Google’s attempt to swoop in and buy AdMob out from under Apple was looking like a Pyrrhic victory for a second there, as Federal Trade Commission approval of the deal hung in the balance based on concerns that El Goog would control far too much of the online advertising market. It’s ironic, then, that Apple’s acquisition of Quattro Wireless and the introduction of the iAd platform in iPhone OS 4 is what convinced the feds to let Google’s acquisition go through — the FTC says that Apple’s entry into the market will provide significant competition to AdMob, regardless of whether or not it’s owned by Google

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FTC approves Google’s AdMob buy, cites Apple’s iAd competition

Apple’s decision to block third-party toolkits and middleware — particularly Flash — from bring used to develop iPhone and iPad apps has certainly prompted a fair amount of debate around the web, and now it sounds like Steve and the gang might face some even harsher scrutiny: a single-sourced piece in the New York Post reports that the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are currently tussling over which agency should be tasked with a potential antitrust inquiry into the matter.

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Apple to face antitrust inquiry over iPhone coding restrictions?

The world needs another iPod / iPhone dock like it needs another billion gallons of oil floating around in the Atlantic, but there’s something eerily seductive about Finite Elemente’s latest piece. The Hohrizontal 51 is no average dock, and in our estimation, it’s a design element first and Apple accessory second. Designed to be wall mounted and hold up to 55 pounds, this stunning shelf integrates an iPod / iPhone dock into itself, and the inbuilt speakers / video outputs make it even more functional

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Finite Elemente’s Hohrizontal 51 iPod / iPhone dock is its own shelf

With all the hype surrounding the next-gen iPhone , we can understand if your ” iPhome 3G ” feels a little, well, old hat. That’s why we were as excited as you must be to see this iPhone 4 KIRF. Featuring a relatively svelte form factor, stereo speakers, USB port, a removable battery, and dual SIM card slot, the only real let down is the 3.2-inch screen.

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Keepin’ it real fake: next-gen iPhone has a bold, KIRF-y impertinence

The Federal Trade Commission may have a pretty big beef with Intel, but it looks like won’t be going as far as to seek a breakup of the company. That word comes straight from the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, Richard Feinstein, who flatly told reporters yesterday that the FTC has “no goal of breaking up Intel.” In case you missed it, this follows a lawsuit that the FTC filed against Intel earlier in the day yesterday, which alleges that the company has engaged in “anticompetitive tactics.” As you can see above, NVIDIA has already responded to that development in its usual manner

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FTC won’t ask Intel to break up

Bluetooth low energy and its predecessors (think Wibree ) have been in the pipe for ages now, but we might actually see this tech take off en masse for the first time now that the Bluetooth SIG has officially added it into a release: 4.0.

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Bluetooth 4.0 finally rolls low energy tech into a shipping standard

So Sprint’s backtracking on its promise to deliver Android 2.0 to its Hero and Moment in the first half of next year, but it’s backtracking in an awesome way for a change of pace — they’ll actually be getting 2.1. That makes tons of sense considering that the leaked Hero builds have all been on 2.1 and 2.0 will be all but obsolete by the time HTC gets around to releasing anything — so yeah, we probably could’ve predicted this anyway, but now it’s official. Unfortunately that 1H 2010 window hasn’t been reigned in at all, but here’s hoping this is a case where they under-promise and over-deliver

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Sprint’s HTC Hero and Samsung Moment on track to get Android 2.1, not 2.0

While not official, sources close to the matter have told TechCrunch that Google and Apple had an informal agreement not to poach each other’s employees. Apparently, Google’s recruitment division knew and adhered to not actively seeking Apple employees to hire them away, and vice-versa with Apple’s recruiters. That’s not to say someone who voluntarily submitted a resume would be turned away, but as one published email notes, cold calls were against policy

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Apple and Google made informal deal to not pilfer each other’s employees?