Top iPhone and Technology related stories from across the web

There is a lot of speculation on why Google is buying AdMob, but the obvious reason is that Google wants more direct access to what they are betting heavily on–that mobile is the next great advertising medium. (Google’s Acquisition of AdMob)

A MAD Magazine contributor has been told by Apple that his iPhone app featuring drawings and contact information of members of the 111th Congress has been rejected because it depicts politicians in an objectionable light. (Apple rejects MAD artist’s iPhone caricature app)

Motorola has reportedly sold over 100,000 Droid phones during the device’s first week on the market. According to Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie, Motorola is likely to ship 1 million Android-based phones in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 10 million in 2010. (Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone’s Market share)

If your iPhone was recently “Rickrolled” by a worm that targets jailbroken iPhones, the following six steps will show you how to change the root password–used to connect to your device via a Unix software secure shell–to protect yourself in the future. (Secure your jailbroken iPhone against worm)

Reports are coming in that Apple (in addition to rolling out a smaller capacity Droid-fighter) has plans to build RFID capabilities into its next iPhone. Why would Steve Jobs and the folks in Cupertino do that? (RFID on the next iPhone?)

It is not taking long for reviewers to pick apart the Droid and they only have themselves to blame. Starting a campaign by stating that this phone is everything that the iPhone is not sets a pretty high bar. (Droid continue to lose steam against the iPhone)

Pastels, paint, and pencils are out. The newest tool for making art is right at your fingertips: it’s your iPhone. From David Hockney’s iPhone paintings to Jorge Colombo’s iPhone-made New Yorker covers, it may be only a matter of time before iPhone art makes it to the Met. (iPhone Art)

Samsung, the world’s second largest phone maker globally after Nokia, has announced Bada as its own new smartphone platform which it hopes to use to gain entry into the sophisticated phone market. (Samsung Bada)

Installous, the infamous site that helps pirates share and find cracked iPhone Apps has updated its iPhone application and built it back from scratch and tagged it as Install0us 2.5. (Installous 2.5)

Twidget is a new application available in Cydia that will display your Twitter stream on your iPhone lockscreen. To install Twidget, simply go to Cydia and search for “Twidget“. There are several versions available. I installed the simple version hosted on iSpazio. (Twidget: Get Twitter on Your iPhone LockScreen)