The Morning Lowdown 09.03.10
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Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:
» Twitter’s Evan Williams says the company’s decision to launch its own mobile apps is paying off: mobile usage is up 62 percent since mid-April and 16 percent of all new Twitter users now start out on their phones, up from five percent before the company’s shift in strategy. [Twitter Blog]
» The NYT profiles YouTube, declaring that the Google-owned site is an “increasingly fruitful place for advertisers.” The write-up includes the factoid that YouTube’s revenue has more than doubled each year for the last three years. [New York Times]
» Users of Apple’s new Ping social network can no longer find their Facebook friends on the site after Facebook blocked access to its open API claiming that the kind of traffic that could be generated by 160 million potential users could cause “site stability” and “infrastructure” problems. Steve Jobs says “onerous terms” kept the two from a formal agreement in advance of launch. The two companies are reportedly working together to solve the problem. [AllThingsD, NYT Bits]
» Consumer Watchdog has bought an ad in Times Square, calling out Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt for being out of touch regarding consumer privacy issues. [Marketing Pilgrim]
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