Free apps have been around forever. Developers make the app, give it for free, and if people similar to it they are asked to make a donation. Others use ensign ads to make a small cash. Lately though, it seems more familiar that developers are receiving it a step further. Personal data carries a price, and a few Android apps have been using personal data in engaging ways . Researchers used    .. more …

Ad requests and impressions for mobile ad network Millennial Media uncover a overload for Android gadgets and the iPad . Meanwhile, Apple on the whole is progressing its autocratic lead but has slipped a bit lately.In its Aug MobileMix report, Millennial Media found that ad requests (the number of times a mobile ad is clicked on) for Android rose 39 percent given July and have shot up 996 percent    .. more …