Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has released a Google TV remote application on iOS. Now you can control Google TV with your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. The iOS application can control regular TV functions and Google TV search/navigation features. The app also supports voice search and DVR access. You can download it from here: [iTunes Link]

Michigan police have arrested Richard Leon Barton Jr., 34, for polygamy. Police used wedding photos on Facebook as evidence for the polygamy charges. The man had unfriended his first wife on Facebook before marrying his second wife, but what he did was still illegal.

Footbo is an interactive sports company that has raised $2.5 million from Pitango. Pitango invested a total of $4.5 million in Footbo. Footbo has recently launched a new website called 11Runs, which is a fantasy baseball website. 11Runs runs quick weekly competitions and offers cash prizes. Footbo is expected to launch an iPhone application next week and they are working on an Android app too. Footbo stated in 2007 by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein. [TechCrunch]

Back in 2000, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to hire Apple CEO Steve Jobs as their company CEO. Around then, Google’s investors said that their company needed some adult supervision through with an experienced CEO. John Doerr arranged interviews between Page and Brin with Andy Grove (Intel) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com). “…they would only consider one person: Steve Jobs,” wrote Wired senior writer Steven Levy. Jobs was too busy running Apple at the time and was gearing up to launch the first iPod. Eventually Doerr convinced the two to hire Novell CEO Eric Schmidt. [CultOfMac]

OutCast Agency co-founder Caryn Marooney is joining Facebook to head up their tech public relations strategy. She will be the director of technology communications at Facebook.

Bhakta Nitesh is a Georgia resident that lives with his grandmother and younger sister. When he was upstairs and noticed three masked men break into his house and started tying up his family, he grabbed his laptop and hid in the attic. Then he updated his Facebook saying “HELLLLLP” and told his friend to call 911. Police came to the house and stopped the burglary. Social media to the rescue. [GeekSugar]

The venture capital subsidiary of Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), Google Ventures has invested in biofuel company CoolPlanetBiofuels. CoolPlanetBiofuels has developed technology to produce fuel from biomass such as grass and wood chips. The process that CoolPlanetBiofuels uses produces a byproduct where carbon is captured and crop yields are improved. “While we have made significant progress over the past couple of years, this new infusion of capital, coupled with the expertise of the Google Ventures team, enables our team to scale even faster,” stated CoolPlanet CEO Mike Cheiky. [Reuters]

Beringea is a private equity firm based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The company has invested $4.2 million in British IT company MatsSoft. MatsSoft is based in Bedford, England and designs workflow management software. [Xconomy]