Who says nobody will consider paying for streaming music? Thumbplay Music, which offers unlimited music streaming apps for a monthly subscription across iPhone (iTunes link), Android, and Blackberry, reports that its smartphone apps have been downloaded 500,000 times since June. Thumbplay won’t say how many of those downloads turn into

Location-based game SCVNGR is announcing a new slew of partnerships today—this time with cities. The startup is officially announcing its Cities program today, in which SCVNGR works directly with tourism boards or entities to build city-specific challenges and treks on the location-based gaming platform.

Over the past few months, SCVNGR has worked with select entities like Philadelphia’s Convention and Visitors Bureau and Boston’s Freedom Trail Foundation