Cupertino, Calif. - Just three days after launching its new iPhone 3GS model, Apple said on Monday that it already has sold more than 1 million of the smartphones. [more..]

Cupertino, Calif. - Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple on medical leave since January, received a liver transplant in Tennessee this spring, The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend. [more..]

Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will open a formal proceeding to examine the exclusive deals between cell phone makers and wireless network operators that some have argued restrict consumer choice, such as the exclusives between AT&T and Apple's iPhone, and Sprint and Palm's Pre. [more..]

Washington - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to issue new guidelines for bloggers who accept products, monetary compensation or other gifts in return for writing about the providers of said gifts, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Bellevue, Wash. - Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA announced on Monday that it will launch the second smartphone to feature Google's Android operating system, the HTC myTouch, in the U.S. this summer with a $199 price tag. [more..]

Dublin, Ireland - After suing Ireland's largest ISP Eircom and getting the company to agree to voluntarily implement a "three-strikes" policy on file-swappers, the four major record labels have now sued the country's second-largest telco, BT Ireland, and cable operator UPC, to get them to follow suit, the Irish Times reports. [more..]

London - A U.K. man allegedly connected with the pre-release piracy group DV8 was arrested earlier this month, in the aftermath of a joint investigation by authorities and record label trade groups BPI and IFPI, according to published reports. [more..]

Washington - Looking to wipe out some of the company's heavy debt load, satellite radio firm Sirius XM said on Monday that its XM Satellite Radio unit plans to raise $350 million through a notes offering.
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Mountain View, Calif. - Tumri, a provider of dynamic display advertising services, has added over $15 million in new venture capital financing, including over $10 million in equity from Time Warner Investments and previous backers Accel Partners, Shasta Ventures and Tenaya Capital.
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New York - YCD Multimedia, a provider of in-store digital media systems for retailers, announced on Monday that it has raised $12 million in new financing, led by Pitango Venture Capital and Arts Alliance Digital. [more..]

Santa Monica, Calif. - Geodelic, the developer of a local discovery application, announced on Monday that it has secured $3.5 million in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, where the company was incubated, and Shasta Ventures. [more..]

New York - Social media payment platform oneTXT said on Monday that it has closed a $2 million first round of financing, led by Metamorphic Ventures. [more..]

London - Spotify, the ad-supported streaming music service available in the U.K. and parts of Europe, has upgraded the streaming quality for subscribers to its ad-free premium service to "CD quality." [more..]

Los Angeles - Following the election of a member of Sweden's Pirate Party to the European Parliament, Germany's PiratenPartei has gained its own seat in the German Federal Parliament, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]

Washington - JibJab, the California-based creator of political parity cartoon videos, on Saturday premiered its first satire of the Obama administration at the 65th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, with the President, himself, in attendance. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Monday announced 20-year-old scoring phenom Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks as the new cover athletes of its NHL 10 videogame. [more..]