Los Angeles - An estimated 2.9 million U.S. mobile subscribers received Sen. Barack Obama's text message announcing Sen. Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate, according to Nielsen Mobile.
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San Francisco - Apple's iTunes Store is now available once again in China, although the pro-Tibet album that was the reported cause of the store's being blocked by Chinese censors remains unavailable in the country, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Technorati, a blog search and advertising network that tracks over 100 million blogs, has acquired Blogcritics, a six-year-old blog aggregation network, CEO Richard Jalichandra announced on his blog. [more..]

Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com will acquire Shelfari, an online social network for avid readers, Shelfari said in a post on its blog. [more..]

Beijing - Major record label EMI has filed suit against China-based music recommendation service Yobo.com, Pacific Epoch reports, citing the Beijing Times. [more..]

Reston, Va. - Some 23 years after its inception, the ".org" Internet domain now includes more than 7 million addresses, making it the third largest generic domain on the Web, after .com and .net, according to the organization that oversees the suffix. [more..]

Cambridge, Mass. - JumpTap, a provider of mobile search and advertising services, announced on Tuesday that it has raised over $26 million in its fourth round of funding, led by AllianceBernstein.
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Los Angeles - Regent Media, the owner of gay-focused cable network here! Networks, announced that it has completed its acquisition of gay media firm PlanetOut's publishing properties, including Out and The Advocate magazines. [more..]

Foster City, Calif. - Qik, the provider of a live mobile video streaming platform, announced on Tuesday that it has received a "significant investment" from Netscape veterans Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who will also join the company's board of advisors. [more..]

San Mateo, Calif. - Online advertising network Brand.net said on Tuesday that it has landed a $10 million second round of venture capital financing, led by Norwest Venture Partners and previous backer InterWest Partners. [more..]

Nashville, Tenn. - StudioNow, an online network of video production professionals that offer their services to businesses, is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has secured $2 million in new private equity funding, from Clayton Associates and existing investors. [more..]

Mark Cuban: Could technical advances in large stadium screens be a tipping point in the economics and presentation of the Olympics 2016? [more..]

San Francisco - The college-aged developer who created "Tris," a "Tetris" knock-off game for Apple's iPhone, is voluntarily removing the game from the App Store after Apple informed him of trademark and copyright claims it received from The Tetris Company, CNET News.com reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Hip-hop artist LL Cool J on Monday introduced Boomdizzle.com, a new joint venture with long-time label Def Jam that offers a promotional platform for aspiring music artists. [more..]

New York - Viacom's mtvU on Tuesday announced the launch of mtvU Campus Daily Guides, an online resource for local events, restaurants and other areas of interest on 25 U.S. college campuses. [more..]

London - Universal Music UK has introduced a new online store that will sell DRM-free movie soundtrack albums, Billboard reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Viacom's Harmonix game studio has partnered with on-demand 3D printing firm Z Corporation to offer players of its upcoming "Rock Band 2" the ability to order six-inch tall figurine versions of their customized musician avatars from the game, Wired.com reports. [more..]

Minneapolis - News Corp.'s Photobucket image-hosting site announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with retail store chain Target to offer in-store printing of photographs. [more..]

San Mateo, Calif. - Web video-on-demand service Jaman.com on Tuesday announced a deal with Lionsgate, to distribute a large collection of the film studio's titles on its service. [more..]