May 22, 2010

Admob Google Deal is On and Will Stay On

Today the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously not to block Google’s acquisition of the popular mobile advertising network Admob.
The following media release was issued today by the FTC regarding the Google Admob deal and the reasoning behind the FTC’s decision to let the deal stand:
After Thorough Review, Agency Finds Transaction Not Likely [...]

Mobile Marketing Survey

If you want something done, go to LinkedIn.
Earlier this week, a fellow mobile marketer, Aurélien Fonteneau, asked for help with his dissertation:

Hi all,
I am currently a business school student and I’m writing a thesis about mobile marketing, the exact management issue being “The added value of mobile marketing compared to internet and traditional marketing for [...]

Make a Mobile Site Fast and Easy

Attention Mobile Developers, Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
As the mobiEnthusiast, I purchased my first mobile (.mobi) domain name in 2007. It was an exciting day, and I had a vision for how the world would be able to access the internet from their phone and not be tied to a computer. I thought hard [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists #222

Carnival of the Mobilists #222 is now posted at Volker Hirsh’s blog. This is a weekly writeup of the best and brightest mobile blog posts of the week. If you are a mobile blogger and wish to be included in future editions, please send an email with a link to your story to mobilists [at] [...]

Is the Admob-Google Acquisition Headed for Anti-Trust Court?

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the $750 million AdMob acquisition by Google could be headed to antitrust court:

Google’s purchase of AdMob would form the largest mobile-advertising company. The companies combined had 21 percent of the U.S. market in 2009, according to Karsten Weide, an analyst with researcher IDC in San Mateo. The market has been doubling [...]