Multiple sources say that Google and mobile ad startup AdMob (the former recently agreed to buy the latter) fully expect the Federal Trade Commission to try to block the deal, Boomtown reports. Many speculated that Apple's entrance into the nascent mobile ad market would settle the FTC's nerves. On the contrary, "Sources said that the lack of any kind of indication of clear direction of the inquiry this late in the game by FTC staff -- which recommends action to its five commissioners -- is a bad sign," writes Boom Town. Says one source: "The federal government …

From skateboarding dogs and viral marketing coups to personal video blogs and election-year disputes, YouTube continues to push the limits of video content and online programming. According to The New York Times, the next frontier for the Google subsidiary could involve streaming live sporting events. The first major sporting event streamed live on YouTube -- an 8-team cricket tournament -- proved to be a big hit for Google India. YouTube carried the league's 60 matches live around the world, except in the United States. About 50 million viewers tuned in to YouTube's I.P.L. channel -- 25% more than …

The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are presently negotiating over which of the watchdogs will pursue an antitrust inquiry into Apple, and its new policy of requiring software developers -- who make applications for devices such as the iPhone and iPad -- to use only Apple's programming tools. That according to The New York Post, citing a single unnamed source "familiar with the matter." Regulators, according to the source, are just days away from making a decision about which agency will launch the inquiry, which will focus on whether the policy -- which took effect …

Tightlipped on most issues, Apple has been very public about the early success of the iPad. The company sold its 1,000,000th tablet device on Friday -- right before selling Number 1,000,001 -- and a mere 28 days after its debut on April 3. "That's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone," Steve Jobs bragged in a statement. "Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers." What Jobs didn't mention, according to Fortune, is that fact that …

Named BumpTop, what does Google's latest acquisition do, how is it expected to help the search giant, and what could that mean for the industry at large? Well, BumpTop is in the business of improving, and reimagining, users' desktop experiences. "By turning the desktop into a three-dimensional space, users can arrange things more naturally and creatively," Venture Beat says of the startup. "They can pile things up, just like they can on a physical desk." And, while Google has said little about the deal, Venture Beat guesses BumpTop will be used …