Google buys Admob & Gizmo5 – Is 2009 the year mobile really does come of age

{lang: ‘en-GB’} Today the news broke that Google had acquired Admob, a company specialising in serving display ads on mobile devices including the iPhone. In return Admob will receive a cool $750 million in stock. Whilst Google do have some mobile traction, the deal with Admob provides them with significant muscle in an increasingly booming [...]