Techmeme: Google's Mobile Ads Now a $1 Billion Global Business (Kunur Patel/AdAge)

3:30 AM ET, October 15, 2010

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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Google's Income Rises 32%, Topping Forecast — SAN FRANCISCO — Google has spent the last few months arguing to anyone who will listen that its new advertising businesses — including ads with images and video and on cellphones — will fuel its next phase of growth.

Discussion: AppleInsider, L.A. Times Tech Blog, SiliconANGLE, Datamation and internetnews.com

Kunur Patel / AdAge:

Google's Mobile Ads Now a $1 Billion Global Business — Worldwide Growth Driven by Boom Among Smartphones, Android Devices; Aided by Apple — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Amid third-quarter earnings, Google revealed a startling number: Mobile ads are now a $1 billion business worldwide, annualized based on the prior quarter.

Discussion: eWeek and Silicon Alley Insider

Google Investor Relations:
Google Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Schmidt On Social: “We Want People To Be More Logged Into Google.”

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Q3: $7.29 Billion, Display And Mobile Showing “Momentum”

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Bloomberg, Android Community, The Register, paidContent, ClickZ, TechCrunch, Erictric, MediaMemo, 24/7 Wall St. and Eurodroid

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
AMD Q3 Revs In Line; EPS Beats; Sees Q4 Revs Flat Vs. Q3

Discussion: VentureBeat, CNET News and Electronista

Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:

John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript — Here's a full transcript of the interview with John Sculley on the subject of Steve Jobs. — It's long but worth reading because there are some awesome insights into how Jobs does things. — UPDATE: Here's an audio version …

Discussion: winandmac.com, CBS News, displayblog, Computerworld, Engadget and WinBeta

Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:

John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs' Success [Exclusive Interview] — John Sculley, Apple's ex-CEO, talks for the first time about Steve Jobs. Illustration by Matthew Phelan. — In 1983, Steve Jobs wooed Pepsi executive John Sculley to Apple with one of the most famous lines in business …

Discussion: Gadget Lab, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, MacRumors and TUAW

Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:

Netflix on PS3 gets 1080p, adds 5.1 surround, loses the disc — Microsoft thought it was being all fancy with its dashboard update that brought search to Netflix, but Sony has just announced its own competing update to Netflix streaming. Starting October 18, you'll be able to access Netflix …

Discussion: CrunchGear, BetaNews, SlashGear, eHomeUpgrade, Switched, Gadget Lab, VentureBeat, USA Today, PlayStation Blog, Digital Trends, DailyTech, The Toybox Blog and WebProNews

Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:

Found by Ray Ozzie: Microsoft Windows 1.0 press kit — Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, is blogging again. And for his first post he uploaded a gem: the press materials for Microsoft's launch of Windows 1.0. — Here's an excerpt from a news release by The Waggener Group …

Discussion: Ray Ozzie and The Register

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ozzie starts blogging (again)

Discussion: Docs.com Blog and Download Squad

Nielsen Wire:

U.S. Teen Mobile Report: Calling Yesterday, Texting Today, Using Apps Tomorrow — If it seems like American teens are texting all the time, it's probably because on average they're sending or receiving 3,339 texts a month. That's more than six per every hour they're awake - an 8 percent jump from last year.

Discussion: Mashable!, Wall Street Journal, ReadWriteWeb, PC World, Epicenter, mocoNews, USA Today, MobileCrunch, Under the Radar, Post Tech, Yahoo! News, MobileBurn.com, Internet2Go, GigaOM, IntoMobile, Switched, CrunchGear and Gawker

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Why The Verizon iPad Is A Very Good Sign For The Verizon iPhone — And The Future — This morning, Apple issued a press release where the first word in the title was one many of us have been waiting years for: Verizon. No, they didn't announcing a version of the iPhone for Verizon's network.

