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Internet Ad Increase Good News For Google and Yahoo

The fuel that drives Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO) and many other Internet-based companies continues to grow. In the first quarter of this year, Internet advertising revenue topped $11.6 billion, up 19% over the year-earlier period, according to a new report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. IAB called the figure “historic” and a “significant increase” over last year’s Q1 total of $9.6 billion. IAB and PwC pulled data

Google Says 65% Of Outgoing Gmail Is Encrypted

About 65% of email sent via Google Gmail is encrypted during transit, the company said Tuesday. But only about 50% of emails arrive at Gmail accounts encrypted, the Google (GOOGL) report says. Sending an email without encryption is similar to sending a message in an unsealed envelope or on the back of a postcard, Brandon Long, a team leader for the Google (GOOG) Gmail delivery team, wrote in a blog post. “Emails that are encrypted as they’re

Apple seen holding average smartphone selling prices stable

Apple’s global smartphone market share is expected to slip over the next five years as the company focuses on maintaining average selling prices at the expense of gaining users in fast-growing emerging markets. Market research firm IDC says Apple (AAPL) will continue to be second banana to Google (GOOG) Android-based smartphone vendors, led by Samsung, through 2018. In a report out Wednesday, IDC forecast Apple’s iPhone to claim 13.7% of the smartphone market in 2018, down from 14.8% this year. Android vendors are expected to grab 77.6% of the market in 2018, down from 80.2% in 2014. Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone is a distant third, but its share of the smartphone market is seen growing to 6.4% in 2018 from 3.5% this year. IDC predicts that smartphone average selling prices will drop at a compound annual rate of 4.5% from 2013 through 2018. It sees Google Android handset prices…