BandPage & Ning team up to help musicians create ‘fan communities’

The goal is to help bands that need a better way to connect with fans -- and are ready to go beyond a static Facebook page and a website.

Stripe and Parse partner up to expand realm of mobile payments

Y Combinator startups Stripe and Parse form a partnership to make it easy for developers to integrate payments into their mobile apps.

VMware pulls up Puppet Labs with $30M and a strategic partnership

Virtualization giant VMware has invested $30 million into Puppet Labs, a Portland-based provider of software for system administrators. As part of the funding, the companies formed a strategic partnership to deliver a more robust set of IT tools to customers.

Former Bush cabinet members to guide Khosla startups through all waters, foreign and domestic

Khosla Ventures and RiceHadleyGates form a strategic partnership to help startups tackle regulatory, political, and public policy issues.

Mobile VP for Activision reveals motivation behind Flurry partnership

Last month, Activision struck a partnership with analytics firm Flurry to create a third-party publishing platform that would allow outside developers to elease games under the Activision Mobile brand. The developers retain control over their intellectual property and Flurry provides …

HTC investing $300M in Beats Electronics

Smartphone company HTC is investing $300 million in digital sound company Beats Electronics, the company told All Things Digital.

Along with the investment, HTC will form a strategic partnership with Beats to begin integrating Beats technology into its entire line …

Comcast: Skype is coming to the TV

Comcast subscribers will soon be able to access video calling service Skype from their televisions, according to the company, which plans to make the full announcement Tuesday at a cable industry trade show in Chicago.

The Skype service will be …

Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Amira Pharma strikes GSK partnership on lung, heart drugs worth up to $425M (release)
Wolters Kluwer Health takes stake in Logical Images (release)
Gentiva Health acquires Home Health Care Affiliates for $55M (release)
Compuware buys Hilgraeve to upgrade