Android market share increasing

Read this nice article explaining why Android is doing better that the initial figures suggest, against Apple. Android's market share is increasing and it's taking that share from Apple.
It also brings up something I keep on forgetting; which is that iOS isn't just on the iPhone - you've got to include iPods and iPads - which take the numbers up to a hefty 18.3 million devices.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/android_steals_market_share_from_iphone.php

Yahoo adds Facebook to site

Yahoo will be adding Facebook features to it's homepage, mail service and other pages very soon. For full details of Yahoo's social media integration read more on the link below:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_adds_facebook_begins_new_role_as_social_network_aggregator.php

Hyper Augmented Reality

A nice video mock-up of what the future of Augmented Reality might hold.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/augmented_reality_heaven_or_hell.php

Will the web get clever on our streams?

An interesting article on social network data streams and the semantic web. I think it's all about creating standards and the data-mining after.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/activity_streams_poetry_or_nihilism.php

WolframAlpha in action

Check out WolframAlpha in action:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/see_wolfram_alpha_in_action_-_video_and_screenshots.php

Anyone for BANners

There have been Firefox extensions for ages now that block ads, here's a nice new one, TidyRead to help you read more easily.
More than just an banner ad stripper, it does a little bit more and tries to give you a completely clean page to read - useful for reading blogs and longer articles, which on some sites can get lost amongst the banners, google ads and site promotions.

I wonder how much these ad blockers affect the actual number of banners viewed vs. the number of banners served.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tidyread_deals_blow_to_display_ads.php

More and more videos online

I think we all know this already, but here are the stats to back it up. More people are posting and watching videos online than ever. Read the report by Nielsen below.

I think most attempts to monetise online videos will fail. YouTube was so successful because it was free and doesn't force any advertising down your throat.
ITV's idea of prepending every video with an advert, will just drive people to other sites mirroring the content, which don't have ads that are as intrusive.
I think the only way to advertise successfully to people on these sites, is with highly relevant related content on the side, after the video clip, in related videos and in sponsored links.

Article:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/nielsen.php

The Nielsen Report:
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/nielsen-news/online-global-landscape-0409/


EDIT:
See they can't even make any money from Susan Boyle!
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/youtube-and-partners-miss-out-on-boyle-bonanza/