Another app closes another big funding round. TechCrunch reports Evernote, the startup behind the popular note-taking app of the same name, will today announce securing an additional $50 million in financing in a round led by Sequoia Capital and including Morgenthaler Ventures. The company, which has previously raised $20 million, says it will use the new funding to fuel its expansion, including acquisitions. With a platform that works across PCs, mobile phones and other connected devices, Evernote boasts 11 million users--up 1 million since June. It's also profitable already, using a freemium business model. Other apps raising big …

Mobile ad network Mojiva has closed a $25 million funding round led by Shamrock Capital Advisors and including prior investors Pelion Venture Partners and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. It has raised more than $35 million to date. The company plans to use the new capital to fund global presence of their two business units, the Mojiva ad network and the Mocean Mobile ad serving platform. Earlier this year, Mojiva brought on former AdMob exec Tony Nethercutt as general manager for North America. The Mojiva network spans 3,000 sites and reaches an audiences of 100 million U.S. mobile users and 400 …

More than half (53%) of 2,400 mobile users surveyed by mobile content provider Myxer in the second quarter said they had made a purchase with their device. Within that grouop, 19% said they made two to five mobile purchases a month, and 16%, 10 purchases. Digital music accounted for nearly seven in 10 (68%) of transactions. Convenience was cited by users as the top factor (37%) in using their phones to shop, followed by price (24%), and the "cool" factor (22%). Younger mobile users (18-24) preferred carrier-based billing while those 35-54 preferred credit cards. Read more here.

Budweiser, Live Nation Entertainment and Haymon Events are joining for the return of Budweiser Superfest featuring R&B soul singer Jill Scott.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt will testify at an upcoming Senate hearing about competition in online search, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said Friday. Lee said in a statement that he was "pleased" that Schmidt had agreed to answer lawmakers' questions. "I look forward to discussing a number of important issues relating to Google and Internet search competition," Lee said in a statement. Lee along with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), chairman of the antitrust subcommittee, had written to Schmidt and CEO Larry Page last month asking that one of them personally appear to testify rather than sending chief legal officer …

Matriskin, represented exclusively in the United States and Spain by celebritante Raquel Pereda has tapped DLB Group Worldwide to create, design and maintain their website and other online promotions for its skin care products. Matriskin products are sold in Spain and the United States primarily through skin care specialists. The company said it wants DLB Group to expand consumer access to the brand via a digital presence that includes an online purchase functionality.  
 
The company says DLB Group is tasked with boosting brand positioning in the beauty and health sectors in the U.S. and Mexico

There will be no ads in the final Sunday edition this weekend, the newspaper's last. The New York Times is reporting that owner Rupert Murdoch will close the weekly tabloid that is imbroiled in a phone hacking scandal.

Eight months after getting the iPhone, Verizon Wireless accounts for nearly a third (32%) of iPhone 4s in the U.S. market, according to app analytics provider Localytics. The firm bases its estimate on usage of the 1,500 apps that use its software for analytics tracking on the Apple smartphone. Localytics said Verizon had gained ground on AT&T in iPhone share especially in the last two months, possibly driven by people scooping up Verizon iPhone before the carrier did away with its unlimited data plan. As of today, Verizon has replaced the unlimited plans with a tiered data plans …

eBay on Thursday announced its $240 million acquisition of mobile payments provider Zong as the online auction giant steps up its expansion into m-commerce. Zong became a popular payment option in the games and social media space by letting users enter their mobile phone numbers to pay for virtual goods purchases to their phone bills or credit cards. The company has relationships with 250 wireless operators worldwide. eBay said Zong would complement and bolster its PayPal service in the fast-growing mobile payments and digital goods area. PayPal, which recently crossed 100 million active accounts, has been used to …

Apple today announced its App Store crossed the 15 billion-download mark. That works out to an average of 75 app downloads for each of the 200 million iOS device users worldwide. The App Store now offers 425,000 titles, including 100,000 native apps for the iPad. Apple also said it has paid developers $2.5 billion to date. Read more here.