Wireless revenues showed solid year-to-year gains, as wireless data service revenues for 2008 rose to more than $32 billion, according to a survey from CTIA-The Wireless Association.
This represents a 39 percent increase over 2007, when data revenues totaled $23.2 billion. Wireless data revenues for 2008 amounted to nearly 22 percent of all wireless service revenues, and represent what consumers spend on non-voice services.
Google’s CADIE Takes the Company Over
If you use Google at all, you’ve probably noticed a link on the home page introducing CADIE. CADIE is "the world’s first ‘artificial intelligence’ tasked-array system." Learn more about it here.
Facebook CFO Waves Goodbye To Company
In the latest episode of “How the Facebook Turns” CFO Gideon Yu has been sent packing. The report at All Things Digital says the move appears to be in preparation of an initial public offering (IPO).
eBay Launches Selling Manager For Third Party Developers
eBay has announced it is beta testing its subscription-based Selling Manager service platform that allows third party developers to embed their applications at My eBay where professional sellers manage their business.
The platform is used by 270,000 online sellers in the U.S. to manage their business. eBay says it will no longer charge for its Selling Manager service in an effort to attract third-party developers.
Twitter Getting Rid of VIP Autofollow Service
For a privileged few who requested it, Twitter provided an “autofollowing” service that saved premium members the time and effort it takes to follow back everybody following them. Twitter sent out word they will no longer be offering this service.
Google Announces Notification Preferences for AdSense
Google has announced that it’s rolling out new email notification preferences for AdSense account holders. They will become available over the next few days.
Basically, users will have the option to receive specific messages like event invitations, info about webinars, and personalized account suggestions from Google.
MySpace and Citysearch Become Partners
MySpace is still huge despite not getting the degree of attention that other social media outlets get. According to Compete.com from January ’09 it slipped to second behind Facebook when ranked by number of monthly visits.
Micrsoft on Why UK Advertisers Should Use adCenter
Microsoft faces some pretty tough competition in the pay-per-click space. On the adCenter blog today, they have posted some reasons they think users (at least in the UK) would benefit more from adCenter than its "main competitor."
Google Introduces Rich Media/Video Ad Templates
Google has introduced some new templates for rich media and video in the AdWords Display Ad Builder. Advertisers using the platform should take notice to these if they are looking to get consumers more engaged with their ads.
Google provides a step-by-step walkthrough of how to use the templates in the following clip:
Skype for iPhone Officially Available
Update: Skype says: