7 Must-Haves For Scoring Venture Capital Cash ( http://ping.fm/wDLLQ )

National Design Awards 2009 | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum ( http://ping.fm/kd5u9 )

Weekend Design Porn: "Design USA" at the Cooper-Hewitt ( http://ping.fm/s9Hal )

Layar iPhone App Now Available, Augmented Reality is No Longer Science Fiction ( http://ping.fm/jeZbQ )

Shazam Gets Funding, Counts 50M Users of Mobile Music ID App

Shazam Gets Funding, Counts 50M Users of Mobile Music ID App: "London
- Shazam Entertainment, a provider of music recognition technology, announced
on Wednesday that it raised an undisclosed sum of new funding from venture
capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers' iFund.

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NFC Payments arrive in the US. http://ping.fm/lwKJW

French retailers, operators publish NFC adoption plans (http://ping.fm/W5MJx)

Industry reaction mixed to FCC net neutrality plans: New regs bring some clarity, beg new questions (http://ping.fm/gAqvR)

Print Campaign for iPhone Apps (http://ping.fm/QYsfN)

Finally, an Easy Way to Dominate Times Square (http://ping.fm/bYOLi)

Wave-to-pay (mobile payments) trials underway in Shanghai (http://ping.fm/bsUFf)

South Koreaâ??s telecom authorities approve iPhone (http://ping.fm/Y4DDm)

Verizon Brings Teen Public Service Campaign To �Three-Screens� (http://ping.fm/MBSA0)

DoCoMo Opens BlackBerry App Store (http://ping.fm/KFF7H)

NEC, Hitachi and Casio Merger Official

NEC, Hitachi and Casio Merger Official: "NEC, Hitachi and Casio handset JV announced, new Co. stock structure with NEC at 71%, Casio 20% and Hitachi 9%. PR here: http://bit.ly/OfWp4"

Today's Mobile Apps Are Just an Appetizer

Today's Mobile Apps Are Just an Appetizer: "
In grand historical terms, this whole mobile app thing is only now climbing out of the primordial ooze.Which, believe me, is what you want to hear. It would be pretty depressing if the evolution of mobile apps was destined to stop at Ask Happy Buddha. Or iFart.

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What Adobe's Omniture Acquisition Means for Advertising

What Adobe's Omniture Acquisition Means for Advertising: "NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- It's sexy these days for creatives to talk about data. And yesterday's marriage of Adobe and Omniture means analytics could soon be conceived right along with art and copy.

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2 Years after Nike Airs, Adidas Taps Radio Frequency Tags (http://ping.fm/zUdiO)

How Much Does An iPhone User Spend On Apps? $80 (http://ping.fm/izGz6)

Ten Characteristics of Great Companies (http://ping.fm/Q103b)