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Thank God For Office Sex

Written on
November 26th 2008
Author
Editor

ADOTAS — The advertising business is bleak but at least employees are still having work sex and voyeurs have something to do. Agency spy let loose with a (slightly pathetic) sex romp captured by an advertising employee at a New York-based agency. The anonymous employee is loving his - hopefully very [...] more...

iPhone Users Not Clicking on Ads

Written on
October 9th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – iPhone users are dissatisfied with mobile portals of popular news sites, a new study Keynote produced reports. Click-through rates on ads are also very low. “The iPhone is a breakthrough mobile smart phone,” said Dan Richards, senior product manager at Keynote, “but our Keynote WebEffective study shows that the [...] more...

Google Phone Wins Cheers but Told Could Be Better

Written on
September 25th 2008
Author
Reuters Group

Nice try with the new phone, Google. Better luck next time. That’s what some seem to be saying about Google Inc.’s first foray into the world of cell phones. But while it may not attract long lines like Apple Inc.’s iPhone, it offers much to those looking to use their [...] more...

Mobile Video: Are U.S. Subscribers Ready?

Written on
September 15th 2008
Author
David Sloan

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Mobile devices in the U.S. are not as advanced as they are in more cutting-edge regions such as Asia and Europe. In addition, 3G adoption is much lower as well. However, American users are getting used to SMS messages with 60% already sending and receiving text messages, [...] more...

AdMob Announces Monetization Plan for iPhone

Written on
September 9th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Sixty million iPhone apps have downloaded from the Apple store, most of them free. While the apps are undeniably neat-o and useful, the question remains: how to monetize these little numbers? AdMob and a gaggle of iPhone Free App Developers think they’ve found the answer – advertising within the [...] more...

The Android Market Is Open for Business

Written on
August 29th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Google’s long-awaited iTunes-like app store for the iPhone is finally here. Dubbed the Android Market, it will shill programs the entire Google mobile line-up and for the soon-to-launch Gphone. The market will act as an online center where consumers can buy, rate and download apps for their open-source OS [...] more...

AdMob: Google’s Move Into Mobile Fray Helps Us

Written on
August 21st 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – AdMob offers the biggest mobile advertising marketplace on the planet — and the company was founded just two years ago. Adotas sat down with Tony Nethercutt, AdMob’s vice president of sales, to see how they got – and plan to stay – at the top of their [...] more...

GPhone Voted Not As Pretty

Written on
August 15th 2008
Author
Editor

ADOTAS — It is being reported that there is a similar issue regarding Google’s new GPhone and the Google Android software. Apparently they are both powerful, yet not as esthetically pleasing as Apple’s OS X and iPhone. A source reported to Silicon Alley Insider that although the model and software [...] more...

“I Am Rich” App Heads to the Poor House

Written on
August 8th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Perhaps it could have succeeded in the late 90s, but these are leaner, meaner times, and it seems that the market for a $1,000 “I Am Rich” Apple application is almost nonexistent. It couldn’t have helped that the app, created by Armin Heinrich, merely displayed a red, rubyesque gem [...] more...

WidgetBucks Unveils New Skin Platform

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July 30th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — WidgetBucks is on a mission to help publishers and bloggers enhance their ad inventory. The ad widget company has unveiled a new ad widget skin platform designed to provide bloggers and publishers with more flexibility within their ad inventory. WidgetBucks publishers and bloggers can pick from a catalog [...] more...