New York City start BankSimple this day disclosed that it raised its first venture funding in a round led by First Round Capital , Roger Ehrenberg’s IA Ventures , and Village Ventures , along with seed investors SV Angel (Ron Conway) and Nauiokas Park, and Jerry Neumann. But it did not disclose how much it raised. I’ve confirmed that the round was $2.9 million, with an additional $190,000 raised last year in convertible debt (which converted to shares with this round), for a total of $3.1 million raised.

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BankSimple Deposits $3.1 Million From First Round, Ron Conway, And Roger Ehrenberg

This Samsung Galaxy Tab is everywhere. It was on a train in Australia , it has infiltrated Verizon’s database , and already has a line of accessories to dress up the seven-incher.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab gets FCC’d; dual-band WiFi and GSM frequencies?

A week or so ago we looked at the LG Optimus Z , a phone that unfortunately we’ll never see here in the states. While we had it, we yanked the system files out of it for a closer look.? And an enterprising xda’er titled aalopez10 took the time to go through the system dump and has the home and several of the widgets working, and you can too — without needing root. There are still some kinks to work out, but if you have an hdpi device and want a new look, hit the source link and have at it! [ xda-developers via Andronica -- files from Android Central Forums ] Posted originally at Android Central Sponsored by Android Cases and Accessories

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LG Optimus Z home and widgets running on other devices

We review the Sprint Epic 4G to find out if it’s worthy of its study ? If you place the word “Epic” in the study of your phone, it darn well superior be epic.

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Sprint Epic 4G review: The Samsung Galaxy S grows a keyboard

Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt noted that Google was activating 200,000 Android devices a day . Obviously, that’s a huge number

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Jobs: Hey Google, We’re Activating 230,000 NEW iOS Devices A Day

European manufacturer releases a slew of paper devices, ranging from 2.8inch touchscreens to 10.1inchers – and starting at just £99 Archos is to release five loosely-defined world wide web paper devices, all running Google’s Android OS – including one with a 2.8 inch touchscreen. Yes, you read it right. Archos is adding to its portfolio of world wide web paper devices with a handful of technology’s hottest products, running the operating system du jour: Android 2.2 Froyo.

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Archos releases Android tablets

Editor’s note : Guest author Adam Rifkin is a Silicon Valley veteran who organizes a networking group for entrepreneurial engineers called 106 Miles. In this post he argues that Gmail is perhaps not the ideal vessel for Google’s social ambitions

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Gmail’s Permanent Failure: Only Humans Can Build Software For Humans

Earlier this year, mobile developer TuneWiki raised over $7 million to expand beyond the namesake lyric-centric music player that place it on the map. This day sees the company’s first major expansion with the launch of a new iPhone game called Lyric Legend , which combines lyrics with the rhythmic gameplay that prefabricated Tapulous’s Tap Tap Revenge a big hit.

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Better Know The Words: TuneWiki Game Combines Song Lyrics With Tap Tap Revenge

PogoPlug keeps getting superior and better.

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PogoPlugs Print! Also, Biz Model and WiFi Adapter Now Shipping

IFA is upon us; think CES but bigger. The showfloor doesn’t open until September 3rd, but most of the news should drop this week as companies try to steal 15 minutes of fame before the flustercuck begins. And this year it’s all about Android tablets and 3D TVs.

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As IFA Nears, Anticipate Nothing But Tablets & 3D TVs…sigh