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Interesting, the super light apps apps are on a tear (just like we predicted;-) Even Instagram wants to be one.

Tumblr is launching its new mobile ad platform, which will allow brands to advertise their wares from within Tumblr's mobile apps. Tumblr's mobile ads will be clearly marked as sponsored and users will only see four of them per day.

Space tourism - yours for $100k - $200k per ticket

The goal of technology and innovation is to go unnoticed and to play in the background of your life. Similar to the tech behind ABS (as per this article). You put your foot on the brake but the real work is done afterwards.

The company revealed today that 10 percent of its entire user base will see promoted stations. This is actually the first time that Pandora has incorporated an ad product inside the station list. While the company has seen a gradual rise in listening hours it has been working hard to improve its ad products in order to increase revenue. This is certainly a major step in that direction. At first the company has created promoted stations for 10 national advertisers which include Kleenex, Taco Ball, StubHub, Toyota and more. The advertisers will create the music personality of their stations and will also decide how many ads per hour do the users have to listen to.

24 billion searches per month more than yahoo and bing combined daily 7.7

A common obstacle to sustainable beef farming is efficiency - some experts estimate that the US would have to cut our consumption to around 10% of current volume in order to sustain better production practices. But the mini-cows allow farmers to yield up to three times the beef on one-third the feed, per acre of land.

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And recently, the company released results of an independent study which indicates that the market for mobile apps could grow to a whopping $17.5 billion within the next three years.

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Implications are two-fold: Advertising on Twitter will be more expensive; but if Twitter starts trying to maximize profit, they could run more than 1 promoted trend per day based on region, etc.

Privacy concerns re: kids on social networks.

The 2011 NCAA Tournament kicks off tonight in Dayton, Ohio. And per annual tradition, advertisers are capitalizing on the event with March Madness-themed competitions. So far, Brow Beat has spotted the following bracket tournaments: