Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve was the best-selling smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009, taking over the ever-popular Apple iPhone 3G, according to The NPD Group.

Last week Hulu scored a big win when The Walt Disney Company announced its plan to claim a 30 percent stake in the successful online video destination.

According to a recent report released by Magna, a unit of Interpublic Group, mobile advertising will increase at a brisk, but slower-than-originally-forecast pace this year and will almost double by 2011.

LinkValu Affiliate Network announced the launch of a program that will award bonuses to new affiliates who sign up at www.LinkValu.com/publishers.asp between April 21 and June 15, 2009. The announcement was made at ad:tech San Francisco at where LinkValu was a sponsor of the Affiliate Summit Beer Garden.

Shared mailer Valpak has optimized its Web site for mobile display and has begun to distribute mobile coupons

When adware companies make the news, rarely does the coverage discuss positive developments. As a lightening rod for controversy, the stories of their transgressions receive much more attention than any relating to their potential thriving.

In the early years of affiliate marketing, picking an offer was as easy as finding the highest payout for the offer you wanted. There was no need to look into an offer any further.

Mothers in the U.S. can expect more frugal gift-giving this Mother’s Day, May 10.

According to a survey conducted by Forrester Research and Shop.org, online retail sales in the U.S. rose 11 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Swine flu madness took hold of the U.S. last week as reports of the illness trickled from Mexico into the states.