According to Millennial Media’s Mobile Mix report for October, mobile ad requests on Android devices grew 65 percent month-over-month, while requests on Apple devices grew 12 percent. Also, among smart phones, Android has pulled even with Apple iOS in terms of market share.

According to Coremetrics, an IBM company that provides Web analytics and marketing optimization services, found that the U.S. online retail sector experienced a healthy year-over-year gain in online Black Friday sales.

Mobile Web usage is more popular in developing nations than it is in developed nations, according to data found by Pingdom via StatCounter. It appears that Opera has a healthy lead in the mobile browser market worldwide.

RingRevenue, Inc., announced the closing of a $4 million round of funding led by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners, bringing the company’s total financing to $7.5 million.

If you were asked to name Google’s largest acquisition to date, would you know both the company and the amount? With their countless acquisitions this year alone, the growth of their Android…

The story of Groupon’s potential sale has us thinking about, not just whether it makes sense for the rumored acquirer, Google, or if we are about to see a battle between Facebook and Google not…

According to data from Compete, traffic to Black Friday websites has been growing in recent times, most recently showing a 40 percent year-over-year increase in 2009.

According to the latest numbers from comScore, Google Sites led all online video properties in terms of unique viewers in October, while Hulu showed the most video ads during the month.

As of November, each American consumers expects to spend $76 more this Christmas than they expected to spend last year, according to a recent Gallup poll.

The next time you think about what to include in your ads, see if you can fit in some puppies or babies. According to a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Adweek Media, puppies and babies draw positive reactions when seen in ads.