London - Apple announced in London on Tuesday that wireless carrier O2, a unit of Spain's Telefonica, will be the exclusive U.K. carrier of the iPhone when it launches there on Nov. 9. [more..]

San Diego - The global video game and interactive entertainment industry is expected to grow from about $33 billion in 2006 to as much as $47 billion in 2009, according to a forecast from market research firm DFC Intelligence. [more..]

New York - IAC (InterActiveCorp) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a majority stake in GarageGames, an Oregon-based provider of game development tools. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google has announced the launch of a version of its contextual ad service, AdSense, for mobile phones. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook has announced that several of its investors have created a $10 million "fbFund," which will be used to provide grants to Facebook application developers. [more..]

Dulles, Va. - A day after announcing plans to relocate its headquarters to New York, AOL on Tuesday announced the launch of BlueString, a free site that lets users upload, manage and share digital media such as photos, videos and music. [more..]

Espoo, Finland - Nokia has announced plans to acquire Enpocket, a provider of mobile advertising services. [more..]

London - Emote Games, a provider of financing for game developers, announced on Tuesday that it has received an $8 million investment from Electra Quoted Management, which will be used to grow the company's investment portfolio. [more..]

Atlanta - StreetFire.net, a site for car enthusiasts that features a video network, has raised around $6.1 million in its first round of financing from California-based investors, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Santa Clara, Calif. - PlaySpan, a provider of in-game commerce applications for publishers, has raised $6.5 million in its first round of venture capital financing, PaidContent.org reported. [more..]

Dallas, TX – According to comScore, a digital media intelligence provider, the fastest growing website in August was GodTube.com, a faith-based video site.  [more..]

While some Brits might be willing to pay the price to get their hands on an iPhone, consumers are expected to be less forgiving of the iPhone's EDGE data support on O2, blogs Jay Baage.
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Jay Baage gives an update on DMW's Millennials Conference next week, inclusing a special deal with Ypulse Mashup and Digital Life, which kick off at the Javits Center in New York City on September 28, the day after Millennials. Only a few tickets left! [more..]

Does the New York Times' decision to tear down the pay wall mean that newspapers should forget about paid content? Yes, if they want be part of the “conversation” and participate in the web’s link-based ecosystem and economy, blogs Scott Karp.
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I have written before about seeing the potential for using Twitter for marketing, now I'm going to try it myself and see what all the buzz is about, blogs Rohit Bhargava. [more..]

London - Radiohead has ended its boycott of digital music retail, as the band's former label EMI has struck a deal with U.K.-based retailer 7digital to sell full MP3 Radiohead albums. [more..]

London - U.K. social networking site Bebo has partnered with Sony Pictures Television to develop a new interactive Web series, "Sofia's Diary," Variety reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) announced on Tuesday that it will launch its first high-definition channel this fall on the DirecTV satellite service. [more..]

Los Angeles - Me.dium, a developer of a Web application that lets users see which friends are online and what sites and services they are using, on Tuesday launched RockMe, a five-day online music festival that will feature concert webcasts and new music debuts. [more..]

Santa Clara, Calif. - Macrovision, a provider of copy-protection and game distribution technologies, said on Tuesday that it has repurchased the remaining $50 million worth of shares under its existing $100 million buyback program, launched in August 2006. [more..]

Los Angeles - Ripe Digital Entertainment, a network of entertainment sites targeting young men, has announced that it has added its programming to Joost, the free streaming Internet TV service. [more..]

Los Angeles - Gemstar-TV Guide International, a provider of electronic program guides for digital TV services, said on Tuesday that it signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA. [more..]

San Diego - RoyaltyShare, a provider of digital royalty and content management services, announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its service from music to include automated processing of digital video sales from services like iTunes, AOL, Yahoo and Music Choice. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts said on Tuesday that it has launched online voting to determine the cover athlete for its upcoming football game, "NFL Tour." [more..]