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News-reading app Flipboard expands local coverage, including coronavirus updates, to 12 more US metros

TechCrunch LA

Earlier this year, personalized news aggregation app Flipboard expanded into local news. The feature brought local news, sports, real estate, weather, transportation news and more to 23 cities across the U.S. Today, Flipboard is bringing local news to 12 more U.S. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Verve Wireless: 100M Mobile News Pages Per Month

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San Diego-based Verve Wireless is reporting tonight that the firm served up 100 million mobile news pages per month in 2009, up 160% year over year. The firm, which powers such mobile news applications as AP Mobile, said it is on track to serve up 2.2 billion news pages this year. READ MORE>>.

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Verve Wireless Raises $7M For Mobile News Apps

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San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. According to Verve, the new funding will go towards further development and expansion of products. READ MORE>>.

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Calacanis Launches News Aggregation Service Inside.com

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Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the startup led by tech celebrity Jason Calacanis, apparently is shifting its focus to a new effort called Inside.com , focused on mobile news. inside.com mahalo service aggregation news calacanis jason' READ MORE>>.

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Jam City Acquires Bingo Pop Mobile Game

L.A. Business Journal

Culver City–headquartered mobile game developer Jam City Inc. 28 it acquired a new title from Uken Studios Inc., The news came less than two weeks after Jam City announced its strategic partnership agreement with the Walt Disney Co. reported Nov. which does business as Uken Games.

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Fox Mobile Group Sold By News Corp.

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Beverly Hills- and Berlin, Germany-based Fox Mobile Group , which offers mobile content distribution and mobile entertainment products, has been sold to Jesta Group , Jesta said Wednesday. Jesta said Fox Mobile Group will become part of Jesta Mobile Holdings. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Payvia, Mobile-XL Partner On Mobile Payments

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Los Angeles-based Payvia , which is developing mobile payment technology, and Mobile-XL , which develops software for providing access to digital services to people in Africa and India, are in a partnership, the companies said this morning. payvia mobilexl mobile payments emerging india africa' and Trinity Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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