<p>Iran lifts Gmail ban: Iranian authorities have restored access to Gmail after a weeklong ban on the service, the Associated Press reported.</p><p>The service was blocked in response to video clips on Google's YouTube site that showed parts of an offensive movie that sparked protests. The ban, the report said, has been lifted because authorities are now able to technically separate Google and YouTube.</p><p>IAB releases new figures on ad-support economy: The Interactive Advertising Bureau released new figures Monday showing that advertising supported Internet companies contributed $530 billion to the economy in 2011 and are, in some way, responsible for 5.2 million U.S. jobs.</p><p>The IAB-commissioned report from Harvard Business School, which updated a similar 2009 report, found Internet-based companies in every congressional district in the United States. About 2 million people are directly employed by Internet ad-supported firms, the report said.</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/iran-lifts-gmail-ban-thecircuit/2012/10/01/614decd8-0bdd-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_blog.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/iran-gmail-blocked_n_1928448.html?utm_hp_ref=technology">Iran Unblocks Gmail After Members Of Iranian Parliament Complain</a> (Huffington Post)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410407,00.asp">Report: Iran Restores Access to Gmail, Google Search</a> (PC Magazine)</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/iran-unblocks-gmail-plans-local-alternatives-7000005022/">Iran unblocks Gmail, plans local alternatives</a> (ZDNet)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dYJjeU8l6hc7y_Mu-TMQk5fejVDTM&ned=us">582 additional articles.</a></p>