Discussion: AppleInsider, eWeek, Faster Forward and Erictric

Apple:
Verizon Wireless Offers iPad at Stores Nationwide on October 28

Chris Dannen / Fast Company:

Puck Yeah: This 4G Hotspot Can Replace Broadband [Review] — Clearwire's ugly little pucker proves itself to be a marvelous addition to a road warrior's weaponry. — This is the Rover Puck 4G mobile hotspot from Clearwire. If you're wondering, a 4G connection is indeed on par with an average broadband connection.

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Yahoo's Outage: Not-So-Perfect Timing — Yahoo is never down. — So the fact that its massive Web site is showing a “server outage” sign and little else is pretty astonishing. — And not in a good way, since the company is in the midst of a swirl of takeover rumors, executive turmoil and worries about weak earnings next week.

Discussion: Search Engine Land, Silicon Alley Insider, The Next Web, TechCrunch and DealBook

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp. approached about Yahoo buy

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Apple MobileMe News:

New MobileMe Calendar. Now Available to All Members. — The new MobileMe Calendar is now out of beta and available to all members. We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the beta for helping to make this the best MobileMe Calendar yet. — To start using the new calendar …

Discussion: MacRumors, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, PC World, MWD Tech News, MacDailyNews, TiPb, MacStories, CNET News, Appletell, Erictric, MacNN, TUAW and The Loop

Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:

Rollover image on your website? That will be $80,000 (please) — “Dear website owner, congratulations on your excellent site, which includes features covered by our registered patent, #5,251,294. As the description indicates, many of the components on your pages, particularly your menus …

David Kaplan / paidContent:

NYT Replaces Editors' Choice iPad App With Full Version—Free For Now — You expected more from The New York Times on the iPad? You're getting it—and eventually, you'll have to pay to get all of it. The NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) flagship is updating its Editors' Choice iPad app with an expanded version …

Discussion: NewsGrange, Lost Remote and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »

Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:

Is the Valley Falling out of Love with Options? — When I talk to entrepreneurs in other countries- whether they are other Western countries like the France or England or developing countries like Brazil and India- the biggest reason they say they envy Silicon Valley is a culturally subtle one.

Discussion: Enterprise Irregulars and Venture Capital Dispatch

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

TED's Chris Anderson: “Video is Redefining the Spoken Word” — The emergence of Web video is a “bigger deal than people realize” and it is “redifining the spoken word” in profound ways, says Chris Anderson, “Curator” of the TED conferences and hugely successful Web series TED Talks.

Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Finally, TED Releases Official iPad App

Discussion: TED Blog, Mashable! and LIVEdigitally, Thanks:louis_marie_c

John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:

Exclusive: High-Profile Hires for Palm: Nokia's Ari Jaaksi and Samsung's Victoria Coleman — Earlier this month, Ari Jaaksi resigned as head of Nokia's MeeGo division, citing “personal reasons” as the cause for his departure. — Turns out “personal reasons” was actually a euphemism for “I'm joining Palm.”

Discussion: Electronista, PreCentral.net, The Nokia Blog and Engadget

Rick Osterloh / The Big Blog:

Skype with Facebook integration and group video calling — We're excited to announce a brand new version of Skype for Windows, which will help bring you and your friends, family and co-workers together like never before. Download it now, or read on to find out what's inside.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Following Pivot To Celebrity Tracking Site, Twitter Cuts Off Scoopler's Firehose Access — A couple days ago, we noted that real time search engine Scoopler was pivoting away from that product and transforming into JustSpotted, a celebrity tracking site. A key to this new service is the use …

Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog, Hollywood Reporter and CNET News

Christopher Lawton / Digits:

Nokia Prepares to Give Developers a Look at High-End System — It appears we may get a sneak peek of Nokia's strategy for tackling the high-end device market, currently dominated by Apple's iPhone and iPad franchises, very soon. — As previously reported, Nokia has high hopes …

Discussion: eWeek, IntoMobile, InformationWeek, Engadget, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, I4U News, Mashable!, Geeky-Gadgets, PC World, MeeGo Blogs, Inquirer, Recombu and Ubergizmo

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