The new 30-second ad for the Google / Verizon / Motorola-built Droid phone is a must-see clip, and not in a good way. Watch it in YouTube HD format below. I’m pretty sure the ad was made by agency mcgarrybowen , but I haven’t confirmed that yet.
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Droid anti-iPhone ad mocks “clueless” girls, praises Iraqi missile
Smaato , a company that helps mobile publishers optimize their ads, has raised $4.5 million in a second round of funding. The company isn’t a mobile ad network, but rather allows publishers to pull the most valuable ads for their websites and apps from multiple other networks
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Mobile ad company Smaato raises $4.5M
We’re excited to announce that we’ve picked the winner of the DiscoveryBeat Apps Contest, sponsored by Flurry. The winner will be able to attend our DiscoveryBeat event on Dec.
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Announcing the winner of the DiscoveryBeat Apps Contest: Orbital
Ever wake up, perform your morning routine and walk our the door to find your car buried under four feet of snow? It’s those moments you wished you had woken up 20 minutes earlier to have time to shovel and get to work on-time. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to automatically wake up earlier if there was bad weather and you needed the extra time
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The Smart Alarm tracks the weather to determine when you should wake up
Ansca Mobile , a company founded by Adobe veterans to create an alternative platform for iPhone development, has raised $1 million in its first outside funding. The entire round comes from Merus Capital .
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Ansca Mobile raises $1M to build Adobe Flash rival for iPhone apps
Twitter creator Jack Dorsey just launched the site for his up-and-coming mobile payments startup, Square . Square’s product lets people process credit card payments through their mobile phone
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Twitter creator Jack Dorsey shows off his new mobile payments startup
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp. Understanding what’s really on the minds of your customers is important to business owners. Customers expect you to know them well and comprehend the issues they face, which causes companies to spend massive amounts of money each year on market research efforts to obtain intelligence about their audience
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Communities as a source for market intelligence
Knocking , a new application for the iPhone, got a pretty big “wow” out of me — it lets you share footage from your iPhone camera with friends who have the app. Let’s say you’re at a store and you want to ask your spouse which product they like better. You could turn on Knocking, “knock” on their phone, then they would get a message saying you want to share.
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Knocking app lets you see through your friend’s iPhone camera
