Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 10, 2010 6:12 PM
Google’s proposed (and now delayed) acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob appears to be drawing even more regulatory scrutiny from the FTC. Bloomberg cites sources who say that regulators now want “sworn declarations” from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) competitors about the $750 million deal. The key sentence in the Bloomberg report…
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Tameka Kee
Jan 5, 2010 6:02 PM
If *Google* has its way, Highland Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners won’t be the only ones that benefit from Apple’s acquisition of Quattro Wireless ... It will reap some rewards from the deal, too. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is positioning the new deal as proof that there’s still plenty of…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 10, 2009 5:18 PM
AdMob’s acquisition by Google (NSDQ: GOOG), announced yesterday for $750 million in stock, turns out is not all in stock. According to an SEC filing today by Google, 32 holders of AdMob preferred and common stock are not “accredited investors”, and according to public company rules that it has to…
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Tricia Duryee
Jan 29, 2009 11:45 AM
When your global advertising network encompasses 6,000 mobile sites, 450 iPhone applications and you serve more than 4.6 billion mobile banner and text ads a month, apparently a bad economy doesn’t stop you from raising more money. After announcing in late October that they raised $15.7 million in a third…
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Tricia Duryee
Jan 27, 2009 2:52 PM
Mobile Advertising Platform AdMob said today it has started serving mobile ads to applications built for the the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android operating system, including the T-Mobile G1. AdMob said AccuWeather, Jirbo, and TapJoy are already using the service. AdMob is not the first to provide advertising to Android applications,…
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Tricia Duryee
Sep 10, 2008 5:00 AM
Seattle-based Medio Systems, which is building a white-label mobile search engine, said today it is signing a partnership with AdMob to return relevant-targeted advertising links when someone conducts a search. Medio CEO Brian Lent said the two companies previously worked together, but this agreement will include a deeper relationship that…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 30, 2008 3:08 PM
Early last week, I did a short interview with Omar Hamoui, the CEO of Admob, at the Fortune Brainstorm conference, and talked about the mobile advertising market, the issues and challenges, the advent of iPhone and Admob’s solutions for it, the future of mobile advertising, and other topics…the 7 minute…
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Tricia Duryee
Apr 30, 2008 7:00 AM
AdMob, a mobile advertising company, said it’s launching a beta mobile analytics service today that will allow advertisers and publishers to track the effectiveness of an ad campaign. We’ll see if this helps—often times, the lack of analytics is the reason given for why mobile advertising isn’t taking off. AdMob,…
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Tricia Duryee
Mar 18, 2008 2:01 AM
Worldwide the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) RAZR V3 ranked as the most commonly used phone, while the BlackBerry 8100 ranked highest among smart phones, according to an untraditional report that evaluated market share by determining which handset models viewed text and banner mobile ads during the month of February. The numbers…
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