New York - Microsoft will introduce a new mobile phone that combines elements of its Zune digital media player, Danger's Sidekick device and additional "motion enhancement features," Barron's reported, citing Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry. [more..]

Tokyo - Sony Computer Entertainment announced on Wednesday that a beta version of its "PlayStation Home" 3D social gaming community service for the PlayStation 3 will debut worldwide tomorrow. [more..]

Washington - One in five teen girls (22%), and almost one in five teen boys (18%) say they have sent or posted online nude or semi-nude images of themselves, according to a survey of 1,280 teens and young adults conducted by TRU for The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com. [more..]

Washington - National Public Radio (NPR) announced on Wednesday that it will cut 7% of its workforce and cut expenses, citing "an uncertain economy and a sharp decline in current and projected revenues from corporate underwriting." [more..]

Reston, Va. - Google's YouTube attracted 100 million U.S. online video viewers in October, a month in which U.S. Internet users viewed 13.5 billion videos -- an increase of 45% from the previous year, according to a report from comScore Video Metrix. [more..]

Dulles, Va. - Seven months after completing its $850 million acquisition of U.K.-based online social network Bebo, Time Warner's AOL on Wednesday officially kicked off the site's U.S. push with the release of a "Social Inbox" that combines email, social networking and media recommendations in a single interface. [more..]

Washington - Tinselvision, a Web video-on-demand service that offered Indian TV and Bollywood films to South Asian communities living abroad, has shut down, PaidContent reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Emotive Communications, a developer of smart media applications for mobile entertainment, announced on Wednesday that it has raised a $6.25 million second round of venture capital financing, led by the Mayfield Fund. [more..]

Needham, Mass. - SnapMyLife, a provider of mobile photo-sharing services, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in a deal led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Carmel Ventures. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Anvato, the developer of a video identification and monetization service, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $2 million of a $4 million first round of financing, led by Oxantium Ventures. [more..]

New York - Give Real, a New York-based startup founded by a pair of Princeton graduates, on Wednesday formally launched both its website and "Real Drinks" Facebook application, which allow people to buy real drinks for friends, family and colleagues anywhere in the country. [more..]

The transition teams need to take a light touch to broadcast regulation that could further damage the already precarious health of this industry, blogs David Oxenford. [more..]

Los Angeles - A digital music start-up called Bopaboo has launched a beta version of its service that allows users to sell "used" MP3 files to one another. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google has announced plans to begin digitizing millions of magazine articles for inclusion on its Google Book Search project, and has signed deals to offer publications like New York Magazine, Popular Science and Ebony. [more..]

Los Angeles - Digital cinema firm Cinedigm (formerly AccessIT) announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Time Warner's Turner Sports and the NBA to broadcast TNT's coverage of "NBA All-Star Saturday Night" live in 3D HD to 80 digitally-equipped U.S. movie theaters in 35 states. [more..]

Los Angeles - Katalyst Films, a production company co-founded by actor Ashton Kutcher, plans to launch an original online series through social media application developer Slide's platform in the coming months, PaidContent reports. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental service Netflix said on Wednesday that developers tasked with coming up with a 10% improvement on its movie recommendation system in its second-annual $1 million challenge fell short, and it instead again awarded a $50,000 "Progress Prize" to the scientists who came closest. [more..]

San Francisco - First on Mars announced on Wednesday the launch of its personalized guide to free and legal network TV available online, which indexes more than 12,500 episodes from 600 shows on 63 networks. [more..]