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AT&T-Motorola Backflip Sets Yahoo as Default Search
If you plan to buy AT&T’s first phone with Google’s Android operating system this month, you may be shocked to see that the default Google search engine is missing. Instead, the Motorola device dubbed the “Backflip” will use Yahoo as its default search engine. The phone will hit stores on March 7. For Google, getting…
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Who Will Buy Millennial Media, Quattro Wireless?
Google’s AdMob buy earlier this month made the search firm the largest mobile ad network available today, with 24% of mobile ad network share. AdMob competitors Millennial Media and Quattro Wireless, which have 18% and 7% market share, respectively, are looking more and more to be prime buys for the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo.…
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Yahoo-Microsoft Ad Delay – Trouble in Mobile Paradise?
There’s trouble in the Yahoo-Microsoft paradise. Both companies were supposed to sign a final deal for their joint advertising venture on Oct. 27, but the space above their dotted line remains empty. Mobile search advertising is a large part of the deal, with Yahoo wanting freedom to use its own or other options outside of…