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DMW Daily, September 9, 2009

Top Stories
o Steve Jobs Unveils New iPods, Updates for iTunes, iPhone
o AT&T to Double 3G Network Speed in L.A., 5 Other Cities
o Palm Introduces Pixi Smartphone; Drops Pre Price to $149
o USOpen.org Serves Up 6.4 Million Video Streams in Week One
o AOL Taps Former Yahoo Exec to Lead Email and IM Group
o VeriVue Secures $20 Million for Video Distribution Hardware
o Riot Games Raises $8 Million for Virtual Item-based Titles
o Mzinga Gets $5 Million for Business Social Media Software
o Evernote Adds $2 Million to Second Round
o RightNow Acquires Corporate Social Media Firm HiveLive
o Developers Land Funding for Songbird Open-Source Music Player
Briefly Noted
o Yahoo Debuts New Applications for iPhone, BlackBerry
o Microsoft, U.K. Retailer Tesco Team on 'Virtual DVD' Service
o Automattic Buys WordPress Spell-Check Plugin After the Deadline
o TweetMixx to Scrape Twitter for Most Relevant Links
o Podcast Distributor Wizzard Acquires iBonsai iPhone App
 Top Stories
o Steve Jobs Unveils New iPods, Updates for iTunes, iPhone 
San Francisco - Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage on Wednesday for the first time since undergoing a liver transplant earlier this year, to unveil upgraded and discounted iPods, including a video-capable iPod nano, as well as updates to its iTunes and iPhone software. [more..]
o AT&T to Double 3G Network Speed in L.A., 5 Other Cities 
Dallas - AT&T on Wednesday announced plans to double the speed of its 3G wireless network in six major cities this year, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami and Charlotte. [more..]
o Palm Introduces Pixi Smartphone; Drops Pre Price to $149 
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Palm on Wednesday introduced the Palm Pixi, a smaller, less expensive smartphone cousin to its touch-screen Pre. [more..]
o USOpen.org Serves Up 6.4 Million Video Streams in Week One 
New York - The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) reports that its USOpen.org attracted 5.3 million unique users during its first week of live streaming video coverage of the tournament, up 60% from a year ago, PaidContent reported. [more..]
o AOL Taps Former Yahoo Exec to Lead Email and IM Group 
New York - Looking to expand the reach of its email and instant messaging services, AOL has hired former Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse as its president of Internet and mobile communications. [more..]
o VeriVue Secures $20 Million for Video Distribution Hardware 
Westford, Mass. - VeriVue, a maker of video distribution and delivery equipment, has raised $20 million in a third round of funding, led by Sigma Partners, VentureWire reported.
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o Riot Games Raises $8 Million for Virtual Item-based Titles 
Los Angeles - Riot Games, an independent developer and publisher of online games, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $8 million in new financing, from Benchmark Capital, FirstMark Capital and Chinese online services firm Tencent. [more..]
o Mzinga Gets $5 Million for Business Social Media Software 
Burlington, Mass. - Mzinga, a provider of social software and services for marketing, customer support and learning, has raised $5 million of venture capital, the company has disclosed in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [more..]
o Evernote Adds $2 Million to Second Round 
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Evernote, a Web-based service that helps consumers store Web page snippets and other personal media, has raised an additional $2 million for its second round of funding from DoCoMo Capital, bringing the round's total to $6.5 million. [more..]
o RightNow Acquires Corporate Social Media Firm HiveLive 
Bozeman, Mont. - RightNow, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired HiveLive, a developer of social networking tools for businesses, for $6 million. [more..]
o Developers Land Funding for Songbird Open-Source Music Player 
San Francisco - Pioneers of the Inevitable, the developer of the Songbird open-source music jukebox software, has raised an undisclosed amount of new financing, TechCrunch reported. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Yahoo Debuts New Applications for iPhone, BlackBerry 
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo has introduced three new mobile applications, which are variously available for Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry. [more..]
o Microsoft, U.K. Retailer Tesco Team on 'Virtual DVD' Service 
London - Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with U.K. retail chain Tesco on a new "Virtual DVD" service, that will allow Tesco customers who purchase DVD and Blu-ray movies to download a digital copy to their computers. [more..]
o Automattic Buys WordPress Spell-Check Plugin After the Deadline 
Los Angeles - Automattic, the developer of the WordPress blogging platform, has acquired After the Deadline, the developer of a spell checker plugin for the WordPress platform. [more..]
o TweetMixx to Scrape Twitter for Most Relevant Links 
McLean, Va. - Social news site Mixx said on Wednesday that it has launched a new application designed to sift through the loads of content posted through San Francisco-based microblogging service Twitter to flesh out only links of interest. [more..]
o Podcast Distributor Wizzard Acquires iBonsai iPhone App 
Pittsburgh - Wizzard Media, a provider of podcast publishing and distribution services, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired iBonsai, a miniaturized Japanese tree-building application featured in Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. [more..]