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TiVo is introducing a mobile site at m.tivo.com (warning: link may not be live yet) that will let subscribers with Internet-connected DVRs schedule their TiVo’s remotely from their phones, just like they can today via their laptops. (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/11/24/program-your-tivo-from-your-cell-phone 11/24)

Samsung Electronics has reached an accord with InterDigital over the latter’s patent for 3G-network technology for which the company has earned a total of $1.5 billion in licensing fees from companies including Apple and Research in Motion. The agreement, which came just as the International Trade Commission was set to decide whether Samsung should be allowed to import its Instinct and Blackjack II 3G-equipped cell phones, means that Nokia remains the only major phone maker without a licensing deal with InterDigital. The Wall Street Journal (11/25)

Apple’s iPhone infringes on a patent EMG Technology holds for navigating the Web over cell phones, EMG claims in a suit filed in a Texas federal court Monday. EMG argues that its patent refers to an “apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling Internet content,” and includes 76 individual claims. Macworld (11/24)

Online video network Blip.tv added support for the iPhone enabling users to view blip videos directly from their phones. Blip.tv’s new embed code now allows show creators to utilize the same embeddable player code they use for delivering videos to desktop PCs. This opens up the hottest new video platform for independent producers who go reach beyond bite size clips. Outside of Apple’s integration with YouTube, distributing web video shows to the iPhone has been impossible because the platform still doesn’t support Adobe’s Flash format.  (Cynopsis 11/25)

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