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…

The Federal Trade Commission is putting the advertising industry on notice: either implement stronger privacy protections when it comes to behavioral targeting or we will do it for you. In the FTC’s 48-page Staff Report on Behavioral Advertising (PDF), the commission includes a set of four revised principles, which are…

The FTC has warned mobile content providers and marketers that it intends to “police the wireless state,” if they do not do a better job of making it clear to consumers how much they are paying for cellphone downloads and services, AdAge reports. Speaking at a two-day FTC “town hall”…

This could actually be read as a sign that mobile advertising market is starting to come into its own… two consumer advocacy groups, the Center for Digital Democracy and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, have filed preliminary complaints with the Federal Trade Commission asking regulators to actively curb the use…