Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has introduced Gesture Search for the Android.  This means you can draw out the letters on your phone and find contacts based on that. You can also use gestures to find installed applications, music, bookmarks, etc. Below is a sample of how the technology is used.  Currently the Gesture Search works for Android 1.6+ [Google Blog]

According to an independent study by GetJar, the mobile application market should hit $17.5 billion in three years. “It is easy to see how mobile apps will eclipse the traditional desktop Internet,” stated GetJar chief executive Ilja Laurs in an interview with the AFP. “It makes perfect sense that mobile devices will kill the desktop.”
Apple hosts about 150,000 applications and GetJar has about 65,000 mini applications across 310,000 developers.  About 842 million downloads of applications have been recorded on m.GetJar.com. [AFP]

- The Google Nexus One phone has sold about 135,000 units in the past 74 days.
- The Verizon Droid sold about 1.05 million units in the first 74 days.  
- The Apple iPhone sold about 1 million units in the first 74 days.
- The Apple iPad sold about 152,000 in the first 3 days.

Currently the Google Nexus One only sells online and only through T-Mobile. [BusinessInsider]

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt announced at Mobile World Congress that about 60,000 Android-powered devices are selling per day.  Now the Android Market has about 30,000 applications, free and paid.  The number jumped from 16,000 to 30,000 in three months. [MobileCrunch]

JDS Capital owns eMusic and a company called Dimensional Associates.  Dimensional has acquired indie music distribution company The Orchard for $12.77 million.  Dimensional owns about 42% of Orchard’s common stock and 99% of outstanding A preferred which gives them about 53% of voting securities.  As part of the deal, there is a 30 day go-shop provision deal that welcomes any other interested buyers.  [paidContent]

Chatroulette is a website where random people meet in chatrooms for webcam-based conversations. Any user can leave the chat-room by initiating another random connection. The website received traffic very quickly since it launched. Merton is probably the funniest user on Chatroulette. Merton plays the piano as he is chatting with random people. And he describes them through song. Check it out below:

Samsung operates two separate trademark systems for software and hardware.  Samsung recently acquired the trademark for Android hardware.  What this means is that other manufacturing companies will be prohibited from selling hardware with Android software running on it without permission.  The trademark originally belonged to local supplier Triplex. [Engadget]

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) SVP of U.S. Revenue and Market Development Joanne Bradford is leaving to join Demand Media.  She will take the position of Chief Revenue Officer at Demand Media. Bradford previously work as chief media officer of MSN Media Network.  She also worked at BusinessWeek and Spot Runner. [AllThingsD]