Mobile Marketing:

• Sneaky mobile ads invade Android phones.

Convergence:

• Microsoft rolls out Xbox TV platform.

Social Media:

• Facebook buys Gowalla.

Browsers:

• Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends.

Politics:

• Web an increasing tool to link campaigns, voters.

Online Ad Industry:

• Google clears AdMeld, shifts focus to publishers.

Mobile Computing:

• Google tests Ice Cream sandwich update on employees.

Research & Stats:

• We're all wasting time online: Pew Research Center finds most Internet users browse for no reason at all.

• $6 billion in ‘Cyber Week’, comScore reports.

Enterprise Software:

• SAP to buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion.

Global Business:

• India asks Google, Facebook to screen user content.