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Tuesday, 27th January 2009

AdMob Launches Advertising Service for Android Apps

The Android platform might still be in its infancy, but AdMob, one of the world's largest mobile advertising marketplaces, launched its first dedicated advertising unit for Android applications today. Even though the Android platform was developed by Google, Google itself has yet to release a dedicated advertising service for Android…

Mobile Frederic Lardinois comments

10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009

"Social media" was the term du jour in 2008. Consumers, companies, and marketers were all talking about it. We have social media gurus, social media startups, social media books, and social media firms. It is now common practice among corporations to hire social media strategists, assign community managers, and launch social media campaigns, all…

Social Ravit Lichtenberg from Ustrategy.com comments

Muxtape Returns With a New Focus on Legal Music

We have often bemoaned the demise of Muxtape, one of our favorite online mixtape services. Sadly, Muxtape had to close shop because of the inevitable RIAA takedown notices. Now, however, Muxtape is getting ready for a comeback, but alas, it won't be the same service we had come to love last year. Instead, Muxtape will only focus on hosting tapes…

Play Frederic Lardinois comments

FriendDeck: Now an Adobe AIR App for Tracking FriendFeed

Last week we introduced you to FriendDeck, a new online application that lets you monitor FriendFeed in a way that's very similar to how the Adobe AIR app, TweetDeck, monitors Twitter. Within FriendDeck's columns, you can track FriendFeed searches, users, friends, lists, rooms, and more. Recently, FriendDeck developer Paul Kinlan released an…

Social Sarah Perez comments

Monday, 26th January 2009

Google's "Open" Phone, Open to Attack?

In recent days, an application designed for Google's mobile operating system "Android" was accused of wiping data from user's phones. It's not known whether or not the rumors are true, but once again questions are being raised about the safety and security of Google's open platform versus more controlled and regulated platforms like that of Apple's…

Sarah Perez comments

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