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Google Promotes Droid Day With Rare Homepage Ad [Google]
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Hey Google! I adore your
celebration of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary and such things, but what are you doing sticking an ad on your homepage? An ad for Verizon’s Droid of all things.
It’s a simple text link that leads to Google’s mobile partners page which then has a link to the actual Verizon Wireless site. But despite that extra click, it’s still incredibly rare to see any sort of ad on the otherwise clean homepage. Especially when it kinda conflicts with Google’s attempts to make the things even more minimalist lately. [ TechCrunch]
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Google Promotes Droid Day With Rare Homepage Ad [Google]
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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Tricky Tricky Edition [Remainders]
February 9, 2010 - 12:00 am
Tags: Ads, commercials, computer-world, content-on-its, displays, gizmodo remainders, illusions, infocus, netflix, nintendo, parisian-love, super-bowl, superbowl, wireless
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In today’s Remainders: tricks of all sorts. Wisair cuts some cords with their wireless display adapters; Netflix warns the FCC of potential loopholes in the Comcast/NBC merger; the inimitable BrussPup plays with our heads (and ping pong balls); and more. Air Ball I’m all for eliminating cords and wires whenever possible, so I was excited to hear that Wisair’s wireless display adapters were coming to Macs by the end of March in products from at least four OEMs
Android 2.1 Update for Droid Will Begin Rolling Out This Week [Android]
February 8, 2010 - 11:28 pm
Tags: droid, its-way, motorola, motorola-droid, roll-out, update, updates, waiting-long, week
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We knew that the Droid’s Android 2.1 update is on its way, but apparently we won’t be waiting long: According to Motorola’s official Facebook page, it’s “happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to Droid will start to roll out this week.” [ Engadget ]
Droid’s Android 2.1 Update: Full of Multitouch (and Some Disappointment) [Droid]
February 8, 2010 - 9:43 pm
Tags: Browser, droid, nexus one, nexusone, package, test-gauntlet, verizon, widgets
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Android 2.1 for the Droid is making its way through the Verizon test gauntlet, and apparently inside is multitouch for the browser (like Maps 3.4), Google Goggles, and fancy news and weather widgets. Not coming over from the Nexus One ? Live backgrounds—those swishy animated wallpapers—and that new 3D grid of app icons aren’t part of the package.
Droid’s Android 2.1 Update: Full of Multitouch (and Some Disappointment) [Droid]
February 8, 2010 - 9:43 pm
Tags: Browser, classic, google-goggles, left-image500, nexus one, package, posts-tagged, smartphones, test-gauntlet, verizon
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Android 2.1 for the Droid is making its way through the Verizon test gauntlet, and apparently inside is multitouch for the browser (like Maps 3.4), Google Goggles, and fancy news and weather widgets. Not coming over from the Nexus One ? Live backgrounds—those swishy animated wallpapers—and that new 3D grid of app icons aren’t part of the package.
Verizon Has Blocked Access To 4chan, But What Are They Gonna Do About It? [Verizon]
February 8, 2010 - 11:07 am
Tags: access-blocked, image, inevitable, network, other-subdomain, phone, the-inevitable, verizon, verizon 4chan, wireless
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Last year AT&T blocked access to 4chan for about a day, due to a DDoS attack against the site.
Super Bowl Ads 2010: Lots of Chips and Beer, Light On Gadgets [Super Bowl]
February 8, 2010 - 3:55 am
Tags: Ads, cellphones, french, intel, left-image340, megan fox, motoblur, motorola, power, robot, super-bowl, tech, videos, vizio, water
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Did you blink during the Super Bowl commercial breaks?
Nexus One Sales Continue to Lag: Just 80,000 in First Month [Google]
February 5, 2010 - 9:37 pm
Tags: analytics, apple, better-carrier, droid, early-outlook, google nexus one, htc, iphone, mobile, nexus, nexus one, nexus one sales, phones, public-at-large
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The early outlook on the Nexus One —just 20,000 sold in its first week —hasn’t gotten any better. After a month on the market, Google’s moved just 80,000 phones.
Apple puts limits on location-based advertising in the App Store
February 5, 2010 - 9:00 pm
Tags: Ads, advertising, apple, craig-hockenberry, developers, entertainment, entry, iphone, local-deals, location-based, mobile-entertainment, money, mytown, sdk
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Filed under: Software , Apple , iPhone Apple’s excited about mobile advertising (and it certainly seems like they’re setting up a plan for local ads), but to devs, they say, “not so much.” Apparently they’ve sent out a message that says location services should only be used to provide “beneficial information,” not targeted advertising. Any apps that include ads targeted to where you and your iPhone are will be rejected posthaste, says Apple.
Google Maps Update Brings Multitouch To Motorola Droid [Multitouch]
February 5, 2010 - 8:23 pm
Tags: been-feeling, droid, google-maps, googlemaps, left-image500, maps, market, motorola, motoroladroid, multitouch, rolled-out-google, supports-pinch, week
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Google, who has been feeling especially touchy-feely this week, just rolled out Google Maps 3.4 which supports pinch to zoom on the Droid.
A Hint at Apple’s Mobile Advertising Plans (Location, Location, Location) [IPhone]
February 4, 2010 - 8:47 pm
Tags: Ads, advertising, being-the-best, business, dylan-beadle, experience, iphone, make-the-mobile, mobile advertising, openly-declared, posts-tagged, quattro
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A small, but interesting note: Apple’s published an “App Store Tip” for developers that it’ll reject apps which “use location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location.” It’s not to protect you. Instead, what Mac and iPhone developer Craig Hockenberry almost certainly correctly surmises , “Looks like Apple is going to keep location-based advertising to themselves.” Let’s step back for a second
