Durham, N.C. - Motricity, a provider of mobile content services, announced that it has raised $185 million in a round of venture capital, which was led by Advanced Equities, Carl Icahn and New Enterprise Associates.

Durham, N.C. - Motricity, a provider of mobile content publishing and delivery services, announced on Monday that it will acquire the mobile services business of InfoSpace for about $135 million in cash.

Durham, N.C. - Motricity, a provider of mobile content technology, is close to completing a $175 million investment, the Triangle Business Journal reported on Friday.

San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of more than 12 million hours of Web video, on Monday introduced AdHoc, which it is calling the first contextually-relevant video advertising platform.

Los Angeles - Twistbox Entertainment, a developer and publisher of mobile entertainment content, announced on Thursday that it has acquired mobile media firm InfoSpace's mobile game development studio in San Mateo, Calif. for an undisclosed sum.

George W. Haywood has resigned as a member of XM's Board of Directors, effective October 3rd, it was announced today by Gary Parsons, Chairman of the Board, XM Satellite Radio. “On behalf of XM's Board of Directors, I'd like to thank George for his contributions to XM over the last few years," said Parsons. "It's been a true pleasure to work with someone as talented as George and we wish him well in his future endeavors."