San Francisco - Seesmic, a developer of live video webcam communications technology, has raised $6 million in new funding, led by Omidyar Network and Wellington Partners, VentureBeat reported.

San Francisco - Seesmic, a provider of webcam video distribution services, announced on Friday that it has acquired Twhirl, an application that connects with Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku and other "microblogging" services.

Red Bank, N.J. - BigString Interactive on Monday introduced a Facebook application that lets members of the social network broadcast original live video content. The beta release of BigString TV will allow anyone with a webcam and Internet connection to broadcast live video.

Jerusalem - Israel's Antiquities Authority has installed Internet cameras at an excavation site on hallowed ground in Jerusalem, so that anyone can monitor the work and ensure it does not negatively affect the holy site, Reuters reported. Last week, Palestinians protested the construction site, fearing it would damage the holy Muslim al-Aqsa mosque or Dome of the Rock. Israel has denied the excavation, part of a plan to create a walkway to a complex known to Jews as Temple Mount and Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, will harm the site. "The Antiquities Authority invites the public in the country and in the world to monitor the excavations up close and to see what is being done on the ground at any given time," said Osnat Goaz, the group's spokeswoman.