Bookmarks vom 16-11-2008

Google actually advertising one of its products? Say it ain’t so! The company that grew into the world’s largest search engine solely through word of mouth and smart deal-making (becoming the default in Firefox, for example) appears to be buying ads for its new web browser – Google Chrome.

iPhone apps might some day be the gold mine for advertising. In the meanwhile, we are seeing the emergence of a new trend: iPhone apps as ads.

a whole gaggle of free ad-supported applications are making their debut, thanks in part to AdMob, a mobile advertising startup based in San Mateo, Calif.