After intense scrutiny to ensure the acquisition won’t make Google a de facto monopoly in mobile advertising, Google’s purchase of AdMob got the regulatory green light and was finalized this past week ...

These days, more and more app developers are eschewing the pay-to-download business model in favor of making money from their creations in other ways. This is particularly true on Android, where users ...

Omar Hamoui, founder and chief executive of Google-acquired mobile ad startup AdMob, is leaving the search giant for what the company says are personal reasons. Only five months have passed since the ...

AdMob is a mobile advertising company and system that, in May 2010, was acquired by Google. Some Android developers who create applications and games for Android smartphones use the AdMob advertising ...

The latest developments in iAds, announced during the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference earlier this week, included an updated ad policy that might just ban any iAds competitor. The wording is ...

When Google bought mobile ad network AdMob for $750 million in 2009, the company was clearly trying to capitalize on the growing mobile advertising market. Mobile advertising, both on apps and the ...

Google has just announced that it has acquired AdMob, the mobile ad platform that has been especially popular on the iPhone, for $750 million. This is a big win for the company’s early investors, ...

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AdMob Inc. isn't well known among consumers, but privacy groups, the Federal Trade Commission and mobile businesses all know its name. The 160-person San Mateo company is at the center of what could ...