WSJ – All Things Digital
Got Apps? Appia Raises $10 Million for Even More App Stores
The company is aspiring to build the largest independent marketplace of applications and to become a white-label solution for third parties

VentureBeat

Is Zipcar finally going public? Car-sharing service prices shares for IPO
Car-sharing service Zipcar has priced its initial public offering between $14 and $16 per share as it inches closer to finally going public on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker “ZIP”, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

TechCrunch
Bubble Motion Raises $10M For Social Voice Blogging Service
Bubble Motion’s Bubbly platform is a voice-blogging phone service that allows people to share status updates in their own voice with fans and followers. It essentially takes Twitter’s model and applies this to voice blogging and mobile phones.