Android Gaining on Apple, Says Report

ReadWriteWeb: "

• 92 countries generated more than 10 million request in May 2010, up from 27 countries in May 2008
• Nokia leads in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe
• Apple leads in North America, Oceania and Western Europe
• In May 2010, smartphones generated 46% of traffic in the AdMob network, up from 22% 2 years ago
• 24% of May's traffic was via Wi-Fi
• Mobile Internet Devices (including the iPad, PSP and iPod Touch) consistently have accounted for 10% of traffic over the past year
• 57% of Apple devices in AdMob's network are outside the U.S.
• Traffic from the Android platform has grown 29% month-over-month since May 2009
• iOS and Android users spend 79 minutes per day using apps
• iOS and Android users download about 9 apps per month"

Appcelerator's Mobile Developer Survey, June 2010

Appcelerator: "
- Interest in tablet application development has spiked since Apple's iPad debut in April.
- When stack ranking platform potential, developers give the long-term edge to Google.
- While iOS and Android maintained a high level of interest, second tier platforms lost ground.
- Large organizations are expressing even more interest in mobile than smaller ones.
- Porting applications across platforms is the number one developer pain.
- Multitasking tops the list of iPhone 4 features."

Scapegoating Craigslist Is Not Going to Solve the Problem of Underage Prostitution

AlterNet: "Speier is not asking for a hearing about the problem of underage sex trafficking. She’s asking Congress to investigate Craigslist, despite the fact that the site has not broken any laws and has made countless changes to address the concerns of law enforcement officials, politicians and human rights activists."

Misreading Tehran: The Twitter Devolution

Foreign Policy: "But it is time to get Twitter's role in the events in Iran right. Simply put: There was no Twitter Revolution inside Iran. As Mehdi Yahyanejad, the manager of 'Balatarin,' one of the Internet's most popular Farsi-language websites, told the Washington Post last June, Twitter's impact inside Iran is nil. 'Here [in the United States], there is lots of buzz,' he said. 'But once you look, you see most of it are Americans tweeting among themselves.'"

It's Official - Apple Kicking Google Out of iWorld

John Battelle's Searchblog: "Apple this week 'clarified' its policy with regard to third party networks, and it's hard to read it as anything other than a direct declaration of war with Google."