OK, Facebook's Q2 report was more or less a bust. But the earnings call provided insight about the potentially bright future for its mobile ads business.
The hiring of Marissa Mayer as Yahoo's CEO comes as the biggest executive announcement of 2012. Here are three reasons to think she can meet the challenge:
It's way too early to call Google's Nexus 7 tablet an iPad threat. But Google Play is indeed a potential threat to Apple, Microsoft and Amazon platforms.
Google could follow Microsoft this week in announcing its would-be Apple iPad killer. An industry analyst tells us that the tablet is already in production.
Facebook could disappear in five years, says Ironfire Capital's Eric Jackson. If that happens, another company must take its place in terms of Web relevancy.