At first glance, Tumblr’s recently announced hiring of Chris Mohney for their newly created position of editor-in-chief doesn’t sound like a stroke of genius. After all, Tumblr is a blogging platform, not a content creator itself. But Tumblr’s reasoning may just bring their community closer together while giving marketers valuable insights into what makes Tumblr users tick.

Although the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is now over, having wrapped up less than a week ago, many of the key themes, products and services highlighted during the show will leave indelible impressions in the minds of the 160,000 plus attendees for the months ahead. So what were the key themes of this year's CES and what do they bode for the advertising and content industries in the near future? Here's my take on it:

Digital Lab TV caught up with one of CES’s most anticipated keynote speakers this week Robert Kyncl, Head of Global Content for YouTube. Robert shared insights on the motivation behind YouTube’s recently launched Channels strategy and expanded on how advertisers and brands can better take advantage of the offering to engage with the end consumer.

A new report from the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India shows incredibly fast growth in access to the Internet via mobile devices. According to the report, the number of people surfing the net via mobiles has climbed 70% in the last year, reaching 214m as of June 2010.