U.S. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B Market

The researchers at eMarketer have put out their latest figures on mobile advertising revenue in the U.S., and while they are holding firm on their forecast that they will bring in $2.6 billion this year (it’s a number they actually put out in January 2012), they have drilled down a bit more into who is making what. Unsurprisingly, Google is still at the top of the pile: it will account for 56% of all mobile ad sales. Perhaps more surprisingly, Twitter is doing better than Facebook in driving revenues where mobile ads are concerned: the world’s biggest social network will make half as much as Twitter in mobile ads this year: $72.7 million versus $129.7 million, the analysts say.

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Google Now Lets Businesses Rent Chromebooks For $30 Per Month

Google now lets companies rent Chromebooks for $30 per month and Chromeboxes for $25 per month. There are no long-term contracts to sign and rentals are always month-to-month (with the monthly price dropping steadily after the first twelve months). To offer this service, Google has partnered with CIT, a company that provides financing and leasing capital to small and medium businesses. Google calls this program a “trial” and prospective renters have to fill out a credit application with CIT to qualify.

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Google Drive For iOS Will Soon Get In-App Editing, Ability To See Presentations

Google just mistakenly announced updated versions of its Google Drive apps for iOS and Android that will go live within the next couple of days. Google has since deleted this post, but the updates are scheduled to arrive soon. Both native apps are getting a slew of new (and necessary) features that will make them far more usable, but most importantly, the iPhone app will soon allow you to edit documents right in the app. Before, the only way to actually edit a Google Docs file on iOS was through Safari, which wasn’t exactly a comfortable experience. Now, just like on Android, iPhone users can use a native – and much more fluid – interface to edit documents on the go. In addition to Google Documents editing, the Drive iPhone app now also allows you to view Google Presentations.

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Chrome Turns Four: Team To Create Five Foot Logo Out Of 10,000 LEGO Pieces To Celebrate

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Install Or Be Annoyed: Google Home Page Nags Firefoxers, Internet Explorers To Switch To Chrome

Google is now pushing an aggressive Chromemarketing campaign once used to steal users from other browsers. For some, every time they boot upFirefox or Internet Explorer with Google.com as their home page they see a bar asking them to install Chrome. “Discover a faster way to browse the web” it pleads.

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Google+ Is Going After Yammer To Flank Facebook

Editor’s note: Rob May is the CEO and co-founder of Backupify, the leading provider of backup and recovery solutions for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.

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YouTube Brings Its Skippable Video Ads To Mobile

Back at the end of 2010, YouTube officially launched its video ad format that viewers can actually skip. Today, it says 65 percent of the ads that play before videos are now skippable — and given that growth, it’s not surprising that YouTube is bringing the format to mobile.

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If Content Is King, Multiscreen Is The Queen, Says New Google Study

New research out from Google, working with market analysts Ipsos and Sterling Brands, puts some hard numbers behind the often-noticed trend of how people in the U.S. are using a combination of phones, tablets, computer and TVs to consume digital content.

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