general manager and vice president of Yahoo News. [more..]

Durham, N.C. - Motricity, a provider of mobile content technology, is close to completing a $175 million investment, the Triangle Business Journal reported on Friday. [more..]

San Francisco - What They Like, a provider of online reviews and advertising for the video game industry, has raised $1.5 million of an expected $3 million first round of venture capital financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

The problem is that a very small percentage of Digg’s and Reddit’s “citizens” control the news on the site — very much like a group of traditional editors, blogs Scott Karp.
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The Artist Formerly Known as Prince is taking on internet pirates, only on a larger scale as he goes after heavy-hitters like YouTube and eBay. [more..]

Shakira just finished a class at UCLA called "Introduction to Western Civilization" [more..]

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft said this week that hip-hop artists Kanye West and Talib Kweli will offer exclusive tracks on the Zune Marketplace for its Zune digital media player. [more..]

Atlanta - Adult Swim, the young adult animation network owned by Time Warner's Cartoon Network, this week announced that it will produce two free college concert tours this fall. [more..]

Beijing - Chinese mobile content distributor KongZhong on Friday announced a multi-year deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA), to operate the NBA's official Chinese mobile site. [more..]

Seoul, South Korea - Korean multiplayer game developer Webzen said on Friday that it has begun a closed beta test of its "Huxley," its forthcoming first-person shooter title. [more..]

cities," said on Friday that it plans to demonstrate "Fantasy Real Estate," a suite of Web-based casual games that follow consumers through the home ownership lifecycle, at the TechCrunch 40 conference next week. [more..]

Issaquah, Wash. - Computer gaming pioneer Amiga said this week that it has partnered with Vulcan Software and eGames to offer 15 Classic Amiga titles to market. [more..]