Today In "Thanks, Patent Office:" Google patents location-based advertising

From ReadWriteWeb, who remind us every day that the media can make us cry:

It looks like while half the Web will be holding its breath over how Facebook will wield its newly-found patent power, with its patent of the news feed, the other half just found a reason to take a big gulp of air and look around. Google was awarded last Tuesday a patent for location-based advertising, the potential bread and butter of a number of emerging mobile applications.