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AdMob launches mobile version of the website

We have already covered AdMob a few times and it seems they’ve been working hard to keep their users happy (both the advertisers and publishers). We have heard reports that lately the fill rate as well as cost per million (CPM) and cost per impression (CPC) were all up — providing more revenue for the [...]

Yet another Android powered tablet PC

We have posted about a tablet PC running Android previously and there were also couple other prototypes we didn’t cover, but now it seems that there is finally a tablet PC running Android that will be mass produced. Seem like almost from nowhere, the world’s first Google Android netbook has appeared from a Chinese manufacturer, [...]

Android SDK 1.5 — Developers get an early look

Android developers can have an early look at the  new Android SDK version, codenamed 1.5. The new SDK has reportedly a new component structure and will not work with and old Eclipse plugin. A new plugin will accompany the new SDK. The new plugin is not backward compatible and will not support developing with the [...]

Android development vs. Blackberry Development my personal take

I just posted quite a lengthy post about Android development vs. Blackberry Development on my “Life by bits and numbers – a software developer blog”. It should be an interesting read for developers planning to have the pain experience of developing for Blackberry. Coming from Android, it might feel a little “outdated”…

AdMarvel – ad networks aggregator and mediation server

AdMarvel’s open advertising aggregation and mediation platform (read my post about advertising aggregation and mediation platforms here) allows mobile publishers and advertising platform sites to use a central place to reach each other. To publishers, it allows to integrate inventory from any participating ad network into their data services and track the overall performance through [...]

AdMob lowering the minimum bid for many ad targeting options

Admob, a mobile advertising company that we have continuously reported about since it is the only mobile advertising company right now that supports Android publishers is reporting to lower the minimum bids for its advertisers for many platforms. We could not get the information about how it will affect the Android publishers, but from our [...]

Android based Dream to be sold in France

It seams that HTC dream will soon become available in France through Orange. It may beat to the punch the reported release of Dream running Androidn in Spain that we reported earlier. There are rumorred to be 4 different plans starting quite low and ending quite high. Interestingly enough, Orange is not a member of [...]

DailyHoroscope – number 4 most popular app in UK

DailyHoroscope – an Android horoscope application developed by us has been recently reported to be even more popular among UK users than Amercan users. While on the General Android market, the application fluctuates between being positioned as the number 5 most popular application, ocasionally sliding one number down, exchanging with either backgrounds application or the [...]

Modified HTC Dream will be soon available in Spain

It looks like Spain will soon be getting an Android-based handset to call their own. The handset will be released by Telefonica carrier and will carry the HTC Dream name (G1 is actually HTC Dream). Aside from having the “original HTC name” and not Google rebrended name G*, is also appears to have received a [...]